Myanmar coup: Civil servants, policemen taking refuge in Mizoram say ready to return and stand with 'our people'
Chcha Varte • 4 years agoThe early arrivals have been in Mizoram for more than a month. Their life subsisting thanks to the contributions of well-wishers and their hosts
Myanmar military, aiming to silence protests and protesters, now sets its sights on journalists
• 4 years agoWith mobile communications blocked, Facebook banned and nightly internet shutdowns, Myanmar’s mainstream media has come to rely on citizen journalists for videos and news tips
Myanmar coup: Rising numbers of refugees, spiralling violence present major humanitarian crisis for India
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe Myanmar's military's ruthless crackdown after its coup has left more than 500 people dead, according to a local monitoring group, triggering international outrage
'They see protesters as criminals': Understanding Myanmar's military and its siege mentality
• 4 years agoIn this paranoid world, the thumping that Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD delivered to the military’s proxy party in November’s elections was easily portrayed as electoral fraud
'Respect will of people': Civil society members write to EAM to call on Myanmar military to restore democracy, peace
Fp Staff • 4 years agoOn 1 February, the Myanmar military, in a coup, deposed the elected civilian government and declared a year-long state of emergency
Myanmar military deploys digital arsenal of surveillance and repression in crackdown
• 4 years agoThe assembly of Myanmar’s modern surveillance State has depended partly on patrons like China and Russia that have few qualms about equipping authoritarians
Rather than 'setback', Myanmar coup leaves India on firmer geopolitical footing with Tatmadaw
Sreemoy Talukdar • 4 years agoDue to the Tatmadaw’s wariness of Beijing as well as New Delhi’s close strategic partnership with the United States, India should be in a good position to deal with the eventualities
India, Myanmar joint military operation in Sagaing may deal crippling blow to NSCN(K), other insurgent groups in North East
Sanjib Baruah • 6 years agoThe Myanmar Army and Indian Army's joint operation to flush out fighters of the ULFA (Independent), PLA and the UNLF from Myanmar's Sagaing region could serve a crippling blow to insurgency in the North East, including the Naga rebel group NSCN (Khaplang) faction, which has been unwilling to sit for peace talks with the Indian government
Myanmar Army enjoys popularity surge at home despite global condemnation over Rohingya crackdown
• 7 years agoWhile most of the outside world is appalled by what UN and US officials have called "ethnic cleansing", many in Myanmar support it.
Myanmar crisis: Caught between army and rebel group, refugees in Mizoram hope for better future but are reluctant to return
Rajeevbhattacharyya • 7 years agoRohingya crisis: Caught between Myanmar Army and rebel group, refugees in Mizoram hope for better future but are reluctant to return