Unless minorities issues are addressed, there can be no peace in Myanmar
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Coup means more misery for Myanmar s ethnic minorities
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Thousands of people from targeted ethnic minority groups in Myanmar flee into jungle after military coup
In recent weeks, thousands of Karen people have reportedly fled to the jungle to escape a military bombardment of their homes
16 February 2021 • 1:32pm
More than 200 Karen villagers have reportedly been made homeless since Sunday due to military shelling
Credit: David Eubank/Free Burma Rangers
Her head in her hands, an exhausted woman crouches on the muddy forest floor. At her feet, a barefooted infant stares into the distance with a furrowed brow, clutching the remains of a cheap snack. Another child stands in pink cartoon pyjamas – indicating a sudden flight from home.
Myanmar marks Union Day with the multi-ethnic national dream slipping further away 222 shares
11/02/2021 - 21:56 Pro-democracy protests gather on boats at a rally at Inle Lake, Myanmar February 11, 2021 in this still video image obtained by Reuters. © via Reuters - Social Media 12 min Union Day in Myanmar commemorates the February 12, 1947 signing of a historic agreement that enabled the birth of a unified republic. But 74 years later, with the military seizing power in yet another coup, Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups have little patience for an idealised past. Advertising Read more
February 12 is an important holiday in Myanmar’s national calendar, marking the anniversary of an event schoolchildren across the country have studied, with varying levels of proficiency, over the past seven decades.