Myanmar’s Kachin State Under the Coup Regime
Myanmar’s anti-coup protests have captivated the world’s attention, but things look very different in the country’s north.
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February 25, 2021
Activists inscribe a call for federal democracy at the Myitsone confluence of the Irrawaddy River, north of Myitkyina, Kachin State, February 23, 2021.
Credit: Courtesy Myitkyina News Journal
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The millions of people who have poured onto the streets in opposition to the February 1 military coup in Myanmar have the appearance of a unified movement in urban centers like Yangon, where everybody from doctors to dancers has taken up the fight for democracy.
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Myanmar Military Regime Rewrites Laws to Stifle Dissent, ‘Justify’ Power Grab
Myanmar Military Regime Rewrites Laws to Stifle Dissent, ‘Justify’ Power Grab
Police and soldiers fire rubber bullets and slingshot projectiles at anti-coup protesters in Mandalay on Feb. 15, 2021. / The Irrawaddy
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By San Yamin Aung 18 February 2021
Over the weekend, Myanmar’s military regime introduced a number of legal changes, scrapping laws that constrain security forces from detaining dissidents and breaching privacy, reinstating the notorious overnight guest registration requirement, and imposing new punishments against protesters.
The changes have been widely condemned as attempting to legalize the regime’s crackdown on the opposition; despite the widely held view that the coup it staged on Feb. 1 was unconstitutional, military leaders have been at pains to say that they are protecting, and acting within, the 2008 Constitution and existing laws.