With thousands of their children killed or imprisoned, the country’s mothers are paying a high price for the military’s coup.
Sickened by the regime’s deadly crackdown, Ko Ye Naing quit the police and found a new life as an eco-printer teaching his skills to fellow CDM-ers.
PDF members in the resistance stronghold of Sagaing Region have selflessly given their lives to save and protect their comrades.
After leading national strikes against the coup last year, health workers around the country are now battling to protect the revolution.
Increasing numbers of female-only resistance groups are being formed across the country to battle the military regime.
The regime is targeting lawyers who represent political prisoners, making it increasingly dangerous to take on new clients.
Defections and casualties are leaving the battalions under strength as troops burn down villages where they used to recruit.
A court agreed to a request from the detained elected leader’s estranged brother to auction off the home, in another step by Min Aung Hlaing to erase her legacy.
SBDF chief Bo Thanmani, son of a Rakhine communist rebel, was killed in a clash in Shwebo while using his group’s only assault rifle to cover his fighters, members say.
A heavily pregnant young woman had to flee her village in Karen State and gave birth to her second son in an IDP camp as regime artillery shells fell all...
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