Potential conscripts fear they could be forced to carry out atrocities or be used as human shields by the military.
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Potential conscripts fear they could be forced to carry out atrocities or be used as human shields by the military.
Myanmar
Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has denounced the military’s announcement that it will begin enforcing a 2010 military conscription law, vowing to resist its implementation.
Myanmar
The government in Myanmar has announced compulsory military service for all young men and women as the country’s turmoil continues.
Myanmar
An alliance of ethnic forces has gained much ground in military-ruled Myanmar, but some fear the movement may splinter.
Myanmar
Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images Junta’s vast programme of building prisons and labour camps raises fears of intensified crackdown against country’s pro-democracy movement.
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers have called for a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis in Myanmar that began when the military seized power in a coup three years ago, and has left thousands dead.
Myanmar
Just over a week ago, India’s federal home minister Amit Shah announced a plan to fence the open border with neighbouring Myanmar.
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The rapid breakdown of a Beijing-mediated cease-fire in northern Myanmar has exposed the limits of Chinese influence in the region, even as it seeks to turn recent military gains by a rebel alliance to its advantage.