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Assignment: Myanmar: fighting the might of the junta

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Myanmar: fighting the might of the junta

21/04/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Assignment, Myanmar: fighting the might of the junta

A mother and a student have sacrificed everything to join a fight for Myanmar's future

Training camps are turning young protestors into soldiers. We follow a mother and a student who have sacrificed everything to join a fight for the future of Myanmar.

Myanmar is now in a state of civil war. What started in February 2021 as a mass protest movement against the military coup is now a nationwide armed uprising. The junta is under attack across the country from a network of civilian militias called the People’s Defence Forces who say they’re fighting to create a democratic Myanmar. The BBC gained rare access to the jungle training camps where young protests are being turned into soldiers. We follow a single mother and a student who have sacrificed everything to join the fight. They're up against a well-trained military that’s willing to use brutal tactics to stay in power. As the death toll mounts and the world looks away, can they restore democracy? 

Reporter, Rebecca Henschke. 
Produced with Kelvin Brown, Ko Ko Aung and Banyar Kong Janoi.

(Image: 20 year-old Myo left home to join the resistance. Credit: BBC/Chit Aye)

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