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‘Every silenced voice matters’: Defending press freedom in Myanmar

Written by Exile Hub

1 week ago

Mizzima News: Surviving the junta and reporting Myanmar's ‘Spring Revolution’

Written by Mong Palatino

2 weeks ago

The Rohingya crisis is pushing biodiversity to the brink in Bangladesh

Written by Zulker Naeen

6 April 2025

How the junta’s repressive policies are hampering earthquake rescue efforts in Myanmar

Written by Mong Palatino

1 April 2025

Stories about Myanmar (Burma)

Myanmar junta continues airstrikes despite post-earthquake ceasefire declaration

Junta forces are accused of bombing villages instead of focusing on search and rescue operations

Written by Mong Palatino

7 April 2025

How Myanmar’s civic space is shrinking after USAID cuts

The funding cuts have had an immediate and devastating effect on groups working across borders

Written by The Irrawaddy

26 March 2025

Providing a safe space for Myanmar’s embattled journalists and human rights defenders

Global Voices interviewed the communications officer of Exile Hub, an organization that works with activists and journalists affected by the conflict in Myanmar

Written by Mong Palatino

12 February 2025

Refugee hospitals on the Thai-Myanmar border affected by US aid freeze

Some have proposed closing the camps altogether

Written by Prachatai

4 February 2025

What’s in store for Myanmar in 2025?

The junta suffered huge military losses in 2024. Will the trend continue this year?

Written by The Irrawaddy

25 January 2025

Families of Hongkongers trapped in Myanmar ‘scam farms’ ask for diplomatic intervention

Currently at least 13 Hongkongers are held captive in Myanmar

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

17 January 2025

From Myanmar to Australia, a former refugee shares what it means to struggle for Rohingya rights

Noor Azizah shares about her work with the Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network

Written by Mong Palatino

14 January 2025

A year in Myanmar junta’s theatre of absurdity as military collapse loomed

Year-end review of the junta's continued losses and lies in Myanmar

Written by The Irrawaddy

9 January 2025

How the UN Cybercrime Convention 2023 can pose a threat to human rights defenders and exiled journalists

Without adequate safeguards, the treaty could legitimize and facilitate the persecution of human rights defenders and journalists beyond national borders

Written by Guest Contributor

30 December 2024

Revolution without borders: Myanmar exiles fighting the junta from abroad

A former political prisoner continues to resist the military dictatorship

Written by The Irrawaddy

1 December 2024

Impunity continues to threaten the work of journalists across Southeast Asia

Harassment, state-backed attacks, arbitrary detention, media killings persist in the region

Written by Mong Palatino

11 November 2024

A eulogy for Myanmar’s immortals

A tribute to the 'martyrs' and 'ordinary people' who gave up their lives while battling the junta

Written by The Irrawaddy

26 October 2024

From Myanmar to Thailand: Displaced journalists tell their stories

They left after the coup but continued to report the situation in their communities

Written by Prachatai

27 August 2024

Hip-hop artist recalls her husband’s execution in Myanmar

'We didn’t say goodbye …we didn’t say anything personal'

Written by The Irrawaddy

8 August 2024

Life under military rule in Myanmar’s biggest city

Inflation, crime surge, and constant threats of arrests in Yangon

Written by The Irrawaddy

27 July 2024

War on citizens: How the junta’s VPN ban is strangling communication in Myanmar

The measure exposes the desperation of the military regime

Written by The Irrawaddy

28 June 2024

With ‘Flower strikes,’ citizens call for the release of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Anti-junta protests also demanded the freedom of 20,000 political prisoners

Written by Mong Palatino

24 June 2024

Taiwan International Documentary Festival honors Myanmar filmmakers

This year’s theme is ‘Re-encountering reality’

Written by Filip Noubel

21 May 2024

Southeast Asian media groups cite need for press freedom in dealing with extreme weather events

"Every story is potentially an environmental story"

Written by Mong Palatino

13 May 2024

Heatwave highlights climate vulnerabilities in Southeast Asia

Over 1,500 people died of heatstroke in Myanmar last month

Written by Sydney Allen

9 May 2024

Deep historical links complicate Taiwan's relationship with Myanmar

An interview with Taiwan-based journalist Will Yang

Written by Filip Noubel

10 April 2024

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