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Staring March 17, the country no longer has a single independent newspaper in publication.
Myanmar becomes a nation without newspapers
The closure of Myanmar’s last independent newspaper marks a new milestone in the country’s political descent
Mar 18, 2021
Family members are pictured in mourning at the funeral of Zaw Myat Lynn, an official from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party. He was taken into regime custody alive on the night of March 6, but the following day his family was notified that he had died.
Detained at night, lifeless by morning: Arrests under Myanmar’s junta
A growing number of protesters have disappeared into military custody, with the authorities providing no information about their location, well-being or the charges against them
Mar 11, 2021
Relatives mourn at a memorial to honour a protester who has fallen in North Okkalapa. (Myanmar Now)
A Yangon township reels from an assault on young lives and human decency
Eight protesters were confirmed dead after Wednesday’s crackdowns in North Okkalapa, with dozens more injured and many others still unaccounted for
Mar 6, 2021
Doctors march in Yangon on February 22 as part of the nationwide general strike to demand an end to military rule. (Myanmar Now)
Frontline workers in Myanmar’s health crisis vow to keep up pressure on the regime
Fearing a return to the disastrous policies of the past, medical professionals have taken the lead in the fight against military rule
Feb 24, 2021
Hundreds of thousands descended on Hledan in Yangon to protest the military coup on Monday (Myanmar Now)
‘We’re getting closer’ - protesters hopeful of victory as general strike shuts down country 
‘This uprising will continue until the people’s desire comes true,’ said one protester
Feb 22, 2021
Photo : Myanmar Now
A leaderless revolution looks to the past, and hopes for a better future
The popular uprising against military rule is still young, but it has decades of experience to draw on as it fights an old enemy of the people
Feb 19, 2021
NLD candidates Ni Ni May Myint, Min Aung, and Chit Chit Chaw were campaigning in Rakhine state when they were kidnapped by the AA on October 14, 2020. 
Seventy-nine days in AA captivity
Three NLD candidates speak to Myanmar Now about their ordeal as prisoners of the Arakan Army
Jan 26, 2021
People pass the central vaccine depot on Min Dhama road on January 6. (Photo: Sai Zaw / Myanmar Now)
The case of the vanishing vaccines
It took just one week for police to find the culprits responsible for the disappearance of nearly $35,000 worth of vaccines
Jan 20, 2021
Myanmar migrant workers are tested for Covid-19 in Mahachai, in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon province, in the first week of January 2021. (Photo: Supplied)
Myanmar migrants struggle as second wave of Covid-19 hits Thailand
Discrimination has made the resurgence of the coronavirus in Thailand especially hard on Myanmar workers
Jan 10, 2021
Local people hold up signs expressing their opposition to a fertilizer factory at a meeting held on December 29. (K Zun Nway / Myanmar Now)
Twante residents fight to close foul-smelling fertilizer factory 
People living near the plant say that the smell emanating from it is unbearable
Jan 8, 2021
Volunteers assist in the Ayeyarwady Covid-19 treatment centre’s ICU room on November 20. (Photo: Phyo Htet Aung / Myanmar Now) 
A year into a crippling pandemic, volunteers strain to meet growing needs
In a country where healthcare has long been neglected by those in power, volunteers play an indispensable role in dealing with a deadly crisis
Jan 3, 2021
Ye Ye Nywe at the house where her family members were killed (Myanmar Now)
Ghosts in the wind: Police said an ex-cop killed his family and then himself, but they misled the public about key evidence   
Myanmar Now investigation finds police appear to have lied about forensic doctor’s finding in case that shocked the country
Dec 31, 2020
A gun-driller holds an air gun near the entrance to a pit. (Photo: Kay Zun Nwe / Myanmar Now)
Mawchi miners are living—and dying—by the gun
‘Gun disease,’ a condition afflicting miners who use air guns to extract tin and tungsten, is killing hundreds in Kayah state
Dec 31, 2020

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