Vox Pop: Hope and despair mingle on World Press Freedom Day in Myanmar
03 May 2024
On World Press Freedom Day on May 3, DMG reached out to journalists who shared their views on the situation in Myanmar and the challenges facing press freedom.
03 May 2024
On World Press Freedom Day on May 3, DMG reached out to journalists who shared their views on the situation in Myanmar and the challenges facing press freedom.
25 Apr 2024
Many residents have been leaving junta-controlled towns amid numerous dangers and travel restrictions. U Aung Kyaw Min, who recently fled his home in Sittwe along with his family, spoke to DMG about his escape.
14 Apr 2024
DMG recently interviewed a Muslim man, identified here by the pseudonymous initials J.T., who fled the Kyauktalone displacement camp in Kyaukphyu Township to avoid conscription.
10 Apr 2024
The revolution of the Arakan Army (AA), a movement centred on sovereignty and self-determination for Arakanese people, turned 15 years old on April 10.
01 Apr 2024
Some IDP families are going hungry due to food shortages. Some IDPs collect cash donations in villages to buy food.
09 Jan 2024
We stayed in that house for eight days and we were starving. We had to hide beneath the house as the aircraft strafed. When children cried, we had to shut their mouths.
28 Dec 2023
The archaeological museum that sits on the palace mound in Mrauk-U was damaged when Myanmar’s military regime carried out artillery strikes following fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) on December 25.
17 Dec 2023
DMG spoke to internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, discussing their challenges and the hardships triggered by the junta’s far-reaching blockade.
16 Dec 2023
DMG recently spoke to a local man in Kyaukphyu, who asked for anonymity, discussing the socioeconomic hardships triggered by the junta’s far-reaching travel blockade.
30 Nov 2023
DMG spoke to local residents and businessmen in Arakan State, discussing their needs and the hardships triggered by the junta’s far-reaching travel blockade.
24 Nov 2023
Hundreds of residents are trapped in the town, with some being held hostage by the regime. The AA has been trying to rescue them, with more than 220 civilians extricated from the town on November 2l and 23.
11 Nov 2023
Political analysts and observers recently shared their thoughts with DMG on the possible impacts of Operation 1027, which the Brotherhood Alliance says is aimed at ending military dictatorship in Myanmar.
29 Oct 2023
Some of those accused were granted amnesty in other townships. My husband was not granted amnesty. He is innocent, and the regime arrested him for no reason. He needed to receive treatment at a hospital. I had to borrow money to pay for his medical costs, and I still can’t fully repay the debts.
21 Oct 2023
DMG spoke to some of those IDPs in Arakan State, discussing their hopes and challenges as they look longingly to an eventual but uncertain return home.
09 Oct 2023
In recognition of the recent anniversary of the AASYC’s founding, DMG interviewed its chairman Ko Saw Tun, discussing the history of the AASYC, its current activities, and its views on the political situation in Arakan State.
05 Oct 2023
DMG recently spoke to Arakan State activists in various fields to discuss these troubling trends, with a focus on the understandably high-emotion issue of child rape.
21 Sep 2023
DMG spoke to IDPs, youths and politicians in Arakan State on this year’s International Day of Peace, discussing the suffering and ever-present insecurity induced by conflict.
17 Sep 2023
The youth sector in Arakan State is declining. The activities of the Arakan Students Union can be said to have been delayed. Why is it that the offices of the Arakan Students Union at the university have been closed? Activists were also arrested and prosecuted.
01 Sep 2023
DMG interviewed the parents of students from various IDP camps in Arakan State to learn more about their challenges, and how they are endeavouring to overcome them.
14 Aug 2023
Arakan State military council spokesman U Hla Thein spoke to DMG about the floods and what the council has been doing to help flood victims.