As the military targets civilians and blocks aid, those who have left home to avoid violence risk death finding food and healthcare
hen fighting erupted in May between pro-democracy armed groups and the military
They hid in the dense forest, their only shelter a tarpaulin, surviving on what little food they had carried with them. In the year since, the country has been plunged into violence, poverty and mass displacement as the military attempts to crush widespread resistance to its rule. Journalists in Myanmar are working in dangerous and difficult circumstances, as the military government attacks the free press and shuts down local media outlets. Many reporters still inside the country fear arrest, with others forced to leave their homes and go into hiding in areas increasingly under attack from military forces.
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