Emily Fishbein

Heavily pregnant women displaced by fighting risk their lives to give birth after being forced to flee their homes.

The tactic targets civilians in bid to stifle support for resistance fighters, but appears to be backfiring.

‘Four cuts’ was used against the Karen in the 1960s and was also deployed in Rakhine in 2017.

Civilians are training with ethnic armed groups and setting up cells in cities, but face a formidably armed military.

Military attacks have forced villagers into the jungle and stiffened the resolve of those fighting against the coup.

Men in embattled town of Mindat flee to the hills as military steps up crackdown on resistance to February 1 coup.

Some ethnic organisations are carrying out testing and vaccinations in the mainly border areas under their control.

Opposition to the military coup has boosted ethnic armed groups, creating a new challenge to its mining operations.

Military power grab appears to be uniting Myanmar people against a shared enemy, increasing the risk of armed conflict.

Healthcare workers have set up mobile clinics to treat protesters but say their biggest challenge is ‘not to get shot’ .