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Fearing Junta, Myanmar Parents Disown Dissident Children

February 9, 2022 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Fearing Junta, Myanmar Parents Disown Dissident ChildrenExpectedly, young people are at the forefront of the protests against the military junta in Myanmar. Fearing the junta parents have resorted to disowning their own children. This article by Wa Lone is published in Reuters. Here is an excerpt:

Every day for the last three months, an average of six or seven families in Myanmar have posted notices in the country’s state-owned newspapers cutting ties with sons, daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren who have publicly opposed the ruling military junta.

The notices started to appear in such numbers in November after the army, which seized power from Myanmar’s democratically elected government a year ago, announced it would take over properties of its opponents and arrest people giving shelter to protesters. Scores of raids on homes followed.

Lin Lin Bo Bo, a former car salesman who joined an armed group resisting military rule, was one of those disowned by his parents in about 570 notices reviewed by Reuters.

Read the full story here.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Burma, Political Dissidents

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