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Myanmar’s Urban Poor Vow To Fight On For Democracy

April 25, 2021 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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This interesting story is published by Frontier. Here is an excerpt:

Among the wood, bamboo and tin homes that sprawl over several acres in one of Shwepyithar Township’s largest slums, Ko Kyaw Thu Htet begins to weep silently as he contemplates life under a military dictatorship. 

“Many lives have been sacrificed, including innocent children,” he says. “The democracy that we want is very expensive – we have to sacrifice a lot to get it.”

Kyaw Thu Htet has seen this sacrifice first-hand. The 24-year-old bricklayer has been a regular member of frontline protest teams in the northern Yangon township since shortly after the coup, and on March 3 security forces shot and killed a man in his 30s standing near him. 

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Burma, Democracy Protests

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