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Women forced to flee Myanmar as junta enforces conscription to bolster troops
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Women forced to flee Myanmar as junta enforces conscription to bolster troops

The Hindu  

Estelle knew she had to flee Myanmar. The military junta had just announced it would introduce conscription to bolster its forces against myriad armed groups challenging its power, and she was terrified she would be forced to fight. The street demonstrations, which were met with a brutal crackdown, morphed into an armed resistance movement that has seen newer anti-coup forces …

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'No safe place': How Myanmar’s conscription law is forcing women and children to flee
5 months, 2 weeks ago

'No safe place': How Myanmar’s conscription law is forcing women and children to flee

Firstpost  

Thousands of people are fleeing Myanmar due to the military junta’s announcement of conscription to bolster its forces against armed groups challenging its power. File Photo- AP On February 10, Myanmar’s military junta declared the introduction of mandatory conscription for the first time since the People’s Military Service Law was passed in 2010. Moon Nay Li, joint general secretary for …

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Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar military begins basic training for draftees as resistance forces keep the pressure on

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military has begun basic training at military bases and schools across the country for draftees called up under the country’s recently activated conscription law, state-run media reported on Tuesday. The authorities activated the conscription law in February in a bid to to replenish the ranks that have been depleted in nationwide battles against ethnic minority armed groups …

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Myanmar will start drafting 5,000 people a month into the military soon. Some think of fleeing
10 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar will start drafting 5,000 people a month into the military soon. Some think of fleeing

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year. Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun, spokesperson for the military government, said in a statement published in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper …

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Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Facing setbacks against resistance forces, Myanmar’s military government activates conscription law

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. Under the 2010 People’s Military Service Law, passed under a previous military government, men aged 18 to 45 and women 18 to 35 can …

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