Since Myanmar's February 2021 coup, nearly 3,000 people have been killed, 1.5 million internally displaced, and over 13,000 detained. The draft forces young people to choose between rebelling or fleeing the country amid growing military resistance.
Gallery: With no end in sight for the civil war in Myanmar, the government earlier this year enacted a compulsory conscription law, sparking a wave of people fleeing to neighboring countries including China as they seek to avoid the draft. https://t.co/S49QFI8g3m
Weeks after Myanmar's military government announced a nationwide draft, young people face a difficult decision: take up arms and fight or flee? https://t.co/8eeVtWHMPx
Choices by young people to rebel or flee the country to avoid a nationwide draft offer a glimpse into the turmoil in Myanmar as a growing military resistance poses the biggest challenge to the junta since it seized power in a 2021 coup https://t.co/RDTc9Jtiwa
Fight back or flee? Myanmar draft forces hard choices on youth https://t.co/pBWZfP8B30 https://t.co/e9U3U0laTe
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Nearly 3,000 people have been killed, 1.5 million internally displaced, and more than 13,000 detained in inhumane conditions since Myanmar's February 2021 coup. https://t.co/uzxi7dJiGj
Myanmar's new conscription law is pushing younger adults to leave the country amid intense fighting between ethnic and anti-regime forces with the military. https://t.co/pSMTxwyJJV