Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before

By Nyi Nyi Kyaw, Marie Curie Research Fellow in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol

Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced threats to their survival and future as severe as today.

The military coup of February 2021 shattered the hopes of many young people in Myanmar who had envisioned a better and more stable future under their democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.

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