Many of them have received training from ethnic militias that have challenged the government for decades. Hundreds of thousands of young people – students, professionals, and political activists – have fled to neighboring countries or are in hiding inside Myanmar.īecause the massive pro-democracy demonstrations were severely repressed last year, thousands of youth took up arms in what can be called guerrilla warfare. The killings of more than 1,700 people, including children, have been attributed to the army. Dozens of people have been sentenced to death. More than a year has passed since Myanmar’s military took over the country and arrested its democratic leaders and about 10,000 civilians. Myanmar researchers have dissected - by combing through Burmese social media - how pro-Junta citizens are justifying the military’s violence against civilians.
