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Faced with the military junta, the Burmese hesitate between war and exile

2021-12-29T18:28:00.383Z


STORY - Since the coup a year ago, the country has descended into civil war with no short-term political solution in sight.


In Phnom Penh

On November 24, Kelly (first names have been changed) flew from Yangon International Airport.

A one-way ticket to a country in the region.

First in transit, "

the time that the borders open again because of the Covid

", the 35-year-old doctor intends, eventually, to put down her bags in a country in eastern Asia, where "

a contract in an NGO

”awaits him, she said.

Although she is no longer physically in Burma, Kelly prefers to keep silent about her exact location, "

for safety

".

Almost a year after the coup d'état that brought the military to power last February, Burma sees its youth, especially urban and educated, flee to other horizons, driven away by the lack of professional opportunities and the anguish of a daily life made of insecurity and violence.

See also

Burma: the opposition to the junta calls for a "war of resistance"

As early as February, I started collecting funds in my bank account to redistribute them to various pro-democracy groups across the country

,” Kelly explains over the phone.

Some of my ...

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Source: lefigaro

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