5 Minutes To ReadJoah McGee reflects on Friedgard Lottermoser’s journey from war’s devastation to spiritual awakening, bridging worlds with mindful resolve.
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August 29, 2024
11 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker notes some of the events during the closing days of a year under the repressive thumb of the Myanmar military.
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July 29, 2022
16 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes the bewildering conclusion of an alarming confrontation with Myanmar soldiers and police at his apartment door.
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July 22, 2022
14 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes the sudden, ominous arrival of Myanmar soldiers and police at his apartment door.
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July 15, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker notes the terror and the uncertainty, the bravery and the heroism, that coëxist under the oppressive military rule in Myanmar.
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July 8, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on how, when people work together, a solution might be found to the military repression in Myanmar.
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July 1, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker (pseudonym) Editor’s Note: This post is the twenty-ninth installment in an ongoing series, Chronicle of a Coup, comprised of reports written from within Myanmar by Christopher J. Walker (a pseudonym), a longtime resident, which together sketch one person’s first-hand account of the weeks and months following the February 1, 2021, military coup. A selection of his reports will be posted weekly, every Friday. A chronological archive is also available here.
Tea Circle is grateful to Christopher for sharing his personal account of life under military rule in Myanmar. Recognizing that his voice is one of many, we encourage other authors to submit their own accounts.
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June 24, 2022
6 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker (pseudonym) describes the tragic and the comic, how they exist side by side under oppressive military rule in Myanmar.
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June 17, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker (pseudonym) reflects on the effects of COVID-19 and the people’s resilience under military repression in Myanmar.
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June 10, 2022
4 Minutes To ReadOpen letter signatories respond to the Institute for Economics and Peace’s (IEP) recent statement on the Global Terrorism Index report.
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June 9, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker (pseudonym) describes the continuing desperation and urgency in confronting COVID-19 and the military repression in Myanmar.
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June 3, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker (pseudonym) describes the desperation and urgency in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic amid the military repression in Myanmar.
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May 27, 2022
6 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes the devastating combined effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and military repression in Myanmar.
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May 20, 2022
3 Minutes To ReadThe Institute for Economics & Peace responds to an open letter regarding its recent Global Terrorism report.
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May 16, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker(pseudonym) describes how military repression in Myanmar is strangling access to medical care during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 13, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadAn open letter by scholars and analysts of Myanmar, to the Institute of Economics and Peace requesting necessary changes to a recent Global Terrorism Index Report.
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May 11, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker shares the autobiography of a political activist who escaped to Thailand, and considers his current situation.
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May 6, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the lives of Myanmar political activists, sheltering from the Tatmadaw as exiles in Thailand.
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April 29, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the lives of Myanmar political activists, fleeing for their lives from the Tatmadaw.
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April 22, 2022
6 Minutes To ReadTo understand the generational pain and grief, Htar Nwe (pseudonym) writes about the process of finding herself through her own pain and grief after the February 1 coup.
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April 18, 2022
6 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes an instance of the random dangers encountered in Myanmar due to military repression.
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April 15, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes resistance to the military repression in Myanmar, in demonstrations and in education.
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April 8, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes one attempt to help relieve the dire food shortage resulting from military rule in Myanmar.
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March 26, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the ingenuity of efforts to resist military repression in Myanmar.
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March 18, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on urgent safety concerns amidst the military repression in Myanmar.
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March 11, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the urgent security and financial concerns amidst the military repression in Myanmar.
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March 4, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the ever-intensifying dangers of daily life under military rule in Myanmar.
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February 25, 2022
11 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker recounts the risks that he, his friends, and his neighbours face in the aftermath of Myanmar’s military coup.
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February 18, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker describes the everyday crises triggered by military repression in Myanmar.
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February 11, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on Gen Z’s audaciousness and the banking situation under the repression of Myanmar’s military.
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February 4, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the constant presence of soldiers and police, and the response of international bodies to the military repression in Myanmar.
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January 28, 2022
12 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the reality of everyday life under military repression in Myanmar.
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January 21, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the psychological repercussions of living under military repression in Myanmar.
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January 14, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the everyday emergencies erupting in Myanmar because of military repression.
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December 17, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the everyday emergencies erupting in Myanmar because of military repression
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December 10, 2021
12 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the everyday emergencies erupting in Myanmar because of military repression.
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December 3, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the everyday emergencies erupting in Myanmar because of military repression.
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November 26, 2021
9 Minutes To ReadChristopher J. Walker reflects on the everyday emergencies erupting in Myanmar under military rule.
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November 19, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadCommencing his Chronicle of a Coup, Christopher J. Walker reflects on local coordination in the coup’s aftermath.
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November 12, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadAs a former government servant in Naypyidaw, Ma Lin Mya recalls her reaction to the February 1 coup.
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November 5, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadSuzana (pseudonym) writes a letter to her friend who has been arrested and imprisoned.
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August 30, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadLili Kyawt (pseudonym) reflects on experiences of trauma shared by different generations.
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May 17, 2021
2 Minutes To ReadKyaw Sint addresses his hopes for the future in a letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, justice, Rakhine State, rule of law
February 12, 2018