In this undated file photo taken in May 2021, anti-coup activists undergo basic military training at a camp of the Karen National Union (KNU), an ethnic rebel group, in Karen state. - With urban mass-protests now largely snuffed out by a brutal and indiscriminate crackdown, the Karen National Union is offering anti-coup protesters training in ways to fight back. - AFP
Bangkok, June 4, 2021 (AFP) - Nervous laughter breaks out in Myanmar's eastern jungle as a young man training to overthrow the junta is knocked backwards by the kick of a rifle he has just fired at a target painted on a tree.
Waiting behind him for their turn with the weapon are others who have fled the cities and reappeared in rebel-held jungle territory, now training for combat against the military regime.
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