Children still bearing brunt of Myanmar coup: Jakarta Post contributors


Children from Pu Phar village, displaced after fighting between the military and members of the People's Defence Force, attend a school lesson under a makeshift structure as they take refuge in the jungle near Demoso, Kayah state on July 3, 2021. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): More than six months after the coup in Myanmar, children are still suffering through a horrific situation they have done nothing to bring about.

The junta and its proxies have killed scores of boys and girls, arbitrarily detained hundreds, and driven the country to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe.

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