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My Younger Brother …

Dawei Watch

October 31, 2024

We arrived in the middle of a quiet night and the door of the small house was open, but the place had the feel of a graveyard. When we arrived, we shone the beam of our torch at the door of the house. The door was open, but the small house belonged to a person […]

Rape and sexual assaults by both sides going unpunished

Dawei Watch

September 12, 2024

Women in Myanmar who have been raped and sexually assaulted during the ongoing conflict find little help from the junta, or those fighting against it. While there have been active campaigns worldwide to protect women from becoming the victims of sexual violence, women in Myanmar, who have been assaulted sexually, remain helpless while those who […]

Guardians of Pat-Chan: How river conservations thrived before Myanmar’s crisis

Dawei Watch

August 26, 2024

A group of conservationists and villagers fought to preserve Myanmar’s southern Pat-Chan River and its mangrove forests – until a military coup forced their efforts to halt TANINTHARYI, MYANMAR — Efforts to conserve rivers and mangroves in southern Myanmar came to a standstill when activists fled the country in fear of their safety. The responsibility […]

Crisis at Sea: The Life-threatening Work of Myanmar Fishers in Thailand

Dawei Watch

July 16, 2024

Most of the fishers in Thailand—one of the countries that have received the biggest value from seafood export—are Myanmar migrant workers who have been fleeing from their country since the coup in 2021. In Thailand, they are facing another threat: working with many risks, ranging from losing body parts to death, without proper protection. This […]

A Sea of Drugs from Southern Myanmar

Dawei Watch

June 27, 2024

While neighboring countries have been launching intense anti-narcotics operations along their borders, the drug gangs now send more shipments via the southern Tanintharyi waters, where the conflict is growing. Dawei Watch When more than one ton of methamphetamine – commonly known as ice – was found aboard a fishing boat by Myanmar’s military junta in […]

Pearl companies in Myanmar clam up on military ties

Dawei Watch

March 26, 2024

Despite its low profile, the country’s pearl industry stands accused of providing revenue to help prop up the military junta TANINTHARYI, MYANMAR – For the controversial pearl industry in Myanmar, it’s business as usual in the southern Myeik Archipelago, despite calls for international pearl farming companies – including the Japanese – to exit the country […]