Myanmar’s rebels liberate territory – administrating it is the next battle
Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera visits liberated area in Karen State where establishing a civil administration is the next task for fighters.
Karen State, Myanmar – Thaw Hti was a tiny speck amid a march of hundreds of thousands that snaked its way through the streets of Yangon in 2021, demanding a return to democracy after the Myanmar military seized power.
“We had signboards and they had guns,” she said, recounting with bitterness the events of March 2021.
In the intervening four years, much has changed for Thaw Hti and her generation in Myanmar.
After the military slaughtered hundreds in bloody crackdowns on those pro-democracy protests, young people fled to territory controlled by ethnic armed groups in Myanmar’s border regions with Thailand, India and China.
Thaw Hti went, too.
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