Not just Labor // Thailand’s Fisheries Migrant Communities Show their Life
BANGKOK // Migrant workers from Cambodia and Myanmar who are currently employed in the fishing and seafood packaging industry in Phuket, Chanthaburi, and Phang Nga, showcased their photo stories. These pictures shot with their mobile phones were shown in an exhibition at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) in May 2024. They capture their daily lives, showing challenging, entertaining, or mundane moments.
As birth control and family care fall short in Myanmar’s civil war, women’s groups step in
KARENNI STATE // Reproductive health and family planning are more difficult than ever as the intensifying civil war enters its third year. With fear and the threat of persecution ever-present, groups of local women are coordinating healthcare and promoting women’s rights as best they can.
From Yangon to Dubai, A Journey Into The Cyber Romance Scam World (III)
MAY 9th, 2024 // David* worked in a scam center in Dubai, targeting European men . His team posed as women on social media, luring targets into investing in fake platforms with promises of love and affection. His experience, a lifeline after fleeing Myanmar’s turmoil post-coup, sheds light on the dark underbelly of migrant exploitation and online scams prevalent in Southeast Asian borders but also in Dubai’s shadowy job market.
From Yangon to Dubai, David’s Odyssey Into The Cyber Romance Scam World (II)
MAY 7th, 2024 // David* worked in a scam center in Dubai, targeting European men . His team posed as women on social media, luring targets into investing in fake platforms with promises of love and affection. His experience, a lifeline after fleeing Myanmar’s turmoil post-coup, sheds light on the dark underbelly of migrant exploitation and online scams prevalent in Southeast Asian borders but also in Dubai’s shadowy job market.
From Yangon to Dubai, David’s Odyssey Into The Cyber Romance Scam World (I)
MAY 5th, 2024 // David* worked in a scam center in Dubai, targeting European men . His team posed as women on social media, luring targets into investing in fake platforms with promises of love and affection. His experience, a lifeline after fleeing Myanmar’s turmoil post-coup, sheds light on the dark underbelly of migrant exploitation and online scams prevalent in Southeast Asian borders but also in Dubai’s shadowy job market.
Myanmar’s Stateless Migrant Children in Thailand
APRIL, 28th, 2024 // Even though Saw Win is a legally employed migrant worker in Thailand, he still cannot access the right to register the birth of his child. This widespread issue raises questions about the birth registration process related to migrants’ workplaces and local government agencies. The problem is caused by corruption and use of discretion from government officials, as well as the denial of responsibility by employers.
Airtrikes Epidemic (III) // “Not every house has a bomb shelter yet”
MARCH, 15th, 2024 // In the three years following the coup, the Myanmar military has conducted 1,652 airstrikes across the country. The Sagaing Region has been subject to the most aerial attacks to this date. Regionwide, bunkers and trenches are proliferating to protect civilians, such as Min Hla village.
Into the Life of Myanmar Women Factory Workers
FEBRUARY 26th, 2024 // Long familiar with the tiny gains and vicious crashes brought on by political shocks, workers in Myanmar now face insurmountable hardships as the fourth year post-coup gets underway. People must now decide either to shelter in place with no end in sight, or face down unknown conditions as migrant workers overseas. Young garment factory workers share their experiences from Yangon and Samut Prakarn, in neighbouring Thailand.
“Given the chance, I would burn it to the ground” // Testimony from Hpa-An women prison
HPA-AN, KAYIN STATE // Naw May, a former political prisoner, speaks out about the abuses she faced during her two years of detention. The number of political prisoners, and especially women, has never been that high in Burma’s history.
Checkpoints // Myanmar Map of Lawlessness
Shoddy concrete structures connected to the military have become a common and menacing sight in Myanmar. These pillboxes are being used by the military as watchtowers and strongholds from which they can erratically impose invasive checks on civilians, subjecting them to bullying, intimidation and arbitrary arrest.