# Myanmar ### [[Radio Free Asia]] page https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar ## [Myanmar’s Media Adapts to the World’s Harshest Oppression](https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/myanmars-media-adapts-to-the-worlds-harshest-oppression/) *Inside the country, and in exile, Myanmar’s free media organizations strive to get the story out despite a brutal crackdown.* [[The Diplomat]] on [[2021-12-14]] ## Myanmar’s shadow government declares ‘resistance war’ against military junta  https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmars-shadow-government-declares-resistance-war-against-military-junta The military junta has murdered more than 1,000 civilians and jailed several thousand more in the wake of the February 1 military coup. Ordinary citizens have responded by taking up arms and waging targeted guerrilla attacks against the military, its infrastructure and individuals deemed to be collaborating with the coup regime. In anticipation of increased instability, some locals in Yangon have reported stockpiling food and medicine in recent days, but the streets of the country’s major cities were still quiet as residents woke up to the NUG’s announcement on Tuesday. Following lethal crackdowns by the junta’s armed forces on anti-coup protests, thousands of youth across the country opposed to military rule travelled to liberated areas controlled by ethnic armed organisations such as the Kachin Independence Army and the Karen National Union to undergo combat training. Many returned to their towns to take part in urban guerrilla warfare against regime targets. Though the NUG’s defence ministry has not revealed how many resistance fighters are in the PDF, it is believed to be several thousand. It is unclear how the PDF will fight against the Myanmar military, which, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies—cited in a report by DW—is the 11th largest professional army in the world with more than 400,000 soldiers on active duty as of 2019. In recent weeks, local resistance fighters and ethnic armed forces inflicted hundreds of casualties on the Myanmar army during clashes and ambushes. A defence ministry official under the NUG told Myanmar Now on the condition of anonymity that the resistance war against the junta will transform from guerrilla-style attacks into more conventional warfare in collaboration with the public. ## [[Twitter]] ### War against the military coup Quoted tweet: BREAKING: #Myanmar acting President has announced that country-wide "public revolution" has just began today. https://twitter.com/mrattkthu/status/1435057633812258822?s=19 [[Alex Gladstein]]: Myanmar's National Unity Government has just declared the launch of a “people’s defensive war” against the military junta. https://twitter.com/gladstein/status/1435088526027071488?s=19 BREAKING: The NUG’s acting president calls on the public, the People’s Defence Force and ethnic armed organisations to revolt against Min Aung Hlaing’s military council. https://t.co/QvY5tOiBD3 ### Torture Comprehensive account of widespread, systematic torture by the #Myanmar junta, by ⁦@AP⁩’s ⁦@thevmilko⁩ & Kristin Gelineau. “Some were detained for protesting against the military, others for no discernible reason.” #whatshappeninginmyanmar https://t.co/5wcPTSocNd https://twitter.com/matthewfsmith/status/1453589231792758784?t=BrJUz1o-3du-bPrrZWPOPA&s=19 ### SAC drives through protest https://twitter.com/soezeya/status/1467345283310768131?t=6A6uV-FYOS4rOkKYE5byUg&s=19 At least four people were killed due to SAC vehicle drives through a group of protesters and opened fire at Pan Pin Gyi Road in Kyeemyindaing, Rangoon on Sunday Comments https://twitter.com/Nrg8000/status/1467369360893169665?t=64kWIHNDXm1xXr0hu5EnbA&s=19 The Tatmadaw is literally committing terror attacks against the people of Myanmar every single day. Any country that continues to do business with murderous, terrorist thugs like this cannot have a clear conscious. ### Rebels using 3D-printed guns https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1468966318317531140?t=HhsRhSBaQOVpi-xYZLO6gQ&s=19 Incredible. This is a photo of a rebel in #Myanmar / #Burma armed with JStark’s FGC-9, a 3D-printed gun. The fighter is a member of the People’s Defence Forces, who’re currently fighting the authoritarian military junta. (Via @war_noir) https://t.co/HXmXTyAgpO ![[20211213_133902.jpg]] Another image apparently from #Myanmar / #Burma showing an anti-junta rebel with J-Stark's FGC-9 MkII 3D-printed gun. I think it's really remarkable to see this used by insurgents in the midst of a conflict against a brutal authoritarian force. https://t.co/FrqFfoUWoH ![[20211213_133910.jpg]] Another image of the FGC-9 in #Myanmar / #Burma. This time it's equipped with a sight. https://t.co/IurPE0IRlV ![[20211213_133920.jpg]]