A humanitarian disaster in the making’ in Myanmar’s Chin State

Aljazeera
By Emily Fishbein and Zau Myet Awng and Nu Nu Lusan
18 May 2021

Men in embattled town of Mindat flee to the hills as military steps up crack down on resistance to February 1 coup.

People in Mindat protest against the military coup. Many have now fled the town which was placed under martial law [Courtesy of the Chin Human Rights Organization]

On May 15, Biak Thang hastily said goodbye to his wife and two children, grabbed a few days’ worth of food and supplies and ran to the forest.

“We heard that [military forces] are arresting men, so most of the men are escaping and only women and children are left,” said Biak Thang, who asked to use a pseudonym for security reasons.