‘Still my people’: Myanmar diaspora supports democracy struggle back home

Aljazeera
25 Sep 2023

Spurred to action by the February 2021 military coup, Myanmar nationals living abroad are helping to sustain a movement with limited international support 

Myanmar nationals in Japan have held protests calling on Tokyo to deny legitimacy to the Myanmar coup leaders [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

Until recently, Myanmar was little but a distant memory for Bawi Tin Par. The 26-year-old left her native Chin State when she was nine and was resettled as a refugee in the United States city of Indianapolis.