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Anna har mardrömmar varje natt om att kallas in: ”Tänker på hur vi kan fly”

Anna vaknar fyra gånger per natt efter mardrömmar där hon skickas till fronten och tvingas strida. Det skriver CNN i ett reportage som skildrar skräcken hos unga i Myanmar över att kallas in till obligatorisk militärtjänstgöring.

– Vi har panik och tänker på hur vi kan fly, säger Anna, som är lärare och i 20-årsåldern.

Tre år efter den blodiga kuppen har Myanmars junta låtit meddela att alla män i åldern 18–35 år och alla kvinnor i åldern 18–27 år ska kunna kallas in till minst två års obligatorisk militärtjänst.

CNN har talat med unga som nu försöker hitta en utväg, antingen genom att lämna landet eller gå med i motståndsstyrkor. Bilder på sociala medier visar köer utanför Thailands ambassad där unga söker visum.

Bedömare menar att juntans drag bottnar i desperation då många soldater dödats eller deserterat. Juntan har den senaste tiden försvagats kraftigt till följd av att etniska väpnade grupper och motståndsgrupper börjat samarbeta.

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Wikipedia (en)
The Myanmar civil war, also called the Myanmar Spring Revolution or People's Defensive War, is an ongoing civil war following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies, which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 military coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup protests. As of January 2024, thousands of soldiers have surrendered without a fight, including six generals of the Tatmadaw. A group of observers write that the Tatmadaw's forces remain "formidable and well-equipped", with "external allies and economic resources".As of March 2023, the United Nations (UN) estimated that since the coup in February 2021, 17.6 million people in Myanmar required humanitarian assistance, while 1.6 million were internally displaced, and over 55,000 civilian buildings had been destroyed. UNOCHA said that over 40,000 people had fled into neighboring countries such as India and Thailand.As of October 2023, the Tatmadaw controlled under 40% of the country, although they maintain that they still control around two thirds of the country's 330 townships. In the second half of 2023, Chinland Defense Forces in the state of Chin had captured a majority of the state, with a few holdouts in urban areas and along the India-Myanmar border remaining. In October 2023, the Tatmadaw began facing manpower issues, with desertions and low morale being extremely common, coinciding with the PDF and Three Brotherhood Alliance's major rebel offensive in the west of the country, Operation 1027, which was successful in taking 80 bases, 220 junta positions and several towns by 28 November 2023.October and November 2023 saw a series of counter-offensives, including Operation 1111 besieging the state capital of Loikaw and renewed conflict by anti-junta forces in northern Rakhine and Chin states. In Operation 1027, anti-junta forces seized the district-level town of Kawlin, Sagaing Region (later recaptured by junta forces) in early November 2023 as well as Laukkai, the capital of Kokang Self-Administered Zone, in early January 2024.
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