Khin Ohmar, founder and chairperson of Progressive Voices, a Myanmar human rights research and advocacy organization, said the conscription law will “provide the junta legal cover for abusive ...

A year into Myanmar military’s conscription drive, thousands of young men and women have done much the same, either heading for rebel-held borderlands out of the military regime’s reach or ...

Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say ...

Myanmar’s Youth Leaders Fear Conscription Law March 02, 2024 10:52 AM By Tommy Walker; FILE - People wait in line to enter the Thai Embassy for visas in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 20, 2024.

The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024.

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups ...

A young man avoids Myanmar's conscription service by fleeing to Thailand As the civil war in Myanmar rages on, the country's military junta is forcibly conscripting young people to replenish its ...

Forced conscription has fuelled fears among many in Myanmar, particularly working age young people, who are more likely to be drafted. The economic crisis in Myanmar, exacerbated by the ongoing ...

Young people say they’re scrambling to avoid a new mandatory conscription law with some planning hasty exit strategies from Myanmar or weighing up joining resistance forces CNN values your ...

Myanmar’s military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive. Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.