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Burmese police with riot gear beating peaceful dem

Burmese police with riot gear beating peaceful demonstrators. The army with full combat gear, just behind.

Just an hour ago Myitkyina

Photographer unknown

#policebrutality #everydaymyanmar #myitkyina #CDM #non-violent #protest

The Civil Disobedience Movement ( CDM ) continues

The Civil Disobedience Movement ( CDM ) continues

Photographer & artist unknown

#myitkyina #CDM #political #graffiti #myanmar #everydaykachin #everydayasia #everydayeverywhere

Civil Disobedience Movement Myit Kyi Na Photogra

Civil
Disobedience
Movement

Myit Kyi Na

Photographer unknown

#civildisobedience #kachin #myitkyina #youthprotest #everydaykachin #anticoup

We want democracy Photo & caption by @gyung.dau

We want democracy

Photo & caption by @gyung.dau

#anticoup #demonstration #burma #coup #everydaymyanmar #everydayasia #everydayeverywhere

Bullet shells found at the site of the student dem

Bullet shells found at the site of the student demonstration last night in Myitkyina, Kachin State

Photographer unknown

#sakse #burmaarmy #kachinstate
#coup #burma

Burmese Army & Police in Myitkyina join forces to

Burmese Army & Police in Myitkyina join forces to attack student demonstrators last night.

5 journalists were also arrested last night in Myitkyina. The Army issued an order allowing them to search anywhere without a warrant and detain people without charges for prolonged periods.

Photo anonymously submitted

#freepress #coup #myitkyina #kachin #crackdown #demonstration

Anti - coup demonstrations in Muse, Northern Shan

Anti - coup demonstrations in Muse, Northern Shan state.

Photo & caption by @lahpaisinwarnaung

Note. : Much of Northern Shan state is occupied by ethnic Kachins and administered by the Kachin Independence Organization

#coup #burma #kachin #shanstate #muse #chinaburmaborder #everydayeverywhere #everydaykachin

Mass demonstrations against the coup today in Myit

Mass demonstrations against the coup today in Myitkyina, the capital of Burmese occupied Kachin state.

#burma #coup #kachin #myitkyina
#everydayeverywhere

Photo by @yawng_htang

Feb 5th is kachin revolution day Today marks 60 y

Feb 5th is kachin revolution day
Today marks 60 years of the Kachin revolution & independence

N'Ban La is a Kachin rebel leader in Myanmar. He is the chairman of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and a senior commander of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)

From Wikipedia

Photo by Hkun Li @jocoseboy

The border of independent Kachin with Burma was se

The border of independent Kachin with Burma was sealed off suddenly when the coup happened.
How this will effect the local situation long term is yet to be seen....

Photo by @yawng_htang

#coup #border #burma #kachin #myanmar

Front line soldiers Playing caneball, ( Kadin in J

Front line soldiers Playing caneball, ( Kadin in Jinghpaw & Chinlone in Burmese language )

Photo & caption by @ryanlibre

#chinlone #frontline #dusk #everydayasia #everydayeverywhere #everydaykachin

All souls day also known as celebration of all the

All souls day also known as celebration of all the faithfully departed and Day of the Dead.

Is a day of prayer and remembrance for best souls of those who have died.

Which is observed by Catholics and other Christian denominations on November 2nd

Photo & caption by Hpauyam La Awng
@hpauyam_adoi

#dayofthedead #romancatholic #kachin #cemetery #everydayasia #everydaykachin

IDP boy singing a song after Kachin youth voluntee

IDP boy singing a song after Kachin youth volunteered to teach how to play guitar, violin and the keyboard in the Masat shadaw (6), Dabu Bum Camp.

Photo & caption by @hpungdanawng

Note :
These blue tin roofs are a strong visual symbol of this conflict. They are covering nearly every IDP camp in Kachin to help avoid air-strikes and artillery' as they are often still stuck close enough to the fighting to hear it.

Happy & honorable Kachin State day Manau dance ce

Happy & honorable Kachin State day Manau dance celebration.
May there be peace in Kachin

Photo & caption by @hpauyam_ado

#manau #ethnic #traditional #dance #kachinstate #everydaykachin #everydaymyanmar

Giant tree on the way to Sinlen mountain. #waimaw

Giant tree on the way to Sinlen mountain. #waimaw #gianttree #everydaykachin #everydayasia

Photo & caption by @hpungdanawng

ကျဆုံးသွားသောတောင်တန်းများ
"Fallen mountains"
Photo & caption by Sut Nan Awng @sut_nan_awng

Note : these are not pristine river valleys, these are the deep scars of mining Jade from Hpakant.

Image selected by @lahpaisinwarnaung - assistant editor

#jade #mining #kachin #hpakant #burma

Manau festival in Myitkyina, 2010. This was the l

Manau festival in Myitkyina, 2010.
This was the last year with large Manau celebrations before the war started.

Photo by @ryanlibre

#manau #ethnic #dance # Kachin #fireworks #everydaykachin

Kachin Internally Displaced People, join a Baptism

Kachin Internally Displaced People, join a Baptism ceremony in the Je Yang river. On the other side of the river bank is the border with China.
this camp is just outside Laiza, the capital & HQ of the Kachin Independence Organization.

Photo & caption by @ringnuawng

#jeyang #idp #kachinstate #myanmarchinaborder
#baptism
#ringnuawng-photography
#everydaykachin

Winter morning Pajau Bum Photo & caption by @yawn

Winter morning Pajau Bum

Photo & caption by @yawng_htang

Note : Pajau Bum is the mountain that the KIO adminstration HQ was based for much of the organization's history.

The mining companies, who buy the rights to dig ou

The mining companies, who buy the rights to dig our jade from corrupt generals, do not follow international or even national standards for safety. Following the law is easily avoided by companies who can afford large bribes.
When the monsoon season comes, so do the landslides.

Company ni htu sha ngut ai hpang ga bai nkaput da ai majaw Lanam ta hta mrang grai htu na bum gyi ai re mat ai rai nga ai;

Photo by @sengdiawng

#jade #mining #kachin #hpakant #everydaykachin

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