“There is the personal interest that I had in Myanmar, being someone that’s specialized in civil uprisings, rebellions, protest movements, and the general struggle for democracy against autocracy. Myanmar was right up that alley!” exclaims the journalist Thomas van Linge, talking on the Insight Myanmar Podcast. “I was following the protests in Myanmar from day one, from the moment the coup took place in February of 2021. I was in awe of the bravery of the Burmese protesters; with their persistence as they continued to take to the streets and resist. I was also fascinated by how they successfully transformed that civil street resistance into an armed rebellion! So, already in 2022, I took it upon myself to be the first one to map out the conflict in Myanmar, to identify the different resistance territories, and to distinguish where the fault lines are—to get a broader picture of the situation.”
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