Timeline—One Year On: Key Developments in Junta’s Fast-Track Conscription

Next Monday marks the first anniversary of the Myanmar junta’s enforcement of the Conscription Law, which sparked a mass exodus of young people and led to misery for countless others.

The regime has moved quickly to enforce the law and drafted an estimated 45,000 men in nine batches within a year. Some 35,000 were sent to the frontlines across the country to fight against resistance groups and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs).