People’s Defense Forces (PDFs)

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23 August 2023
Two suspected PDF members arrested in Ngathaingchaung Town
In this photo taken on March 9, 2023 secretary-general of the ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Tar Bone Kyaw, is pictured as he inspects the reconstructions of houses damaged following air strikes of Myanmar’s military at Kone Tar Village, Namhsan Township in Myanmar's northern Shan State. Photo: AFP
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20 April 2023
'Profit from the coup': Myanmar ethnic...
At dusk in northern Myanmar, fighters from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army patrol...
This photo taken on October 6, 2021 shows members of the People's Defence Force, the armed wing of the civilian National Unity Government opposed to Myanmar's ruling military regime, taking part in training at a camp in Kayin State, near the Myanmar-Thai border. Photo: AFP
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15 February 2023
Are we now seeing the fruits of Myanmar’s Spring...
As Myanmar’s Spring Revolution enters its third year, the Acting President of the...
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10 February 2023
Tanintharyi Region: No signs of tensions abating
Though there was a decrease in the number of armed clashes in January in Tanintharyi...
A journalist films as riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators during a protest against the military coup, near Myaynigone in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 February 2021. Photo: EPA
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01 February 2023
Independent Myanmar media funding since the coup
1 February 2023, marks two years since the Myanmar military launched its latest coup to...
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25 October 2022
HURFOM: Increase in arrests in South East Myanmar
According to the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), in the last week, there has...