Ethnic Armed Groups Unite With Anti-Coup Protesters Against Myanmar Junta
Ethnic Armed Groups Unite With Anti-Coup Protesters Against Myanmar Junta KNLA troops on Karen Martyrs’ Day in Karen State’s Papun District in August 2018. / The Irrawaddy 11.4k By The Irrawaddy 30 April 2021 In the month following the military’s Feb. 1 coup, many of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), which have been warring with the central government for decades, said they opposed the junta’s overthrowing of the democratically-elected civilian government. When the Myanmar military killed anti-regime protesters, people in urban areas longed for help from the EAOs in the...