Benedict Rogers, the Senior Director at human rights organization Fortify Rights, sits down with DVB English News to discuss the crisis in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup.

He warned that the international community’s distraction by other global conflicts has allowed the military regime in Naypyidaw to operate with relative impunity, threatening to turn Myanmar into a satellite state of China unless democratic nations step up.

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A rise in ​online hate speech and misinformation targeting the Rohingya in Malaysia, has led to a public backlash against the vulnerable population who have fled war and genocide in Myanmar.

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Myanmar youth activist and strike leader Nan Lin confirmed to DVB that he will accept the 2026 Democracy Award from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on behalf of the “pro-democracy community organizers of Burma’s Spring Revolution,” set to place at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in the U.S. state of Virginia in September.

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