‘Slow genocide’: Myanmar’s invisible war on the Kachin Christian minority

While global attention is fixed on the Rohingya crisis, another ethnic minority is at risk of being crushed by the military

When Tang Seng heard gunshots close to his village in Myanmar, he had a choice: carry his grandmother away from the fighting on his back or run for help. She asked him to kill her and leave her there but he refused.

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