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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Emily Fishbein

‘Still my people’: Myanmar diaspora supports democracy struggle back home

Myanmar nationals in Japan have held protests calling on Tokyo to deny legitimacy to the Myanmar coup leaders [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

Until recently, Myanmar was little but a distant memory for Bawi Tin Par. The 26-year-old left her native Chin State when she was nine and was resettled as a refugee in the United States city of Indianapolis.

In the 17 years afterwards, her connection to Myanmar gradually faded, but when the country descended into crisis following the February 2021 military coup, she felt compelled to act.

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