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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Flora Lian

Teachers on the run: striking public sector workers hunted by Myanmar’s military

A teacher wearing a mask makes a three-finger salute adopted from the Hunger Games films and frequently used by protesters.
A teacher wearing a mask makes a three-finger salute adopted from the Hunger Games films and frequently used by protesters. Composite: LightRocket/Getty Images

When hundreds of thousands of workers across the country walked out of their jobs in protest at the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar on 1 February 2021, Grace* was among the first to join.

Although she was seven months pregnant, the middle-school teacher from Chin state was determined to resist the military by refusing to work under its administration. Joining her was her husband, also a government employee.

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