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Chronicling events on the ground in Yangon, Arakanese freelance journalist Kyaw Hsan Hlaing documents an increasingly perilous situation for journalists in the wake of the military coup.
When my roommate woke me early on 1 February with the news that the Myanmar military had staged a coup, I knew that as a freelance journalist focused on human rights I could become a target.
I deactivated my Facebook account and requested the editor at an international news agency delete my byline from some sensitive articles. I then walked around my neighbourhood in Yangon to assess the situation. Everywhere I looked, I saw faces lined with fear and uncertainty.
The military had cut my phone connection, but I heard a rumour that one network was still accessible. I queued for two hours to buy a SIM card, but when I activated it, there was still no connection.
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Our Blog
9 February 2025
All of the 2023 “Two Steps Forward” videos have now been published! Although it usually takes anywhere from 2 weeks – 1 month for one of our Speaker videos to be published – because there are more than 3,000 TEDx events happening globally – sometimes this can get delayed.
This was especially the case for our 2023 videos with Grace Cheng’s video only being published in January 2025 because TED held on to it (this is a special and exciting situation as they planned a special publishing schedule for it).
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