Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Will civil disobedience turn into armed resistance in Myanmar? | UpFront” – below is their description.
With more than 2,500 people arrested and, according to some estimates, at least 250 killed, the crackdown by Myanmar’s military on pro-democracy protesters is showing no signs of abating. In this episode of UpFront we ask the international envoy for Myanmar’s overthrown civilian government, Dr Sasa – who is in hiding after being charged with treason by the military junta – what is next for Myanmar and whether he would support an armed resistance.
In a special interview, we speak with renowned novelist and women’s rights advocate Elif Shafak about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention at a time when femicide is on the rise.
And in the Reality Check, UpFront producer Ashish Malhotra takes a look at how the United States’s prison industrial complex targets vulnerable populations and what criminal justice alternatives can look like.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Headliner – Dr Sasa
10:57 Reality Check – US prisons
14:35 Special Interview – Elif Shafak
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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