Election Convoy Attacked & Struggles in Mizoram

With Hannah Russell, higher education program manager at the Institute of Chin Affairs, and Bik Te, scholarship coordinator at the ICA. This week on episode 60 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the Nay Pyi Taw PDF attacks a Union Election Commission convoy, pro-regime political parties complain about the military's problematic so-called election, and we discuss the challenging situation for the tens of thousands of post-coup Myanmar and Chin refugees sheltering in Mizoram State, India.

Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me

Timecodes—

(00:00) Opening

(01:13) Attack on UEC convoy

(02:23) Pro-regime parties unhappy with phase 1 of election

(03:57) With Bik Te & Hannah Russell, the Chin refugee community in Mizoram

(08:30) Links between zo and Chin people

(13:04) Chin livelihoods in Mizoram

(23:54) Challenges accessing education in Mizoram

(36:54) How can people support the community

(41:14) Close

Our guests—

Bik Te, scholarship coordinator at the Institute of Chin Affairs

Hannah Russell, higher education program manager at the Institute of Chin Affairs

Referenced this episode:

Fear and loathing greet Myanmar's unfree election
Hannah's fundraising run
The issue of IJBS on displacement to Mizoram
Fragmented Aid & Resistance along the India-Myanmar Border
In India's Mizoram, programs for Myanmar refugees struggle to survive amid US aid cuts
Mental Health, Gender, and Conflict

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