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A maze with no exits — Ma Thida on Myanmar’s struggle for democracy

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Just over a decade ago democracy was within reach in Myanmar, but now the country is in danger of becoming a failed state. So what happened, and what keeps hope for the country alive?

This event was recorded on 18 July 2024 at The Wheeler Centre, in partnership with PEN Melbourne, and RMIT Culture.

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Ma Thida Writer, human rights activist and doctorAuthor, A-maze: Myanmar's struggle for democracy: 2011-2023, Prisoner of Conscience: My Steps through Insein (2016) and many moreChair, Writers in Prison Committee, PEN InternationalFellow, Writers-in-Exile Programme, PEN Germany

Dr Michelle Aung Thin Novelist, essayist and academicAuthor, The Monsoon Bride and Hasina: Through My EyesSenior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University

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Just over a decade ago democracy was within reach in Myanmar, but now the country is in danger of becoming a failed state. So what happened, and what keeps hope for the country alive?

This event was recorded on 18 July 2024 at The Wheeler Centre, in partnership with PEN Melbourne, and RMIT Culture.

Speakers

Ma Thida Writer, human rights activist and doctorAuthor, A-maze: Myanmar's struggle for democracy: 2011-2023, Prisoner of Conscience: My Steps through Insein (2016) and many moreChair, Writers in Prison Committee, PEN InternationalFellow, Writers-in-Exile Programme, PEN Germany

Dr Michelle Aung Thin Novelist, essayist and academicAuthor, The Monsoon Bride and Hasina: Through My EyesSenior Lecturer in the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University

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