Vice
Vice
@VICE·19.1M subscribers·4.4K videos

Myanmar Is Killing the Poets Fighting a Coup | Source Material

Posted

December 13, 2021

Views

116,843

Likes

3,082

Comments

627

Engagement

3.17%

Search the Record

Indexed

Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.

Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.

Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line

YouTube Description

as posted by the channel

On February 1, 2021 the Myanmar military overthrew the democratic government, announcing a one year “state of emergency” in a challenge to the fall elections. In the days that followed several dozen elected officials were arrested. The public responded with mass protests, with hundreds of thousands of civilians taking to the streets. Poets, by pen and by megaphone, have been distilling the moment and inspiring the continued resistance. The military has responded with force. Poet K Za Win was killed. After his death, the military arrested and allegedly killed the poet Khet Thi. At least two other poets have been killed, along with more than 1,000 other civilians.

RELATED VIDEOS

Inside the Infamous NYC Riot That Got 6 Cops Indicted:

The Rise & Fall of a One-Day Coup Attempt:

At Home With a Gaza Family as Bombs Fall:

RELATED ARTICLES

Subscribe to VICE News here

Check out VICE News for more

Follow VICE News here:

More videos from the VICE network

#VICENews #News

Guests & Subjects Covered

On FebruaryPoet K Za WinKhet Thi AtRELATED VIDEOS InsideCops Indicted The RiseGaza FamilyFollow VICE NewsVICENews News

Sentinel Indexing in Progress

Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.

All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.

Myanmar Is Killing the Poets Fighting a Coup | Source Material · Vice News · Sentinel