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Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army
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In Myanmar, military forces are detaining civilians and forcing them to join the army. Four young men, aged between 19 and 25, were grabbed off the street, arrested, or framed, and made to enlist. They were sent to the front lines without understanding what was happening and were forced to do tasks they didn't want to do. After escaping, they joined the People's Defence Force (PDF) fighters, who are treating them like brothers