The military coup in Myanmar has displaced thousands, including prominent Christians like Ma Kyein Nan, who has fled her home twice due to escalating violence and fear.
Children play near a cross during the annual observance of All Saint's Day at Kanasoekone Village in Wakema Town, Myanmar ’s Delta, on Nov 1, 2024. (Photo: AFP)Ma Kyein Nan, 32, has had to flee her home twice since the military coup in 2021 plungedFirst, Nan, a Protestant Christian and civil servant, moved back to her hometown Tedim from Hakka, a town where she was working in Chin State of western Myanmar .
That was because she started receiving threats from the junta-controlled administration for joining the anti-coup Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) alongside thousands of young protesters. But this refuge was short-lived as the military launched a heavy crackdown in Tedim with air strikes and the shelling of rebel forces in the town. The attacks left her home in ruins like many others in the neighborhood on May 26 last year, forcing her to flee to Malaysia. “I had nightmares about my experience in Tedim for several days. I cannot forget the sound of gunfire” she told UCA News recalling the experience. As Christmas approaches, Nan laments being separated from her loved ones, living with trauma from her experience of the deadly conflict and missing the festive spirit that once defined her community’s Christmas celebrations. “I feel upset because the world and my home are shaking because of air strikes and war” she lamented, adding that she is always worrying about safety of her family back in the war-ravaged country. The destruction brought by the long-running conflict has traumatized Christians like Nan across Myanmar. As some rebel groups in states like Chin, Shan, Kachin, Kayah and Karen — which have large Christian populations — strongly resisted junta forces, the military targeted and destroyed churches, convents, homes and Christian-run institutions that included schools and hospitals. Hundreds of Christians, including priests and pastors, have been killed in military offensives in the past few year
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