In the midst of an ongoing civil war in northern Burma, some are on a different “front lines,” of sorts — facing legal consequences for protesting the conflict, or otherwise working to bring an end to the fighting.

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In this episode of Contemporary Sketches, we look at the civilian movement to stop the war in Kachin State, which has devastated the region since a ceasefire between the military and the Kachin Independence Army broke down in 2011.