Lorcán Lovett

Independent Journalist

Selected work

Rebels prepare for ‘final battle’ – Observer
Meeting people caught on both sides of a bloody conflict
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‘All of Myanmar is fighting together’ – Swedish Yle
Visiting a border town just liberated by rebels
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Myanmar’s independent media innovates to survive – Nieman Reports
As U.S. funding vanishes, competitors turn collaborators to keep reporting alive
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Resistance groups on the front foot in the new year – WHIM podcast
We talk about the difficult reporting and information environment facing Myanmar and what media organisations can do to survive and thrive in 2026
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‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status – Guardian
Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary Protective Status
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A pocas semanas de las elecciones en Myanmar, los jóvenes continúan luchando contra el Ejército – El Salto
Mientras el líder de la junta militar que gobierna Myanmar desde el 1 de febrero de 2021, Min Aung Hlaing, intenta organizar las próximas elecciones…
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China, India watch as Arakan Army advances on key western frontier – Al Jazeera
Arakan Army fighters seize 14 of 17 townships in Rakhine and pledge to liberate entire frontier state in western Myanmar
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Exclusive: Leaked footage and prison logs reveal Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in detention – Guardian
Exclusive: Video and documents give rare glimpse inside daily life of the imprisoned civilian leader as she nears her 80th birthday
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殺した人数は「数えていない」– Courrier Japon 
ミャンマー反乱勢力の“同志少女”が戦わなくてはならないもの
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Return to Lashio – WHIM podcast
We discuss the military defeats this month at Falam and Indaw
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Kindersoldaten stehen auf beiden Seiten der Front in Myanmar – derFrietag
Im Westen von Myanmar gehört die 18-jährige „Anina“ – so ihr „Nom de Guerre“ – zu einer Rebelleneinheit, die die letzten Stützpunkte des Juntamilitärs belagert
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‘I stopped counting after three’: the ‘girl sniper’ fighting on the frontline of Myanmar’s civil war – Guardian
The country’s drawn-out conflict has seen children recruited as soldiers on all sides. At the age of 18, Anina is a seasoned fighter with a fearsome reputation in her all-male resistance unit
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‘Inch by inch’: Myanmar rebels close in on key military base in Chin State – Al Jazeera
Under heavy Myanmar air force attacks, Chin rebels pay heavy price for success of ‘Mission Jerusalem’
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Ongoing strife in Myanmar, 4 years after its coup – NPR
Heard on All Things Considered
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‘They plucked out his eye with a motorbike key … I wanted to kill them’ – The Times
Everyone in the Myanmar resistance knows the brutality of the country’s ruling junta, but even by their standards the cruelty inflicted on Timothy and Isaac was difficult to comprehend
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Exclusive: Muslims join Buddhist, Christian fighters to topple Myanmar’s military – Al Jazeera
Muslims join fight under multiethnic leadership as groups once marginalized are now embraced by Myanmar’s revolution
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Panic for fuel and fighting in Falam – WHIM podcast
We discuss the final fight in the Chin National Defense Force push for Falam, in Chin State
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Los drones cambian la dinámica de la guerra en Myanmar – El País
Las fuerzas de la oposición impulsan el uso de vehículos aéreos no tripulados para infligir daños a los efectivos de la Junta Militar, que gobierna el país desde el golpe de Estado de 2021 y que también se ha sumado a la carrera por emplear estos aviones
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Q&A: Leader of Myanmar’s shadow government talks civil war strategy in 2025 – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera spoke with NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La about the movement’s military and political strategy and the war’s likely end game
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In the targets of the junta: life and war inside rebel-held Myanmar – Guardian
In Myanmar’s opposition controlled areas the risks of opposing the military leadership and the quiet hope that permeates daily life co-exist
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Life in Myanmar’s resistance-held areas – Nikkei Asia
Snapshot of Tanintharyi shows how the fragile parallel administration is taking control in strongholds
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Life and death on the front lines of fighting in Myanmar – Al Jazeera
The Karenni have battled Myanmar’s military for decades. Now, a new generation of fighters faces an intensifying conflict. A report from Kayah state
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Exclusive: Western volunteers join the battle against Myanmar’s military regime – Al Jazeera
Travelling independently to Southeast Asia, they say they were inspired by the bravery of the anti-coup fighters
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‘The most painful, inhumane act of terror’: Myanmar’s Christmas Eve massacre retold – The Telegraph
One year on from the mass killings, survivors and relatives of the dead recount the horrors
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‘Putin, here I am’: man accused of targeting Trump had ‘delusional ideas’ about helping Ukraine – Guardian
Ryan Wesley Routh spoke to the Guardian in April 2022 when he arrived in Kyiv with a plan to ‘stand with Ukrainians’
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‘All I can do is pray’: the Ukrainian women going home despite the danger – Guardian
To be with children, to care for elderly relatives, to find work: civilians tell why they are leaving safe countries for a war zone
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Myanmar’s besieged resistance dreams of ‘people’s army’ to counter junta – Guardian
On the barricades and in border hideouts there is a growing mood to take the fight to the military after the coup that has left more than 200 dead
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‘They want division’: on patrol with Myanmar’s civilian night watch – Guardian
Since the coup, people in Yangon have been patrolling the streets to protect neighbours from overnight military raids and criminals
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‘I did what I thought was right’: a Myanmar protester voices her fears for the future – Guardian
Almost two weeks after the military coup, one demonstrator explains why she is still out on the streets
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‘We all know what we’re facing’: divided Myanmar unites against coup – Guardian
Marginalised groups including Rohingya and members of LGBT community join rallies
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