Protesters risk being killed in demonstrations against Myanmar’s military coup. But an entire generation is still showing up to fight

For many in Myanmar, showing up to protest has now become a life-or-death decision.

Mothers have taken to writing their phone numbers on their children’s arms in case they are caught up in the fray.

Some even include their child’s blood group, knowing there is a very real possibility they will end up in hospital.

“It’s … a really sad thing to see that the mothers are giving them blessing to go out [to protest] knowing they might never come back home or they might be arrested,” Myanmar analyst Dr Khin Mar Mar Kyi said.

“And yet they feel they do not have other options.”

Mya Thwaite Thwaite Khiang was the first person to be killed in the unrest in Myanmar.

While at a peaceful protest in Yangon demonstrating against the military coup, Ms…