Junta has also threatened to revoke doctors’ passports and bar them from medical practice

At least 139 medics in Myanmar are facing charges and possible jail time, according to local media, as the junta escalates a crackdown on doctors who have been involved in anti-coup protests or treating victims of military violence.

Medics in Myanmar have faced routine attacks by the military since it launched a coup on 1 February, with troops raiding clinics, firing at ambulances and beating and detaining doctors. Some medics no longer wear their uniforms because they fear that doing so puts them at greater risk of violence.

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