Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and largely excluded from the [...]
Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC) and Burma Link | June 19, 2018 Khu Myar Reh is a teacher and human rights activist who fled Burma Army violations in Karenni State to the Thailand-Burma border at the age of 37, [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes [...]
Since 2006, Ei Tu Hta (also spelled Ei Thu Hta) has provided refuge for thousands of Karen civilians fleeing armed conflict and Burma Army abuse in northern Karen State. Ei Tu Hta IDP camp is located on the Thailand-Burma [...]
Burma Link | December 14, 2017 After fleeing persecution from the Burma Army in her native village, Naw Thein Nay found her way to Ei Thu Hta Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in 2007. There, she found safety and [...]
Burma Link | December 11, 2017 Only a few days after the provision of food aid to the Karen Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp Ei Thu Hta was cut to zero, Burma Link visited this remote and isolated community [...]
By Leena Zieger and Clarisse Tistchenco / Asia Times | December 10, 2017 The Ei Thu Hta camp on the Thai-Myanmar border faces foreign aid cuts that threaten the lives of its still vulnerable residents. Situated in a picturesque [...]
By Victoria Milko / Frontier Myanmar | November 20, 2017 Food aid cuts have created further anxiety for more than 6,000 refugees and displaced people from Shan State who have endured a precarious existence for years in camps along [...]
Burma Link | October 13, 2017 Founded in 1999, Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) has been advocating for gender equality and justice for women in Shan State for nearly two decades. Composed of a network of women working from [...]
Burma Link | September 29, 2017 Born in a Karen village on the banks of Salween River, Saw Hser Htoo Plaw experienced a life of displacement from an early age. At the age of 15, he left his native [...]