‘When I First Came Here … They Hated the Burmans’: Burman Teacher Who Married a Mon Soldier
Burma Link | August 30, 2016 Daw Khin Nyunt is a 46-year-old Buddhist Burman woman living in rural New Mon State Party (NMSP) controlled ceasefire areas of southeast Burma. Daw Khin Nyunt comes from the [...]
‘We Hear About How ‘We Have to Return… We Have to Return’: Former Nu Poe Refugee Camp Leader
Burma Link | July 21, 2016 Saw Lah Hset Plet Htee is a Bible schoolteacher and a religious leader who has spent the past thirty years living in Nu Poe refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma [...]
‘According to the Burmese Military Activities in Our Area, Finding Real Peace Is Not That Easy’: Fifth Brigade Karen Commander
Burma Link | July 7, 2016 Located in the depths of Burma’s southeastern jungle, the Fifth Brigade of the Karen National Union (KNU) remains a stronghold of the ethnic resistance movement. On a visit to [...]
‘FREEDOM is More Important than Anything’: Karen Major General Nerdah Bo Mya
Burma Link | June 15, 2016 Nerdah Bo Mya was born in a small Karen village in a KNU (Karen National Union) controlled area near Manerplaw—the former headquarters of the KNU and the pro–democracy movement—as [...]
‘If Men Can Do These Things, I Can also Do These Things’: Young Arakanese Woman Thazun
By Burma Link | June 1, 2016 Thazun is a courageous, beautiful and talented young Arakanese [Rakhine] woman who talks openly about her life and experiences. Despite being forced to spend her childhood separated from [...]
‘I Am Going to Bring Them to Court Some Day FOR JUSTICE’ – Former Teenage Political Prisoner Soe Lwin
By Burma Link | May 23, 2016 Soe Lwin is a 34-year-old man from Dawei who comes from a family of political prisoners. Despite his young age, Soe Lwin has spent nearly half of his [...]
‘Our Village Was Burnt’: Karen Refugee Naw Woo
Naw Woo doesn’t know her age exactly but she thinks that she is about 40 years old. Naw Woo grew up in a small village in the Karen State, helping her parents make a living [...]
‘International Community Should Support the Ethnic People’: Former Political Prisoner – PART 2
Burma Link | November 3, 2015 Chit Min Lay was 24 years old when he was arrested at his home and taken to an interrogation centre, following his participation in the 1996 and 1998 student [...]