Bearing witness to the real-life stories of children forced to flee violent conflict and persecution in their native land, Forced to Flee: Visual Stories by Refugee Youth from Burma, edited by Erika Berg, illustrates how a single narrative image can tell the story of a thousand words while building bridges of understanding. […]
By Katy Carlson In Burma, foreigners can expect many obstacles if they wish to investigate areas of conflict. In most cases, the government defines these places as restricted areas, keeping curious outsiders from witnessing the reality. In Myitkyina, it's different though. […]
Attacks by Myanmar Tatmadaw (Burma Army) on TNLA troops, engaged in destroying opium fields, during February 2 and 3, wounded seriously 2 students and 3 villagers and caused 2000 villagers from 5 Ta’ang, one Chinese and one Lisu villages to flee and take refuge in Mogoke Town and nearby jungles […]
Dear honorable Karen friends, overseas guests, the UNFC, NCUB and NDF officers - Good morning! Thank you so much for coming all the way to remember and celebrate Karen Revolution Day with us! […]
By Kachinland News, February 1, 2015 Burmese Army’s 502nd Light Infantry Regiment (LIR) troops under Kyauk Me-based 1st Military Operations Command killed and torched 4 Kachin villagers near Manlun Ban Hkan village in Nampaka, located between Kut Kai and Muse in northern Shan State.[…]
Media Release from Burma Campaign UK, January 20, 2015 Burma Campaign UK has confirmed reports that two ethnic Kachin teachers were raped by Burmese Army soldiers overnight on 19th/20th January. Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government [...]
These images are from Halockhani internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, adjacent to Sangkhlaburi in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province. There are over 1,000 villagers in Halockhani, according to the village chief Nai Chit Toe. The village is located only one kilometer from the Thai border […]
Press release by Burma Rivers Network, January 19, 2015 Community representatives from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon States are handing a petition today to the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power, and to the Chinese and Thai Embassies in Yangon, [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation, January 7, 2015 On December 12, 2014, Burma Army troops from LIB 573 shot and killed a 32-year-old mentally ill villager, Sai Sarm Tip, at his house in front of his parents, in the village of Wan Tinn, in Murng Yawng, eastern Shan State. The troops had surrounded the house, ordered Sai Sarm Tip to come out, then shot him as he stepped outside. […]
Abby Seiff / Karen News, December 19, 2014 Twenty-year old Hla Ko* has an easy smile, a cool haircut and the manic energy of a young man with few ties. He studies medicine but adores politics. He has an [...]