Burma Link AOCs / December 10, 2014 Last week, Burma Link successfully completed the 4th AOC (Agents of Change) Leadership Program at Thoo Mweh Khee Migrant Learning Centre on the Thailand-Burma border, with ten promising and motivated young Karen [...]
Press release by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), December 5, 2014 A new report by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) raises concerns about international “peace support” programming amidst increasing Burma Army militarization in Karenni State after the [...]
The northern Shan state, home to a majority of the Ta’ang people (referred to as ‘Palaung’ by others), is among the least accessible areas in Burma. These areas host some of the bloodiest conflict, the most poppy cultivation, extremely high rates of opium addiction, and crippling poverty. The Palaung […]
"We had never heard about human rights in the village," Lway Chee Sangar tells me at the Palaung Women's Organization (PWO) office in Mae Sot, Thailand. Sangar is 23 years old. The ethnic nationality group to which she belongs […]
In an exclusive interview with Burma Link, Tar Aik Bong, leader of the Ta'ang (Palaung), discusses the Ta’ang conflict, the drug crisis, and the brutal tactics that the Burmese military uses against Ta’ang civilians in order to cut the opposition […]
Currently the Burmese military has been increasing its troops inside Ta’ang areas in northern Shan State and intensified armed battles have broken out in Ta’ang areas since U Thein Sein became President […]
Press Release by the Karen Rivers Watch (KRW), November 7, 2014 More than 2,000 villagers were displaced in October as fighting resumed in Karen State, the site of the world’s longest-running civil war. A report released today by Karen Rivers Watch (KRW) reveals that the outbreak of fighting – after two years of ceasefire negotiations and […]
Press release by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), October 27, 2014 The death of well known freelance journalist Aung Kyaw Naing, aka Par Gyi, while in military custody in Kyaikmayaw […]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) During October 12-18, 2014, the Burmese government troops continued to commit abuses against civilians during their ongoing offensive against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army in Ke See township, central Shan State. SHRF […]
Ariana Zarleen / Burma Link There is no political solution, only ceasefire. During the ceasefire, they [Burmese military] have been building a stronghold in Karen areas […]