Burma Link | July 1, 2014 (updated July 30, 2015) Kyar Yin Shell is a 26-year-old young man from Kengtung, the ‘dark and dirty’ capital city of eastern Salween in the Shan State. While Kengtung has not seen civil [...]
Karen News, June 27, 2014 General Tamla Baw, one of the most respected Karen leaders has died. General Tamla Baw passed away on Thursday June 26, at 9.24pm in the Thai border town of Mae Saraing. General Tamla Baw [...]
By Burma Link AOC Despite a number of peace talks having been conducted between the central government and Kachin Independence Army (KIA), there is no sign of the war ceasing in Kachin state. The ongoing armed conflict has been [...]
Burma Link | June 20, 2014 Christine is a 22-year-old Karen refugee who lives in Mae La refugee camp with her husband and young daughter. She has lived there for seven years ‘as a prisoner’ inside the barbed wire [...]
Karen News, June 17, 2014 The Burma Army in Tanintharyi Township attacked the base of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the Huaypha area killing one KNLA soldier and wounding another. Sources close to the Karen National Union [...]
Karen News, June 12, 2014 Child migrant workers in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae Sot struggle to earn enough to survive, working in dirty, difficult and dangerous work, many miss out on an education and are vulnerable to [...]
Karen News, June 9, 2014 Burma’s military is engaging in systemic torture against civilians in its ongoing war in Kachin State, now in its third year, and committing “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity,” a leading human rights watchdog [...]
KHRG incident report, June 3, 2014 The following is an extract from KHRG's report. Some footnotes have been excluded. You can view full report on Karen Human Rights Group website or download PDF here. Hpapun Incident Report: Tatmadaw’s mortar [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation, June 5, 2014 Ongoing attacks by Burma Army against civilians during operations to control strategic border area near Namkham (April 10-June 2 2014) On April 10, 2014, the Burma Army launched a [...]
Saw Nyut Thaung / Karen News, June 5, 2014 Residents and monks from 30 Karen villages have called for all Karen armed groups to join under a single banner to stop drug running and to help restore law and [...]