Karen News on Vimeo, March 14, 2014 Tens of thousands of people from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon State joined with over 100 civil society organisations and political parties to issue a petition on International Day of Action for [...]
Burma Campaign UK, March 14, 2014 28 Karen community organisations from 11 countries are writing to the United Nations Population Fund and their respective governments, expressing deep concern over Burma’s upcoming census, and calling for it [...]
Burma Link | March 14, 2014 Saw Win Kyaw is a 42-year-old Buddhist Karen man who was born and grew up in Hpa-an Township. Taking to the streets in the 8888 uprising, 17-year-old Saw Win Kyaw and thousands of [...]
Free Burma Rangers, March 12, 2014 / Karen State, Burma
Saw Shae Say, one of our Rangers, was shot by the Burma Army on 18 February 2014 while attempting to video their advance into Karen State. […]
Shan Herald Agency for News, March 12, 2014 Poppy cultivation in areas where PaO, a non-Shan nationality, are dominant, has been steadily climbing since 2010, according to a study by the PaO Youth Organization (PYO). The PaO, who are [...]
Burma Campaign UK, March 10, 2014 Statement by members of the European Burma Network The content of the next United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Burma is currently being discussed by the European Union. Members [...]
Kachin National Organization, February 27, 2014 UNPFA is launching 2014 population and housing census on 1st March 2014 despite the wrong ethnic coding, without inclusive community consultation and approval We, the Kachin National Organisation, are extremely [...]
Burma Link | February 26, 2014 Noe Myint is a friendly and kind-hearted 46-year-old Karen man who grew up hiding in the jungle from Burmese military until fleeing to Thailand at the age of 12. Son of a soldier, [...]
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy, February 25, 2014 RANGOON — An ethnic Palaung women’s group has urged the Burma Army to cease its attacks on a Palaung rebel group in northern Shan State, saying that the local population suffered [...]
Pangmu Shayi / DVB, February 24, 2014 The fresh outbreak of armed clashes between the Burma Army and forces of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and its ramifications on the government’s peace negotiations with ethnic armed groups are bound [...]