Statement by the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | July 10, 2015 Outbreak of heavy fighting along the newly completed highway from Myawaddy to Kawkareik demonstrates how large-scale development, when implemented before a permanent ceasefire and political agreement, exacerbates [...]
Major General Nerdah Bo Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation in an exclusive interview with Karen News said that the “Burma Army wanted the DKBA off the highway, they want the money and control over it.” […]
Tim Heinemann | July 10, 2015 This is in response to recent assertions about the goodness of “partial peace in Burma”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Reality: The Government of Burma and its supporters are waging an [...]
As fighting continues between the Burma Army and Democratic Karen Benevolent Armies, the government has come under fire from a senior Karen General for trying to “shut down the DKBA.” […]
Statement by Shan Human Rights Foundation | July 3, 2015 Woman injured by Burma Army shelling Indiscriminate shelling by Burmese government troops in a civilian area caused serious injury to a woman on her way to her farm, north [...]
Statement by Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (KWEG) | June 30, 2015 The Karen Women’s Organization (“KWO”) and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (“KWEG”) call for the immediate and unconditional release of Naw Ohn Hla, imprisoned [...]
Statement by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | June 30, 2015 ORCHID HOTEL, YANGON - Three years after the 2012 preliminary ceasefire negotiations between the Myanmar government and the Karen National Union (KNU), reported instances of land confiscation continue [...]
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Statement by Karen Women Organisation (KWO) | June 20, 2015 (20 June, 2015) On this 2015 World Refugee Day, we stand in solidarity with the over 110,000 refugees who fled Burma to seek protection in the nine camps along [...]
Statement by Network For Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma)| June 11, 2015 ND-Burma releases its new report about acknowledgement and reparation for the crimes of the present and of the past. ND-Burma releases its new report, titled “To Recognize and [...]