Karen News, September 23, 2014 Following six decades of conflict, the Karen National Union entered into a preliminary ceasefire with the Burmese government in 2012. But a lasting peace deal remains elusive and sporadic clashes […]
Burma Partnership, September 16, 2014 Japan’s lofty development plans for eastern Burma were very publicly rejected by the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) at a press conference in Rangoon, citing lack of consultation with communities and the potential for [...]
Saw Tun Lin / Karen News, September 10, 2014 A Karen women’s group based inside Burma urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to rejoin the ethnic alliance, as its recent action to suspend its membership risks dividing support within [...]
Rolan Watson / Dictator Watch, September 9, 2014 The ethnic nationalities of Burma want a federal democracy. This is the only way they can ensure that their people will be free, and with the right to self-determination. […]
Mr Iain Hall, the senior field coordinator for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees based in the Thai border town of Mae Sot gave an exclusive interview to Karen News. In the exclusive interview, Mr Hall covers a wide range of issues affecting refugees including repatriation […]
Ariana Zarleen / Burma Link Eastern Nagaland has greatly suffered under the coercive control of the Burmese military junta, and is undoubtedly one of the most forgotten and least developed areas in the whole world. In a land […]
Karen News, August 17, 2014 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Ms Charm Tong, a founder of the Shan Women’s Action Network, expressed grave concerns over ongoing Burma Army offensives in Shan State in areas of supposed ceasefire, [...]
By Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma), August 14, 2014 ND-Burma has published its periodic report covering the first half of 2014, focusing on 103 documented cases of human rights violations in Burma from January to June, [...]
Dear All the Karen Nationals, Dear All Patriotic Leasers and Comrades, Today is the 64th Anniversary of our Karen nation’s Martyrs Day. It is the day we commemorate the martyrs ‐ President Saw Ba U Gyi, patriotic leaders, comrades in arms and the Karen people, who have fallen in the struggle […]
Jessica Mudditt / Mizzima, September 21, 2014 Former political prisoner Nay Phone Latt, 34, is the secretary of PEN Myanmar and executive director of the advocacy group, Myanmar ICT Development Organization (MIDO), which he founded in February 2012. In April he launched the anti-hate speech movement panzagar […]
