Interviews2020-05-30T23:17:17+07:00

‘We Can’t Wait to Get Peace Because People Are Dying… We Have to Work on the Ground to Seek Justice and Equality’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 2

January 30th, 2019|

Burma Link | January 30, 2019 After more than seven months’ delay, the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), taking place in July 2018, excluded discussions on contentious issues such as non-secession, [...]

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‘When You Talk About Peace, You Have to Talk to Your Enemies, You Have to Talk with Them Even More Than Your Friends’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 1

January 23rd, 2019|

Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and [...]

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‘Not Only Do They [Burma Army] Aim Their Weapons Against Civilians, They Also Rape the Women’: Ah Ze, General Secretary of AKYU — PART 1

October 18th, 2018|

Burma Link | October 18, 2018 Ah Ze is the General Secretary of the All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU), an organization which she joined in 2013 to empower today’s youth to work towards establishing a [...]

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“Development Projects Should Not Go Ahead Unless There Is Political Settlement”: Ting Oo, Executive Director of Arakan Rivers Network

August 16th, 2018|

Burma Link | August 16, 2018 In the spirit of August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Burma Link presents you with this feature interview with Ting Oo, Executive Director of Arakan [...]

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‘The Burma Army Killed Him [Saw O Moo] – At Least the Government or the Army Should Commit to Not Do This Again’: Paul Sein Twa, Executive Director of KESAN

May 28th, 2018|

Burma Link | May 28, 2018 Paul Sein Twa is the Executive Director of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community based non-profit organisation that works to improve livelihood security and to [...]

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