Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 19, 2016 4,000 ethnic Karen were sent running from their homes by a sudden surge in violence in the Karen State. Burma Army-proxy Border Guard Force (BGF) attacked a faction of the DKBA [...]
Statement by the Legal Aid Network (LAN) | Sept 19, 2016 Legal Analysis Statement on current armed conflict in Karen State from the perspective of human rights and the rule of law vis-a-vis the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Since the [...]
By LIBBY HOGAN / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 15, 2016 Human rights activists, long the staunchest advocates of sanctions targeting Burma’s former military regime and its cronies, have denounced US plans to drop punitive measures against the country, calling [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 14, 2016 Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian supplies for over 3,800 villagers displaced by a recent wave of armed hostilities in Karen State. Local [...]
Burma Link | September 15, 2016 Mee Lay is a 25-year-old inspiring young refugee woman who spent her early years in malaria infested jungle hideouts with constant food insecurity and struggle to go to school. Despite her childhood memories [...]
By Saw Thoo Lei & Eh K'Lu / The Karen Times | September 12, 2016 DKBA Troops Preparing for Assaults on Burma Army and BGF On September 1, leaders of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army released a statement [...]
Statement by Karen National Union | September 13, 2016 Karen National Union Statement on Military Activities by Government Tatmadaw (Army) and BGF Forces in Mae Thawaw Region in Contact with Pa-an and Papun Districts The Karen National Union (KNU) [...]
By Saw Yan Naing/ The Irrawaddy | September 13, 2016 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — More than 3,000 villagers in Karen State have fled escalating conflict between a splinter group of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and a joint force of the Burma Army [...]
Karen News | September 11, 2016 As many as 2,000 villagers from 12 villages in Mae Tha Wor areas have fled their villages in fear of being caught in the crossfire between the Burma army, Government backed militia the [...]
By SAW YAN NAING / The Irrawaddy | September 8, 2016 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — As Burma’s Union Peace Conference began in Naypyidaw in late August, fighting resumed in Karen State’s Myaing Gyi Nyu and Mae Tha Waw between a [...]