Open letter to the KNU (Karen National Union) by the IKO (International Karen Organization) | August 24, 2015 The International Karen Organization Comprising of Karen Organizations from all over the world is very apprehensive about the statement issued after the [...]
Summary of a KHRG interview in Thaton District, Karen State | August 26, 2015 Below are excerpts of Karen Human Rights Group’s (KHRG) interview with Ma A---, a Karen villager who describes events occurring in her village in June [...]
Extract of KHRG incident report from Thaton (Doo Tha Htoo) District | August 26, 2015 Below is an extract of Karen Human Rights Group’s (KHRG) News Bulletin describing an incident in which the Burma/Myanmar government police force and Burma/Myanmar [...]
Burma Link | July 21, 2015 The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Day was celebrated at the KNDO Headquarters in the Karen State on July 16, 2015. The KNDO, one of the world’s oldest existing revolutionary armed groups, was [...]
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | July 8, 2015 The Karen Women’s Organization (“KWO”) collected information regarding continuing serious human rights abuses perpetrated by the Burma Army in all seven districts in Karen State from January to June 2015. Our [...]
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 [...]
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.” […]
This is a short documentary about increased land confiscation and villagers’ responses in southeast Burma. Analysing information from the field gathered between December 2012 and January 2015, the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) found an increase in the number [...]
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 [...]
Karen News | May 4, 2015 A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices of Refugees – Situation of Burma’s Refugees Along [...]