By Burma Link, April 7, 2015 Nerdah Bo Mya is a Major General and the Chief of Staff of the Karen National Defence Organization (KNDO), which was founded in 1947 to protect the Karen people and territory, and is [...]
Karen Rivers Watch Statement on the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams | March 14, 2015 On the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams, Karen Rivers Watch renews its call for the suspension [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma), March 10, 2015 ND-Burma has published its periodic report covering the second-mid period of 2014 and focuses on 107 documented cases of human rights violations in Burma from July to December [...]
The 8th of March commemorates International Women's Day. The Karen Women's Organization (KWO) joins women around the world in celebrating the achievements and lives of women. Today in 2015 we make three demands of the Government of Burma and one plea to the International community. […]
By H. Paladino / Burma Link An epidemic of drug addiction is destroying communities and claiming a generation of young people and scores of men in Kachin State and northern Shan State, embattled ethnic areas of Burma. Opium cultivation [...]
By Katy Carlson In Burma, foreigners can expect many obstacles if they wish to investigate areas of conflict. In most cases, the government defines these places as restricted areas, keeping curious outsiders from witnessing the reality. In Myitkyina, it's different though. […]
These images are from Halockhani internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, adjacent to Sangkhlaburi in Thailand’s Kanchanaburi Province. There are over 1,000 villagers in Halockhani, according to the village chief Nai Chit Toe. The village is located only one kilometer from the Thai border […]
This article was originally published on The Irrawaddy on January 20, 2015 Ariana Zarleen, January 20, 2015 SANGKHLABURI, Thailand — Nestled between lush green mountain tops and surrounded by spectacular scenery, Halockhani has been a home for thousands of [...]
Press release by Burma Rivers Network, January 19, 2015 Community representatives from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon States are handing a petition today to the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power, and to the Chinese and Thai Embassies in Yangon, [...]
Press Release by the Karen Rivers Watch (KRW), November 7, 2014 More than 2,000 villagers were displaced in October as fighting resumed in Karen State, the site of the world’s longest-running civil war. A report released today by Karen Rivers Watch (KRW) reveals that the outbreak of fighting – after two years of ceasefire negotiations and […]