Progressive Voice | June 20, 2018 As the global public observes World Refugee Day, it is more important than ever to honor the strength and courage of refugees throughout the world, including refugees from Myanmar[1], who have for decades [...]
Karenni Social Development Center (KSDC) and Burma Link | June 19, 2018 Khu Myar Reh is a teacher and human rights activist who fled Burma Army violations in Karenni State to the Thailand-Burma border at the age of 37, [...]
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 gain respect for indigenous [...]
Burma Link | May 15, 2018 Summary Burma Link is a non-profit organisation that was set up in August 2012 to address vital unmet needs affecting Burma’s ethnic nationalities and displaced people. Although the ethnic plight plays a central [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 8, 2018 More than 90 refugees from Burma on Monday returned home from Thailand as part of an official repatriation agreement between the Thai and Burmese governments. Ninety-three people — comprising 28 households [...]
Documentary film by Ansley Sawyer and Corey Embring in partnership with Burma Link | March 17, 2018 Today, thousands of people live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border, displaced from decades of relentless civil war at the hands of [...]
Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) | April 3, 2018 Summary This briefing paper analyzes how Burma Army exploitation of natural resources in Karenni State is undermining efforts by the Karenni National Progress Party to seek peace, as happened over [...]
Burma Link | March 29, 2018 This story is the second update to Daw Nan's story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Daw Nan is a remarkably resilient and determined woman, who has lived through [...]
Burma Link | March 27, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Daw Nan's story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Daw Nan is a remarkably resilient and determined woman, who [...]
Burma Link | March 26, 2018 Daw Nan is a 60-year-old Karen woman who has led a remarkable life. Daw Nan spent much of her childhood in jungle hideouts, unable to go to school or learn how to read [...]