Karen News on Vimeo, March 14, 2014
Tens of thousands of people from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon State joined with over 100 civil society organisations and political parties to issue a petition on International Day of Action for Rivers to demand an immediate moratorium on Burmese Government plans to construct six dams on the Salween River.
The petition, organized by Burma Rivers Network (BRN), released today to mark International Day of Action for Rivers, was signed by 33,538 people from Karen, Mon, Shan and Karenni States and a further 131 political and community-based-organisations…