Karen Soldiers Are Not the Only Karen Martyrs
Speech at the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Ceremony Old Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand Saw Michael / 12 August 2018 Karen soldiers are not the only Karen martyrs So what is a “martyr”? In [...]
The Implications of Banning Karen Martyrs’ Day
The Irrawaddy | August 18, 2018 Kyaw Kha: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the ban on Karen Martyrs’ Day. I’m The Irrawaddy chief reporter Kyaw Kha. Saw Tun Tun, member of the [...]
Burma’s Ethnic People Speak to Mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Burma Link | August 11, 2017 The decades-long struggle of Burma’s ethnic nationalities for equal rights, social justice and federal democracy, and the grave human rights abuses occurring predominantly in outlying ethnic areas, continues to [...]
‘The PSLF/TNLA Will Follow a Better Path than the NCA’: Joint Secretary
By MNA / BNI Online | May 5, 2017 Freelance reporter Min Tayza Aung recently sat down with Tar Parn La, the joint secretary and foreign relations officer of the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National [...]
Have Your Say: Padoh Naw Zipporah Urges for Genuine Peace and Ethnic Unity
Karen News | April 11, 2017 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein, despite losing her position as vice-chairperson in the Karen National Union’s 16th Congress recent election, urged the new [...]
UNFC Prepares for 21CPC and Other Challenges
By Sai Aw | Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 6, 2017 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) – a coalition of 12 ethnic armed groups that declined to sign the nationwide ceasefire [...]
KIA General Gun Maw: ‘To Talk and Live as Equals, That is Genuine Peace’
The Irrawaddy | January 17, 2017 Following the first meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in August, fighting intensified in northeastern Burma, and negotiations between the government and the ethnic alliance United Nationalities [...]
Toungoo Interview: Saw A—, October 2016
Report by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | November 21, 2016 This Interview with Saw A--- describes the situation in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Toungoo District, in October 2016, including education, healthcare, NCA (Nation [...]
DKBA Splinter Group: ‘They Want to Wipe Us Out’
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 [...]
‘Shoot Them [IDPs], Why Don’t You Shoot Them!’: Mon IDP’s Experience as Burma Army’s Hostage and Human Shield after Forced Repatriation
Burma Link | June 20, 2016 Mon IDP (Internally Displaced Person) settlements in southeast Burma were established over 20 years ago when scores of civilians were fleeing armed conflict and conflict-related abuse as well as [...]
KIO Vice Chairman Gen Gun Maw: ‘We Hope to Gain an Equal Status in the Political Dialogue’
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | June 8th, 2016 In early June, the National League for Democracy (NLD) government’s new peace negotiator Dr. Tin Myo Win met with the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for [...]
Suu Kyi Talks ‘Peace’ On Burmese New Year; Ethnic Leaders Respond
By Kyaw Kha, The Irrawaddy, April 20, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Burma, highlighted internal peace and constitutional change in her speech to the people on the Burmese New Year. In [...]