October 2014
KNU Decision to Withdraw from UNFC Undemocratic Claims Karen Women’s Organisation
Karen News, October 3, 2014 The Karen Women’s Organisation has criticized the decision by the Karen National Union to suspend its membership from the United Nationalities Federal Council last month, claiming the decision was made without proper consultation […]
September 2014
The Burmese Army is Anathema to Peace, Democracy and Federalism
By Kanbawza Win / Kachinland News, September 29, 2014 The world should face the truth and say that the Tatmadaw does not want Peace, Democracy and Federalism. Instead it wants a thinly disguised pseudo democracy giving in exchange for the international community right to invest and start business. […]
“We Have Never Seen Peace” – Karen People Have Their Say on International Day of Peace
Karen News, September 23, 2014 Following six decades of conflict, the Karen National Union entered into a preliminary ceasefire with the Burmese government in 2012. But a lasting peace deal remains elusive and sporadic clashes […]
Karen Civil Society Rallies Around Japan’s Harmful Plans for Eastern Burma
Burma Partnership, September 16, 2014 Japan’s lofty development plans for eastern Burma were very publicly rejected by the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) at a press conference in Rangoon, citing lack of consultation with communities [...]
Karen Women Urge KNU To Rejoin UNFC
Saw Tun Lin / Karen News, September 10, 2014 A Karen women’s group based inside Burma urged the Karen National Union (KNU) to rejoin the ethnic alliance, as its recent action to suspend its membership [...]
Ceasefire Negotiation Leverage in Burma
Rolan Watson / Dictator Watch, September 9, 2014 The ethnic nationalities of Burma want a federal democracy. This is the only way they can ensure that their people will be free, and with the right to self-determination. […]
August 2014
“There can be no more silence on the continued aggression against ethnic people…”
Karen News, August 17, 2014 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Ms Charm Tong, a founder of the Shan Women’s Action Network, expressed grave concerns over ongoing Burma Army offensives in Shan State in [...]
September 2014
‘I Am Really Worried About Our Country’s Future’
Jessica Mudditt / Mizzima, September 21, 2014 Former political prisoner Nay Phone Latt, 34, is the secretary of PEN Myanmar and executive director of the advocacy group, Myanmar ICT Development Organization (MIDO), which he founded in February 2012. In April he launched the anti-hate speech movement panzagar […]
June 2014
Three Years of Suffering for the Kachin People, How Much Longer?
Burma Partnership, June 17, 2014 As we pass the marking of the third year of the conflict in Kachin and northern Shan State between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army, it is [...]
“I Want To Go To School, But I Need To Help Mum…”
Karen News, June 12, 2014 Child migrant workers in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae Sot struggle to earn enough to survive, working in dirty, difficult and dangerous work, many miss out on an education [...]