Development or Destruction: Dams in Southeast Myanmar
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | July 11, 2018 KHRG and Karen Rivers Watch proudly present our report “Development or Destruction: The human rights impacts of hydropower development on villagers in Southeast Myanmar” which details the social, economic, cultural, [...]
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
Karen News on Vimeo | August 22, 2018 The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples event was held for the first time in northern Karen State, Burma. Karen environmentalists and Karen community demand Burma government and business investors [...]
War, Peace and Protest in Kachin State
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 24, 2018 In the midst of an ongoing civil war in northern Burma, some are on a different “front lines,” of sorts — facing legal consequences for protesting the conflict, or otherwise [...]
Refugees Struggling on the Thai-Burma Border Warn Any More Cuts to Aid Will Be Impossible to Sustain
Karen News on Vimeo | June 28, 2018 The massive withdrawal of international aid to refugees living in camps on the Thai Burma has created huge challenges for the people. After 30 years of support for the refugees from [...]
The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) Stands #WithRefugees
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | June 20, 2018 World Refugee Day 2018 Today, World Refugee Day, is a time to stand in solidarity with the 68.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) around the world who have been [...]
Saw O Moo: Defender of Indigenous Karen Territories, the Environment and Way of Life
Karen News | May 6, 2018 Saw O Moo was a Karen Indigenous man born in 1975 in T’ Ri Plaw village, located lin the Ler Mu Plaw area. After he graduated from Ler Mu Paw Middle School in [...]
The Nightmare Returns: Karen hopes for peace and stability dashed by Burma Army’s actions
Documentary by Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | April 25, 2018 On March 4th, the Burma Army began the largest and most coordinated deployment of troops into Karen State’s Mutraw (Hpapun) district since 2008. More than 1,500 Burma Army [...]
Like We Don’t Exist
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 [...]
Photo Gallery of Ei Thu Hta Karen IDP Camp in Southeast Burma
Since 2006, Ei Tu Hta (also spelled Ei Thu Hta) has provided refuge for thousands of Karen civilians fleeing armed conflict and Burma Army abuse in northern Karen State. Ei Tu Hta IDP camp is located on the Thailand-Burma [...]
Difficult to Stay, Difficult to Go Home
Karen News | December 8, 2017 Refugees on the Thai-Burma border are finding it difficult to stay, difficult to go home as funding cuts to refugee camps have left over 100,000 displaced people to choose between trying to survive [...]
Concerns Grow for Displaced Karen Villagers as International Food Assistance is Stopped
Karen News on Vimeo | October 20, 2017 International support for displaced people in northern Karen State stopped at the end of September 2017. Residents of the internally displaced people’s camp, Ei Tu Hta in the Papun district of Karen [...]
Ethnic Health Organization Calls for Cooperation, Recognition and Equality
Karen News on Vimeo | July 25, 2017 In an exclusive interview with Karen News, Saw Nay Htoo, director of the Burma Medical Association explains why its important why ethnic health organizations should be providers of healthcare services to ethnic [...]