Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | March 27, 2017 Two villagers were arbitrarily arrested by Burma Army Border Guard Force (BGF) troops in Mong Yawng, eastern Shan State, during March 13-18, 2017. On March 12, at 8 [...]
By K'Hsaw Wah / Karen News | February 3, 2017 A displaced villager from the Mae Tha Wor area of Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State stepped on a landmine as he and other villagers returned to their village to check [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | December 6, 2017 Karen 7th Brigade Region, Karen State, Eastern Burma With two months into the conflict in Karen state the people of the K7 brigade region have yet to find respite from the intermitted [...]
Karen Organization of the United States of America (KOUSA) | November 11, 2016 Statement on recent armed conflict and human rights abuses in Karen State, Burma On behalf of the Karen Organization of the United States of America (KOUSA), [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 8, 2016 The 25 October refugee repatriation, involving some seventy refugees, who left Thailand’s Tham Hin and Nu Po camps to return home voluntarily to Yangon (Rangoon), [...]
Progressive Voice (PV) | November 2, 2016 This past week saw a pilot voluntary return of 68 Myanmar [1] refugees living along the Thailand-Myanmar border. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) heralded the return as a “milestone.” Unfortunately, many have questioned the readiness [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC)/ Burma News International (BNI) | November 1, 2016 People displaced from the Mae Tha Wor area of Karen State by fighting are too scared to return home because they fear being interrogated by the [...]
The release of this documentary comes just after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)’s first anniversary (October 15, 2016). It aims to inform a wide audience how the path towards a long lasting peace in Burma continues to be threatened [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 25, 2016 Since late September there have been repeated clashes between Burma Army forces and a Karen faction (DKBA) in the Mae Tha Waw area of Hpa An District [Past Report: Burma Army and [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | October 20, 2016 This detailed commentary examines ongoing militarisation in southeast Myanmar from 2014 to 2016. It includes villager's perspectives on military presence in and near villages; ongoing rotation of troops, re-supply of [...]