Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | November 15, 2016 This report provides an update of the security situation in Kachin areas of northern Burma during the past year, since the November 2015 elections. Despite hopes that the new government [...]
Burma Link | October 21, 2016 Ko Han Gyi left Burma in 1988 after the student uprising and joined the ABSDF (All Burma Students’ Democratic Front) on the Thailand-Burma border. He stayed with the student armed group for over [...]
Burma Link | September 14, 2016 The following case study is from the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was [...]
The following interview was conducted as part of the research for the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was launched [...]
Burma Link | July 4, 2016 Arakan Army (AA) Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Han joined the army because he felt that “the military way is the final means to have a victory” and achieve freedom for his native Arakan State. [...]
By S’Phan Shaung / KIC News, reported in English by Mark Inkey / Burma News International (BNI) | June 27, 2016 Attempted suicide rates at Mae La, the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border are higher than at other camps, with [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | June 24, 2016 Ei Tu Hta is a camp for Karen people displaced by Burma Army attacks in 2006. Today, 10 years later, residents are concerned and worried about their futures as international food [...]
Burma Link | August 3, 2015 Moon Nay Li is the General Secretary of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), an organisation which she joined in 2002 in order to work for her people and community. The KWAT was [...]
Burma Link | July 14, 2015 Only a few months ago, the clinic in Halockhani, a Mon internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, was collapsing. Anyone walking through the worn out building would have to watch out [...]
Burma Link | May 4, 2015 The following interview was conducted as part of the joint refugee voice project by Burma Link and Burma Partnership. On April 27, 2015, Burma Link and Burma Partnership launched a joint briefing paper, [...]