Statement by the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | July 10, 2015 Outbreak of heavy fighting along the newly completed highway from Myawaddy to Kawkareik demonstrates how large-scale development, when implemented before a permanent ceasefire and political agreement, exacerbates [...]
Major General Nerdah Bo Mya, head of the Karen National Defence Organisation in an exclusive interview with Karen News said that the “Burma Army wanted the DKBA off the highway, they want the money and control over it.” […]
Statement by Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (KWEG) | June 30, 2015 The Karen Women’s Organization (“KWO”) and Karen Women’s Empowerment Group (“KWEG”) call for the immediate and unconditional release of Naw Ohn Hla, imprisoned [...]
Statement by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | June 30, 2015 ORCHID HOTEL, YANGON - Three years after the 2012 preliminary ceasefire negotiations between the Myanmar government and the Karen National Union (KNU), reported instances of land confiscation continue [...]
Burma Link | June 26, 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, [...]
Published on May 18, 2015 by Tribal Action Group General Baw Kyaw Heh, Vice Chief of Staff of the KNLA speaks words of encouragement to the Karen People and Ethnic Nationalities of Burma. He discusses unity, the cease fire [...]
Burma Link | May 18, 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, [...]
Burma Link | May 11, 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, [...]
Karen News | May 4, 2015 A paper released last week by Burma Link and Burma Partnership claims the voices of refugees are ignored in Burma’s reforms. The joint paper, Voices of Refugees – Situation of Burma’s Refugees Along [...]
By Burma Link, April 7, 2015 Nerdah Bo Mya is a Major General and the Chief of Staff of the Karen National Defence Organization (KNDO), which was founded in 1947 to protect the Karen people and territory, and is [...]