Interview with KIO Information Department Head Lt. Col. Nhpang Naw Bu
Kachinland News | April 25, 2018 Kachinland News conducted a phone interview with Col. Nhpang Naw Bu, head of KIO Information Department, on April 24, 2018. KLN: The Burma Army’s offensive in the western region has intensified [...]
‘Now the Support Is Going Inside Burma While the Political Situation Is Terrible’: Lay Lit, Karen Refugee and Youth Leader (UPDATE)
Burma Link | February 1, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Naw Lay [...]
‘The Youth Can Help the Government to Better Our Country’: Students and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB)
Burma Link | January 8, 2018 Founded in New Delhi in 1996, the Students and Youth Congress of Burma (SYCB) is an umbrella organization of eleven different ethnic youth and student organizations from Burma. After [...]
‘I Want the International Community to Open Their Eyes… We Cannot Return Burma as There Is No Real Peace’: Ei Thu Hta IDP Camp Leadership
Burma Link | December 11, 2017 Only a few days after the provision of food aid to the Karen Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp Ei Thu Hta was cut to zero, Burma Link visited this [...]
‘[NCA] Is Not Something That Will Benefit the Ethnic Groups and Our Struggle’: Karen Major General Nerdah Bo Mya Urges Ethnic Leaders to Stay Away from the ‘Useless’ Deal
Burma Link | October 31, 2017 The second anniversary of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was held on October 15 2017 in Naypyidaw, attended by the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Army [...]
‘Women Working in Rural Areas … Need to Be Given Bigger Platforms to Promote Sustainable Development in Their Communities’: Shan Women’s Action Network
Burma Link | October 13, 2017 Founded in 1999, Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) has been advocating for gender equality and justice for women in Shan State for nearly two decades. Composed of a network [...]
‘They Reduced the Support for the Refugee Camps … That Is Why the ‘Voluntary’ Return Is Happening’: Lay Lit, Secretary of KSNG
Burma Link | September 28, 2017 Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes from a Karen village in a non-government controlled area of Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 6 in Karen State, southeast Burma. Lay Lit [...]
‘They [Government] Are Just Doing a Show for the International Community, but They Really Want to Control the Ethnic Areas’: Moon Nay Li, General Secretary of KWAT
Burma Link | September 1, 2017 Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) is a non-profit organization which works from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and advocates for ethnic women’s rights. The organization was created in 1999, in reaction [...]