‘We Are Fighting for Human Rights, for Equal Rights, so Please Try to Help Us’: Arakan Army (AA) Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Han
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 [...]
‘We Want Women’s Participation on Every Step from the Ground to the National Level’: Soe Soe Nwe, Joint-Gen Sec of the Women’s League of Burma
Burma Link | June 29, 2016 Soe Soe Nwe is an ethnic Tavoyan woman who joined the Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) in 2001, inspired by her mother’s example of strong woman’s leadership in her family. [...]
‘Shoot Them [IDPs], Why Don’t You Shoot Them!’: Mon IDP’s Experience as Burma Army’s Hostage and Human Shield after Forced Repatriation
Burma Link | June 20, 2016 Mon IDP (Internally Displaced Person) settlements in southeast Burma were established over 20 years ago when scores of civilians were fleeing armed conflict and conflict-related abuse as well as [...]
‘I Don’t Want This Case to Disappear’: Family of Two Mon Fishermen Killed by a Burmese Army Captain
Burma Link | May 12, 2016 In a Mon fishing village Magyi Chaung Wa, Ye Township, everything changed in the early hours of March 9th, 2016. Two fishermen, 23-year-old Chit Soe and his 40-year-old uncle [...]
Interview: ‘We Are Very Keen to Stop Fighting’
By DVB | May 6, 2016 Arakan Army’s commander-in-chief Brigadier-General Tun Myat Naing speaks to DVB about the conflict in Arakan State. Question: Can you give us the latest update on the armed conflict in [...]
‘Land Confiscation Continues under the Name of Development’: Mon Human Rights Defender Nai Aue Mon
Burma Link | February 29, 2016 “We have to work with the voice of the people,” Nai Aue Mon tells me in Sangkhlaburi, Thailand, as we discuss the recent rise of land confiscation and land [...]
‘They Poured Petrol Around My House and Burnt Down My House’: KHRG Interview with Karen Villager
Summary of a KHRG interview in Thaton District, Karen State | August 26, 2015 Below are excerpts of Karen Human Rights Group’s (KHRG) interview with Ma A---, a Karen villager who describes events occurring in [...]
‘We Are Not Hardliners – We Are the Ones Who Want Peace the Most’: Khu Oo Reh, General Secretary of UNFC
Ariana Zarleen / Mizzima | August 3, 2015 Khu Oo Reh is the General Secretary of the ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the Vice Chairman of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP). [...]