‘We Were Arrested, Please Tell the People!’: Former Political Prisoner – PART 1
Burma Link | October 28, 2015 In 1996, Chit Min Lay was a young university student full of dreams, wishing to become a literature man and a poet. He was about to finish his four-year [...]
‘I Want to See a Burma Where We Accept Diversity’: Student Leader and Former Political Prisoner Sithu Maung
Burma Link | October 20, 2015 The student movement has historically played a central role in the pro-democracy struggle in Burma. Sithu Maung, a 27-year-old university student is one of the many who have paid [...]
‘We Have Always Been Running’: Why a Young Karen Woman Chose to Become a Soldier
Burma Link | October 5, 2015 Naw Mu Gay, 22, wanted to join the Karen army since a young age. Coming from a large family, Naw Mu Gay’s father found it hard to provide for [...]
‘The Villagers [in Burma] Don’t Dare to Speak Out’: Kayan Refugee
Burma Link | August 29, 2015 Kataerina, a Kayan (also known as Padaung) woman from Pyin Soung village in southern Shan State, is now 35 years old and has three daughters. Her life seems smooth [...]
‘I Stopped Going to School, Because We Had to Flee to India’: PART 1 – On the Run from the Chin State
Burma Link | July 31, 2015 Aung Than is 26 years old, enthusiastic and positive young Arakanese man from the Chin State, whose determination of acquiring an education has kept him going through difficult and [...]
‘Land Owners Were Arrested and Put in Prison’: PART 2 – On the Run from the Chin State
Burma Link | August 6, 2015 Despite being on the run much of his life, Aung Than has managed to realise his life-long dream of getting a good education. For this passionate, determined, and always [...]
Karenni Refugee in Ban Mai Nai Soi Camp: ‘I Stay Here So I Feel Safe’
By Burma Link / March 24, 2015 John Bosco is like any 23-year-old who dreams of good education and a career, and who likes to read, use the internet, and play football. Unlike many young [...]
‘If I Really Try Hard Nothing Is Impossible’: From Collecting Recyclables to Higher Education
Naw Eh is an incredibly determined 20-year-old Karen woman whose perseverance, motivation and hopeful spirit have taken her far beyond what she ever could have imagined as a child. Growing up as an undocumented migrant under extreme poverty and lack of opportunity, unlike many others in Thailand young Naw Eh had no chance to go to school. Instead, she spent her mornings selling snacks to school children […]