Karen Information Center

March 30, 2021
Today Thai authorities refused entry to 2009 displaced people from Ei Tu Hta camp who were fleeing Burma after military jets attacked villages on...
March 30, 2021
Friends of Saw Lin Htet who was arrested in Hpa-An are demanding his immediate release. Saw Lin Htet was arrested by Burma’s security forces on March...
March 30, 2021
Airstrikes ordered by the Burma military in Day Bu No, Mutraw District in the Salween Peace Park killing and wounding villagers has been condemned by...
March 4, 2021
Police reacted with force to a public rally outside Kawkareik's High School, arresting eleven protestors - 10 were women. The protest against Burma’s...
March 2, 2021
On Sunday February 28, 61 anti-coup protesters in Karen State were arrested by security forces. Protestors said among the arrested were young women...
February 26, 2021
The Karen National Union (KNU) confirmed they support and will protect people protesting against the military coup, but said to avoid violence, they...
February 26, 2021
Leaders of three Karen political parties confirmed they will take part in a meeting with the military-backed Union Electoral Commission and Burma...
February 22, 2021
A Karen youth from Hlaing Bwe Town, Karen State, was sentenced for seven days for banging pots and pans. The pot banging is in protest by the civil...
February 17, 2021
The humanitarian aid for displaced Karen civilians has been blocked by the Burma Army. The villagers were displaced by recent fighting between the...
February 16, 2021
The Karen National Union made their position clear in an official statement that they support peaceful protest in Burma against the military coup d...
February 12, 2021
A lawyer confirmed five-out-of-ten protestors arrested yesterday in Hpa-an, Karen State have been charged under Section 144 of the Penal Code and...
February 12, 2021
A source close to the Karen State Chief Minister, Nan Khin Htwe Myint confirmed to Karen News that the Chief Minster was for the second time taken...