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November 6, 2024
CDM Participants Try to Adjust to Life in Liberated Karen State Area
November 5, 2024
KNU Kills 16 Junta Soldiers, Captures 17 in Hpapun Town
November 4, 2024
Junta Airstrike Kills Three in Naungcho Township, Shan State
October 26, 2021
Burma Army Uses Karen Villagers as Human Shields – Threatens to Torch...
Burma Army soldiers forcing Karen villagers to be human shields threaten to burn their houses if the try to leave. Local sources confirmed to Karen...
File photo: Relatives await released prisoners at prison's front gate
October 26, 2021
Political Prisoner Release, Follows ASEAN Snub
Following its 1st February coup, the military destroyed the infrastructure of Burma’s fledgling democracy, thrashed the economy, ripped the...
October 21, 2021
KNU: Military Coup Leaders Destroyed Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement – Time...
The Karen National Union marked the 6th anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on October 15, 2021 with a statement declaring Burma’s...
Features
October 18, 2021
Northern Karen State: Burma Army Increase its Troops and Begins Shelling...
The Burma Army has reinforced it troop numbers in Northern Karen State and has linked up with its Border Guard Force to launch offensives in the...
October 18, 2021
Burma Army Abuses Increase During Mobile Network Shut Downs in Thaton...
Villagers in the Karen National Union-controlled areas of Thaton District reported human rights violations by the Burma Army and its militia...
Displaced Karen villagers. Supplied
October 8, 2021
Burma’s Humanitarian Emergency – Fund Community-Based Organisations Direct...
The humanitarian crisis in Burma is now at a critical stage. The currency, the kyat, has crashed in the month of September to an all time low. The...
Rohingya leader Mohibullah. File photo: Rajib Raihan
October 5, 2021
Mohibullah’s Murder Sends Deadly Message to Human Rights Defenders
Human rights advocates working on violations and abuses committed by the Burma military, support the calls for an investigation into the killing of...
October 4, 2021
State Administration Council Destroys Economy – Kyat Crashes… Rice, Food...
Food prices and fuel costs have soared as the value of Burma’s currency, the Kyat dropped by 60% during September. During the last week of September...
PDF Troops in-field training. (Photo - K'hsaw Wah)
September 8, 2021
National Unity Government Declares War on Burma’s Military Regime – KNU...
The National Unity Government’s, Acting President Duwa Lashi La, called on the people of Burma, Ethnic Armed Organizations and the recently formed,...
Features
September 8, 2021
Karen Rights Groups Condemn Burma Army’s Use of Women as Human Shields...
The Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) and the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) released a statement condemning the Burma Army’s using ethnic women as...
September 3, 2021
UNHCR to Discuss with Thai Authorities to Allow Refugees on the Thai-Burma...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), aid agencies and community organizations are in discussions to talk to Thai authorities...
September 1, 2021
Fighting Continues – Burma Army Sends 200 Soldier to Retake its Camp in...
After sending reinforcements, munitions and supplies troops under the command of the military-appointed State Administration Council launched an...