KIC
2013-01-10
First use of airstrikes by the government in twenty years raises prospect of increased numbers of civilian deaths in conflict areas – community...
2013-01-10
The Karen Women Action Group, a community-based women’s group working out of Rangoon gave its approval for the issues the Karen National Union raised...
2013-01-09
A Karen National Union delegations met with Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the Defense Ministry and the Tatmadaw (Burma Army), in...
2013-01-08
Villagers in the east of Dawei, Southern Burma are protesting the building of a dam that will destroy their villages and force them to be relocated.
2013-01-08
The 2013 Karen New Year celebrations will be first. It will be the first time, the Karen people and its political organisdation, the Karen National...
2013-01-08
The Ethnic Human Rights Network issued a public statement calling on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her political party, the National Liberation Party, to...
2013-01-08
Villagers in the Thandaung area were frightened by a Burma Army helicopter that repeatedly flew over their homes last week – the area is under the...
2013-01-03
Karen National Union leaders left today from the Thai-Burma border to travel to Naypyidaw to meet with President Thein Sein to discuss war in ethnic...
2012-12-21
General Mutu Say Poe won the leadership of Karen National Union in a secret ballot at the organisations 15th Congress held in Lay Wah, Pa-an District...
2012-12-21
Since October 26, Karen National Union representatives and members of community-based-groups have attended the KNU 15th Congress to vote in a new...
2012-12-18
The Burma Partnership (BP), a community based advocate organisation called on the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugee to consult and to...
2012-12-18
A new report by Arakan Oil Watch (AOW) called “Danger Zone” alleges that a planned Chinese industrial zone threatens the livelihoods of tens of...
2012-12-18
A report Burma released by ethnic students and youth groups 12, December documents the lack of inclusion and consultation with local communities by...
2012-12-17
A Karenni women’s group called for the halt to the expansion of the Mawchi tin mines in Karenni State in Eastern Burma. The Karenni women’s group...
2012-12-17
Old and unexploded landmines remain an everyday threat to the lives of civilians and restrict their ability to travel safely.