All Entries in the "Karen" Category
HRW Report – Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugee
Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugees Push-backs to Burma into Heavily Mined Areas Threaten Lives (New York, February 6, 2010) – Thailand should immediately stop pressuring ethnic Karen refugees to return to Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Repatriation to the designated “return zone” in Burma would place returnees at serious risk of human rights [...]
The Plight Of The Karen, Karenni, Mon, & Shan People
A State of Fear By SAW YAN NAING / EASTERN BURMA OCTOBER, 2009 – VOLUME 17 NO.7 Caught in the crossfire of Burma’s civil war, hundreds of thousands of Karen, Karenni, Mon and Shan are trapped in No Man’s Land At night, my mother and I boiled rice while my sister dried our wet clothes [...]
Karen Leaders In Thailand Homes Raided By Thai Authorities
Thai soldiers and police entered the homes and offices of more than 10 leaders of the Karen National Union (KNU) and its military wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), around 6 a.m. On Tuesday morning, a KNU source said. Wife of Col Ner Dah Mya, the son of late KNU leader Gen Bo Mya, [...]
The Karen Talk About Having To Flee Their Homes
Burma’s Karen unable to return home More than 4,000 ethnic Karen in eastern Burma have fled to Thailand after renewed fighting between Burmese government forces and Karen rebels. “ We are illegal here and eventually we’ll have problems with the Thai authorities ” Rainbow, Karen refugee Many of those who have fled over the past [...]
KNLA Planning For Upcoming Attack
Villagers Fear September Offensive By SAW YAN NAING Monday, August 17, 2009 EI TU HTA—After overrunning the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 7 headquarters in southern Karen State, a joint Burmese army and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) force plans to resume its offensive in northern Karen State in September, and take over the [...]
Introduction To Some Of Burma’s Ethnic Minority Groups
A Closer Look at Burma’s Ethnic Minorities By Hannah Beech / Bangkok Friday, Jan. 30, 2009 Living under the thumb of a brutal junta, the average Burmese hardly leads an easy life. But the plight of the country’s ethnic minorities, many of whom once waged long and bloody insurgencies against the military regime, is even [...]
KHRG – Update on SPDC/DKBA attacks at Ler Per Her and new refugees in Thailand
Joint SPDC/DKBA attacks against KNLA positions near to Ler Per Her IDP camp continue, as do joint SPDC/DKBA attacks against the camp of KNLA Battalion #202, located about 30 km north of Ler Per Her. Refugees have fled to Thailand from both areas, while other villagers who have yet to flee remain amidst the fighting [...]
Joint Force Focuses Offensive on KNLA Brigade 7 Headquarters
By SAW YAN NAING Saturday, June 20, 2009 A joint force of troops from the Burmese army and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a ceasefire militia group, has focused its offensive on the headquarters of Brigade 7 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), according to Karen sources. In response, KNLA Brigade 7 has [...]
Thousands of Karen Seek Safety in Thailand
Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers have been forced to flee
across the border into Thailand during the past few weeks as the Burmese
army launched a major assault on Karen military units.
