All Entries Tagged With: "Free Burma Rangers"
FBR REPORT: 2,100 Displaced, Villages Burned, Schools Abandoned as Seven Burma Army Battalions Attack
FBR REPORT: 2,100 Displaced, Villages Burned, Schools Abandoned as Seven Burma Army Battalions Attack Karen State, Burma 12 February, 2010 KEY DEVELOPMENTS Over 2,100 people displaced, 4 villages burned, 14 schools abandoned and a clinic burned as seven Burma Army battalions attack villagers in Western Karen State, Burma. 12 February 2010. (Reports relayed from teams [...]
FBR REPORT: Resilience in Karen State, Burma. January 2010
FBR REPORT: Resilience in Karen State, Burma. Karen State, Burma 16 January, 2010 Dear friends, The following is a photo essay that reflects what we see here in Northern and Western Karen State. We are on our fourth month of missions here and there is more good news than bad. There is all around us [...]
FBR REPORT: The Darkness Spreads but Hope is Alive
FBR REPORT: The Darkness Spreads but Hope is Alive Karen State, Burma 19 December, 2009 Dear friends, We are sending this out from northern Karen State. We are in the midst of resilient and hopeful people even though they are chased, shelled, and displaced by the Burma Army who are all around. We are here [...]
FBR REPORT: Villagers Displaced By SPDC Dam Construction
FBR REPORT: Villagers displaced by SPDC dam construction; 44 square miles of villages, farms and orchards destroyed in Western Karen State, Burma Karen State, Burma 1 December, 2009 NOTE:This report was completed and is being sent out directly from the field by the Naunglebin District, Free Burma Ranger teams monitoring the building of this dam [...]
FBR REPORT: FBR Training Report – Graduation of New Ranger Teams
Karen State, Burma 6 December, 2009 Dear Friends, Thank you so much for your love and support. We are relaying this out from our training camp where we graduated new Karenni, Kayan, Mon and Karen relief teams. These 13 (of our 53 multi-ethnic relief teams ) successfully completed Leadership and Relief Team Training in Karen [...]
FBR REPORT: Widespread Forced Labor and Extortion in Western Burma
The Arakan Free Burma Rangers team has documented widespread forced labor and extortion in their mission area during October, 2009 Area of report The team interviewed villagers in Paletwa Township who testified to forced labor in constructing the army camp at Doechawnwa, as well as having to provide bamboo and other building materials. (Paletwa is [...]
FBR Report – Forced Child Labor and Indiscriminate Shooting — Burma Army Oppression in Central Karen State
KEY DEVELOPMENTS Pa’an District: Villager Shot by Burma Army Proxy Force, Women Included in Forced Conscription Dooplaya District: Forced Child Labor, Torture, and Destroyed Homes: The Burma Army Continues Buildup in Central Karen State Pa’an District: Villager Shot by Burma Army Proxy Force, Women Included in Forced Conscription At 9:00 pm on the 30th of [...]
Chuck Liddell Sporting Free Burma Rangers T-Shirt
Here is a video posted on TMZ.com that shows professional MMA fighter Chuck Liddell wearing a t-shirt from the Free Burma Rangers. Not sure where he got it but way to represent.
FBR Report – The Loss Of A Ranger: Di Gay Htoo
Dear friends, A Ranger died last week and this is a great loss for us, the Karen people, and the people of Burma. Di Gay Htoo was a humble, brave, dedicated and selfless young Karen leader. He died of a sudden fever while on a mission with the Karen resistance. After serving as a Free [...]
