All Entries Tagged With: "Karen"
VoiceOfSanDiego.org – Burmese Refugees In San Diego
“Without rice,” said Mu Naw, “we cannot live.” But on Tuesday, that now-constant worry was salved, for the time being. A 25-pound sack rested at the hem of Naw’s bright purple sarong as she stood beside friends outside the worn City Heights apartment building whose units have, in the last two years, slowly been occupied [...]
FBR REPORT: Families Flee as Attacks Continue
FBR REPORT: Families Flee as Attacks Continue Western Karen State, Burma 26 February, 2010 More than 2,100 newly displaced Karen villagers hide from Burma Army after attacks Seven Burma Army battalions (Five as the assault element and two in support) attacked villagers in Ler Doh township, Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State, displacing over 2,100 villagers. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FBR Report: Update of Burma Army Attacks, Murders, Displacement, and Forced Labor In Karen State
FBR REPORT: UPDATE OF BURMA ARMY ATTACKS, MURDERS, DISPLACEMENT AND FORCED LABOR IN KAREN STATE, BURMA Report relayed directly from the field by FBR Relief Teams in Karen State 21 January, 2010 KEY DEVELOPMENTS On January 17: Keh Der village in Ler Doh Township was attacked by LIB 367. 10. Ten houses were burned down. [...]
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 [...]
Latest Developments In Burma -NY Times Article
Myanmar Election Could Spark Rise In Refugees By REUTERS: January 6, 2010 MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) – The rubbish dump outside the Thai town of Mae Sot steams with rancid rotting fish and other debris, a squalid haven for hundreds of refugees from Myanmar that aid groups say could swell in size this year. Aid [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
