Burma army

A witness to the killing told Karen News, Naw Khit was first arrested at her farm hut and later killed. “Karen soldiers used to charge their phones at her hut and to take a rest while on patrol. When the Burma Army patrol came, the Karen soldiers ran for cover, but were spotted by the Burma Army. The Burma soldiers…

Padoh Taw Nee, Head of the KNU Foreign Affairs Department explained in an earlier interview with Karen News the Burma military’s strategy against civilians in ethnic areas is to first use ground troops to bomb villages and force the people to leave. Then when KNU defends the displaced villagers, drones and or spy planes are used to locate where people…

The Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) issued a statement on December 20, calling for the international community to exert more pressure in three ongoing proceedings against perpetrators of genocide and mass atrocities against the Rohingya people: the genocide case brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the forced deportation investigation before the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the more…

The fighting followed a Burma Army raid on Lay Kay Kaw village that is under the control of the Karen National Union. The Burma Army 560 Light Infantry Brigade led the raid and kidnapped a number of people, including an elected National League for Democracy, Member of Parliament. On Monday three Burma Army columns entered the areas from different directions…

Despite the Burma Army’s declaration of a five-month unilateral ceasefire from October, 2021 to February 2022, villagers have yet to witness a reduction in its troops in the area or less fighting. Community based groups and Karen National Union (KNU) sources told Karen News Burma Army instead of reducing their numbers in the area, have been sending reinforcements to the…

The six-chapter report – Military Atrocities and Civilian Resilience – highlighted security for civilians in rural areas in southeastern Burma deteriorated in the first six months of the military coup, and human rights abuses escalated causing thousands of villagers to be displaced. Naw Htoo Htoo, KHRG’s Program Director said at the release of the report on November 24, the Burma…

Pictures of the trail of destruction circulated widely on social media posts – rolls of bandages, needle packs, gloves and medicine boxes scattered and dirtied on the floor. Filing cupboards forced open and broken. The photos showing the wreckage were taken at the Phalan Taung (Phwa Gaw) Health Centre in Hpa-an Township of the Karen National Union’s Doo Tha Htu…

The Karen National Union Mutraw district office recorded that from the beginning of November, a total of 32 Burma Army soldiers, including a battalion commander and a company commander were killed and 56 wounded in the fighting – the KNLA reported zero casualties. The increased fighting has local villagers worried they will be displaced by the fighting. The villagers’ concerns…

The UNSC statement released on Friday, 10 November, was a cause for disappointment for 521 local, regional and international civil society organizations. Salai Za Uk, from the Chin Human Rights Organization in a statement released by the CSO alliance said. “While the UN Security Council was meeting to discuss the situation in Myanmar, the military burned down more houses in…

Salai Za Uk Ling, a spokesperson with the Chin Human Rights Organization said in a statement. “The destruction of civilian property, carried out wantonly and justified by any military necessity represents war crimes and grave breaches of international humanitarian law.” The CHRO said clear non-military targets were destroyed by the Burma Army – churches, orphanages, schools, homes and surrounding villages…