Local sources confirmed to Karen News, residents of Ywa Thit Village, south of Kawkareik Town, in Karen State are living in fear after threats by Burma Army to set fire to their houses if they flee the village. Fighting between the Burma Army and Karen National Liberation Army continues in the area, soldiers are using the villages as their base…
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Naw K’Nyaw Paw, secretary of the Karen Women Organization explained to Karen News as the Burma Army increases its offensives in ethnic regions women are abused. “The [Burma] army entered villages, take up positions in the village and then use local villagers as their protection. They [Burma Army] stay in the village and forcibly take villagers, especially women, when they…
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The humanitarian organisation Free Burma Rangers has released photographic evidence showing that the Burma Army forces civilians to act as human shields and minesweepers in conflict areas. In a statement released on October 23, Free Burma Rangers, said that on 5th June this year during a firefight with Karen National Liberation Army fighters in Dooplaya District, Burma Army soldiers mortared…
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