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Burma Army Uses Karen Villagers as Human Shields – Threatens to Torch Homes if They Run

October 26, 2021

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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…

Karen villagers

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