Crisis in Eastern Burma News

Burma Campaign UK is calling on the British government to reverse cuts in international aid, and to protect the aid budget for Burma in light of the military coup and growing humanitarian crisis in the country. No announcement has yet…

Media Release from The Ethnic Health Committee (EHC) The EHC issues the following statement on the current health situation in ethnic areas of Burma. In the period before the coup d’état in Burma, the Ethnic Health Organizations, the main structures…

Statement by 41 Karen community organisations worldwide For decades the Royal Thai government has hosted ethnic Karen refugees and other refugees from Burma and we are grateful for the sanctuary we have been given in the past. Now, once again,…

Statement By European Karen Network EU Must Act in Response to Bombing in Karen State and Killing of Protesters The European Karen Network, representing Karen communities in Europe, calls for urgent action by the European Union in response to the…

Statement by International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation condemns the military coup on 1st February. We demand the immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to arrests of human rights and democracy activists. The International Karen Organisation supports…

Statement from the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) condemns escalating artillery attacks by the Burma Army in Mutraw (Papun) and Kler Lwe Htoo (Nyaunglebin) districts of northern Karen State, which have displaced over 3,700…

Open letter from civil society organisations urging the British government to include the Burma (Myanmar) Armed Forces in the Proscribed International Terrorist Groups List. PDF of the letter is here. To, Rt Hon Priti Patel MPSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentHouse of…

Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to coordinate increased international support for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) and refugees from Burma. The entire country lacks the capacity to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the situation of refugees…

Media Release From the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) On the evening of 31st March at around 7 pm, the Burma Army killed a Karen community leader who was shopping for food along with other villagers. He had previously gathered…

Press Release from Article 19 Myanmar’s decision to block access to ethnic news websites violates the right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 said today. Over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (‘MOTC’) has directed telecommunications…