Crisis in Eastern Burma News

Press Release from Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) is pleased to announce the release of its latest report, Denied and Deprived: Local communities confronting the humanitarian crisis and protection challenges in Southeast Burma.  Prevented from seeking…

Southeast Burma Field Report: Intensification of armed conflict, air and ground attacks, and widespread human rights violations, July to December 2021 Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) is pleased to announce the release of its latest field report, Southeast Burma Field…

Statement by The International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation condemns the Burmese military’s airstrikes and heavy artillery strikes in Kawthoolei (Karen State) on Myanmar Armed Forces Day (also known as Burma Revolution Day) on 27th March. The airstrikes took…

Burma Campaign UK today launches a new campaign to persuade the UK and other countries to impose sanctions to try to stop aviation fuel reaching the Burmese military. This past weekend, airstrikes in Karen and Kachin State killed three people…

Statement by International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation condemns the killing of a baby and a woman by the Burmese military on 29th January 2022. We call on the international community to sanction the members of the military who…

Statement by European Karen Network The European Karen Network, representing thousands of Karen people in Europe forced to flee their homeland because of repression and attacks by the Burmese military, rejects any talk of power sharing with the Burmese military. …

Open Letter from Ethnic Karen to President Biden and President Macron to Sanction Gas Revenue, 67 Organizations from 17 Countries Re: Ethnic Karen Communities Worldwide Calling to Sanction Gas Revenue to the Burmese military. Dear President Biden and President Macron,…

Joint Statement by 59 Civil Society Organizations On December 24, 2021, Light Infantry Battalion 108 under the command of Light Infantry Division 66 of the terrorist military junta which is trying to seize power illegally, launched an offensive clearance operation…

Statement by International Karen Organisation The International Karen Organisation today called for the urgent implementation of new targeted strategic sanctions on the Burmese military in response to escalating attacks against civilians in Karen State. Simultaneous attacks by the Burmese military…

Media Release from European Karen Network European Karen Network today called on the European Union to impose a new round of targeted economic sanctions on the Burmese military, and agree to impose regular new rounds of sanctions from now on….