Karen Peace Support Network’s new briefing describes how Burma Army troops have intensified shelling and persecution of civilians in northern Karen State, in retaliation for increased guerrilla attacks by the Karen National Union, which are blocking the regime’s supply routes and eroding their pockets of control in this mountainous border area.
Yet the regime’s areas of control are shrinking. At this critical time, with resistance mounting across the country, KPSN urges the international community to stand with the people of Burma, and cut off all diplomatic and economic support for the illegitimate coup regime. KPSN also urges foreign donors to immediately scale up cross-border humanitarian aid in Karen State and other conflict-affected areas of Burma.