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Human rights violations in Karen State
Friday, 6 Aug, 2010 – 5:32 | Comments Off
Human rights violations in Karen State

Human rights violations in Karen State March to July 2010
Community Based Organisation calls for special UN commission to investigate
crimes against humanityperpetrated by the military junta in Burma
On 30th July 2010, thirty-two US Senators urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to back the creation of a special UN commission to investigate possible crimes against humanity and [...]

Bullets Have No Pity for Young Lives: Children Shot by SPDC Soldiers in Karen State
Saturday, 12 Jun, 2010 – 13:05 | Comments Off
Bullets Have No Pity for Young Lives: Children Shot by SPDC Soldiers in Karen State

On 22 March 2010, a 35 year-old female villager from Ko Lu village in Kler Lwee Htoo took her 5 month-old and 5 year-old sons to visit their grandfather in Ler Taw Lu village. On her way back, at 4pm, the woman passed through Ko Ta village where she came across 100 soldiers from Light [...]