Anti-Statue Activists Appear in Court

The six Karenni youths vowed to continue their opposition to a statue erected in honor of Burmese independence hero Aung San. By NAW DWE EH KHU /...

Farmers Remove Military’s Concrete Pillars From Confiscated Land in Loikaw

‘This farmland has owners,’ locals wrote on signs placed on land seized by the Tatmadaw. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Locals destroyed and took down concrete pillars...

KNPP Leader: Don’t Let Hate Speech Divide the Karenni People

Communities marked the 144thKarenni National Day on June 21. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Karenni people must be careful to avoid engaging in hate speech on social...

Loikaw Farmers Arrested over Land Dispute with Army

The Karenni State Farmers Association said it condemned the arrests, which took place in the middle of the night. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Two farmers were arrested...

Locals Object to Netherlands-Backed Pig Farm In Karenni State

‘There business will be good, but we will suffer a lot,’ a village headman says. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Locals and civil society organizations in Karenni (Kayah) State have...

Burma Army Sues Farmers for Encroaching on Confiscated Land

Six farmers in Karenni State’s Demoso Township are facing charges for plowing on land seized from them more than a decade ago. By KANTARAWADDY...

Karenni Youth Activist Charged, Arrested, Remanded to Jail

‘History will decide’ who is right in the political struggle between youth protesters and the state government, an activist says. By NAW DWE EL KHU / KANTARAWADDY...

Tatmadaw Threatens to Sue Farmers for Growing Crops Near Army Base

Soldiers block Karenni farmers from tending to their land, and are now building a wall to fence off the area. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Farmers from Dawmukalar village have said...

Police Try To Arrest Youth Activists

We are demanding human rights and justice, and their response is to try and arrest us, said an activist. By KANTARAWADDY TIMES Police visited and search the family...

Karenni State Govt Prosecutes Six Youth Activists

The charges date back to a youth statement that described members of the state government as ‘enemies of ethnic solidarity.’ By KANTARAWADDY TIMES A representative of the Karenni State government...

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