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Karen rebels have accused the Myanmar military of deploying “excessive force”, saying on Saturday that continuous air strikes have displaced more than 12,000 unarmed civilians, including children.
The Straits Times A destroyed building after air strikes in Hpa-pun, eastern Myanmar's Karen state.PHOTO: AFP/FREE BURMA RANGERS Injured Karen villagers receiving medical treatment in the jungle after air strikes in Hpa-pun, eastern Myanmar's Karen state.PHOTO: AFP/FREE BURMA RANGERS PublishedApr 3, 2021, 1:39 pm SGT https://str.sg/JCsM They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for you Read now Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/...
They have been crowding around the banks of the Salween River and said they are running out of food.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Civilians wounded in Myanmar air strikes on rebel positions spoke of their terrifying ordeal after trekking through jungle to seek medical treatment across the border in Thailand. Military jets hit targets in eastern Kayin state over the weekend, as Myanmar reeled from the deadliest day so far in the junta’s crackdown on anti-coup protests.
Women bear highest cost of injustice 6 Pianporn Deetes Thailand and Myanmar Campaigns Director of International Rivers published : 8 Mar 2021 at 04:30 6 Ah Chai holds a sign demanding a free-flowing Salween River and opposing military plans for a dam as she joins the anti-coup protest in Yangon. Southeast Asia Program of International Rivers Soithip, an ethnic Karen-Thai woman from Bang Kloi in the Kaeng Krachan Forest, was among 22 villagers who were rounded up last Friday by state authorities and put behind bars at the Phetchaburi Provincial Pris...