Foreigners are not allowed in South Burma. This is karen territory, an ethnic minority brutalized by Burmese authorities. For sixty years, in the midst of this hostile jungle, the KNLA, the Karen National Liberation Army has fought a desperate war against the military junta in power. 7000 ill-equiped men resist against over 100 000 burmese soldiers. A war forgotten by all. The burmese generals have decided to cleanse the country of Karens. The SPDC, the burmese army, focuses its atacks on...
more »Foreigners are not allowed in South Burma. This is karen territory, an ethnic minority brutalized by Burmese authorities. For sixty years, in the midst of this hostile jungle, the KNLA, the Karen National Liberation Army has fought a desperate war against the military junta in power. 7000 ill-equiped men resist against over 100 000 burmese soldiers. A war forgotten by all. The burmese generals have decided to cleanse the country of Karens. The SPDC, the burmese army, focuses its atacks on civilians. Whole battalions raid villages, soldiers burn, loot, execute and torture the inhabitants..
There are now 300 000 Karen refugees attempting to survive in the mountains . they suffer from malnutrition, malaria and mines. No humanitarian organisation is allowed in the region.
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