Karen Human Rights Group

Wed, 26 Aug 2026

Taw Oo District Situation Update: Healthcare, education, and military activities in Daw Hpah Hkoh Township (September 2025 to February 2026)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Daw Hpah Hkoh (Thandaunggyi) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District from September 2025 to February 2026. Throughout the reporting period, challenges to healthcare remained largely the same, with an increase in reported “flu” cases in February 2026. Small clinics administered by the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW) continued to provide treatment and medicine. However, one clinic reported inadequate medicine supplies and referred patients with serious illnesses to Toungoo Town for further treatment. In terms of education, bunkers were built within four school compounds with the support of a local community-based organisation (CBO)...

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Tactics of Control: The Burma Army’s systematic use of deprivation of liberty and ensuing human rights violations in Southeast Burma – New Report

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Tactics of Control : The Burma Army’s systematic use of deprivation of liberty and ensuing human rights violations in Southeast Burma

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

Taw Oo District Short Update: Three forcibly recruited villagers escaped Boo M’Tee army camp in Htaw Ta Htoo Township (January 2026)

This Short Update describes events occurring in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District. In August 2025, a man named A--- was forcibly recruited in Maubin Town, Ayeyarwady Region, after a group of armed men approached him in an unknown vehicle and forced him into the boot of their car. He was forced to attend military training and then deployed to the frontlines at Boo M’Tee army camp, located near Ad--- village, Maw Nay Pwar Town, Htaw Ta Htoo Township. In February 2025, another man named B--- was lied to and forcibly recruited while working in Tat Kone...

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

Doo Tha Htoo District Short Update: Experiences and testimonies of two civilians who were forcibly recruited by the Burma Army (June 2026)

This Short Update describes events that occurred in Hpa-an Township, Doo Tha Htoo (Thaton) District, in 2026. In 2024 and 2025, the Burma Army arbitrarily arrested and recruited two young men from Yangon and Tanintharyi divisions as soldiers. These two young men shared what they experienced and the human rights abuses that they had seen when they were forcibly recruited, as well as how they escaped from the Burma Army. Since the 2021 coup, the Burma Army has arbitrarily arrested and forcibly recruited many villagers in Karen State.

Fri, 14 Aug 2026

Taw Oo District Situation Update: Burma Army shelling, arrests, and militarisation; drug issues; and challenges to education, transportation, and livelihood in Daw Hpah Hkoh Township (January to March 2026)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Daw Hpah Hkoh (Thandaunggyi) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District. During the period from January to March 2026, the Burma Army shelled villages, killing two villagers and injuring four villagers. Then, the Burma Army Belu Column arrested five villagers and released four of them, while keeping one of them in detention. Additionally, the Burma Army arrested two villagers who were returning to Ai--- village, P’Shaw Loh village tract. The presence of Burma Army in the village caused fear for villagers to live in the village. The Burma Army not only invaded the villages but...

Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Mu Traw District Situation Update: The Burma Army conducted air strikes and shelling, planted landmines inside villages, and caused displacement and challenges in Lu Thaw Township (September 2025 to February 2026)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Lu Thaw Township, Mu Traw (Hpapun) District, during the period between September 2025 and February 2026. Due to the Burma Army conducting air strikes and shelling, and planting landmines on village roads, villagers who lived near army camps of the Burma Army no longer dared to live within their villages. Villagers were forced to displace into forests. When villagers were displaced, they encountered difficulties and challenges in healthcare, education, and transportation. Additionally, villagers also faced challenges because heavy rain and flooding destroyed rice paddies, causing a shortage of rice. The price of rice...

Wed, 05 Aug 2026

Doo Tha Htoo District Short Update: Burma Army shelling and air strikes caused injuries, destruction, and displacement in Hpa-an Township (January to April 2026)

This Short Update describes events occurring in Hpa-an Township, Doo Tha Htoo (Thaton) District during the period between January to April 2026. On 12 January 2026 and 19 March 2026, Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #202, based at Taung Ka Lay army camp, indiscriminately fired mortar shells into Tz--- and Ak--- villages, Ba Bway Kone (Noh M’Kweeh) village tract. The shelling injured a villager, wounded a cow, and damaged farmland. Due to the attacks, local villagers feared for their safety, and one villager was forced to flee to a nearby river to avoid harm. The Burma Army also conducted...

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Tactics of Control : The Burma Army’s systematic use of deprivation of liberty and ensuing human rights violations in Southeast Burma

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Tactics of Control: The Burma Army’s systematic use of deprivation of liberty and ensuing human rights violations in Southeast Burma – New Report

Wed, 26 Aug 2026

Taw Oo District Situation Update: Healthcare, education, and military activities in Daw Hpah Hkoh Township (September 2025 to February 2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026

Doo Tha Htoo District Short Update: Experiences and testimonies of two civilians who were forcibly recruited by the Burma Army (June 2026)

KHRG operational area (Locally-defined Karen State and Burma government-defined state and region boundaries)

Advocacy

We work with local and international human rights stakeholders, ensuring that villagers' voices reach decision-makers who can influence their lives.

Documentation

We train community members to document human rights abuses on the ground, which we translate and publish in our reports to share villagers' perspectives.

Trainings

We train local CBO/CSOs, and ethnic armed organisations in human rights and international humanitarian law to help them prevent and document future abuses.

Workshops