Karen Human Rights Group

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

Mu Traw District Incident Report: Burma Army air strike and mortar shelling killed a villager, forcing other villagers to flee in Dwe Lo Township (October 2025)

This Incident Report describes events occurring in Dwe Lo Township, Mu Traw (Hpapun) District in October 2025. On October 10th 2025, Burma Army soldiers from Light infantry Battalion (LIB) #407 and LIB #408 under the control of Military Operations Command (MOC) #8, based in K’Ter Tee army camp, fired two mortar shells into Aa--- village, K’Ter Tee village tract. Before the mortar shelling, the Burma Army also conducted an air strike by dropping two 500 pounds bombs into the village. The bombs landed on a farm near the edge of the village and caused no casualties and destruction; only the...

Wed, 18 Mar 2026

Dooplaya District Incident Report: Burma Army shelling injured a villager in Noh T’Kaw Township (December 2025)

This Incident Report describes events occurring in Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District, in December 2025. On December 5th 2025, at around 7 pm, the Burma Army continuously fired 81 mm and 60 mm shells into a village in T’Hka Kloh (Kya Hka Chaung) village tract. As a result of the shelling, one villager was injured. In addition, several rubber trees were damaged by shrapnel from the explosion. As the victim was a daily labourer, he faced financial difficulties in seeking treatment at the hospital in Kyainseikgyi Town. The Burma Army frequently conducted shelling in the area, causing villagers to...

Wed, 04 Mar 2026

Photo Set: Burma Army air strikes on local communities, resulting in casualties, destruction, and displacement (January to December 2025)

This Photo Set presents photographic evidence of Burma Army air strikes conducted on local communities in Southeast Burma from January to December 2025. KHRG received more than 3,600 photographs displaying the impacts of the Burma Army’s indiscriminate and targeted air strikes during the reporting period. Since the 2021 coup, and throughout 2025, air strikes have resulted in civilian deaths and injuries, the destruction of numerous community buildings (including schools, monasteries, and churches), as well as plantations and rice fields, and have caused massive displacement. In 2025, at least 66 villagers, including 18 children, were killed, and 176 villagers, including 66...

Wed, 04 Mar 2026

Dooplaya District Incident Report: Burma Army drone strike injured two villagers in Noh T’Kaw Township (January 2026)

This Incident Report describes events occurring in Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District, in January 2026. Starting from January 20th 2026, the Burma Army deployed more soldiers near Kyainseikgyi Town for the Burma military regime’s election. On January 23rd 2026, soldiers from Burma Army Infantry Battalion (IB) #32 conducted a drone strike on Aa--- village, T’Hka Kloh village tract, injuring two villagers who were at their rubber plantation. One of the villagers, Saw A---, was seriously injured and was sent to a hospital in Three Pagoda Pass (a town bordering Thailand’s Kanchanaburi province) the same day. As of the reporting...

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Dooplaya District Short Update: The Burma Army fatally shot a villager in Noh T’Kaw Township (January 2026)

This Short Update describes events occurring in Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District, in January 2026. On January 20th 2026, at around 7 pm, Burma Army soldiers from Infantry Battalion (IB) #284 shot and killed a woman while she was extracting rubber latex in a rubber plantation near Aa--- village, T’Hka Kloh village tract. She was hit on her left temple and died on the spot. The victim’s family did not receive any compensation from the Burma Army. After the incident, the Burma Army imposed a curfew in the village prohibiting travel after 7 pm. As a result of this...

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Taw Oo District Situation Update: Burma Army indiscriminate shelling and burning, casualties, displacement, challenges in education and healthcare, and natural disasters in Daw Hpah Hkoh Township (June to August 2025)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Daw Hpah Hkoh (Thandaunggyi) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District, during the period between June and August 2025. On June 15th 2025, the Burma Army fired shells indiscriminately, and one of the shells landed inside Aa--- village, P’Shaw Loh village tract, killing a four-year-old villager and injuring two other villagers. The shelling also damaged a house and a plantation. Later that day, the Burma Army soldiers burned down a house located in Ab--- village, P’Shaw Loh village tract. On June 17th 2025, Burma Army soldiers from Infantry Battalion (IB) #29 and #39 entered Ad---...

Fri, 27 Feb 2026

Mergui-Tavoy District Short Update: Burma Army air strike killed a two-year-old girl and injured nine people, including a two-year-old girl, in Ler Doh Soe Township (January 2026)

This Short Update describes events occurring in Ler Doh Soe Township, Mergui-Tavoy District. On January 10th 2026, between 1 and 2 pm, a fighter jet of the Burma Army conducted an air strike, dropping two bombs, and fired bullets from an Oerlikon on Aa--- village, K’Maw Thway village tract, killing a two-year-old girl and injuring nine villagers, including seven women, a man, and a two-year-old girl. In addition, the air strike damaged a clinic, villagers’ plantation fields, and buildings located in a KNU office compound. The injured villagers received treatment from Karen Department of Health Welfare (KDHW) health care workers...

Thu, 12 Feb 2026

Mergui-Tavoy District Situation Update: Education and healthcare challenges, travel restrictions, food shortages, and livelihood difficulties in Ler K'Saw Township (January to April 2025)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Ler K’Saw Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, during the period between January and April 2025, including land disputes, healthcare and education difficulties, and livelihood challenges. In Sa Tein village tract, several schools administered by the State Administration Council (SAC) closed after teachers left the area, as they feared armed resistance groups would kill people accused of collaborating with the SAC in the area. In response, villagers reopened the schools as community self-funded schools. However, parents faced difficulties in paying teachers’ salaries. Also in Sa Tein village tract, healthcare services remained inaccessible, with only one clinic...

Wed, 25 Mar 2026

Mu Traw District Incident Report: Burma Army air strike and mortar shelling killed a villager, forcing other villagers to flee in Dwe Lo Township (October 2025)

Wed, 18 Mar 2026

Dooplaya District Incident Report: Burma Army shelling injured a villager in Noh T’Kaw Township (December 2025)

Wed, 04 Mar 2026

Dooplaya District Incident Report: Burma Army drone strike injured two villagers in Noh T’Kaw Township (January 2026)

Wed, 04 Mar 2026

Photo Set: Burma Army air strikes on local communities, resulting in casualties, destruction, and displacement (January to December 2025)

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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.

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