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Ongoing Attack on Displaced Persons: A Story of a Woman Who Does Not Give Up
By Thay U Htoo and Kabaw Poe At an early morning, Mya Lay was cooking in her house in the jungle of southern Burma in Tenasserim division, where her family was hiding from the Burmese soldiers. Suddenly, Mya Lay heard the shooting. The Burmese soldiers were attacking them. Mya Lay is 30 years old, an ethnic Burman. Despite being injured during the attack which took place in June 2005, she decided to not give up and struggle to keep going on a normal. This is her story…
People's Faith: A Tool of War
By Moo Ko Htee “People in Burma find the religion as a place or thing to put all their suffering and worries. The people suffer a lot. In religion they find something that they can release their sorrow into.” from a Karen Human Rights activist, August 2005.
Religion is an integral part of the cultures of Burma. Practitioners of every religion –Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, and Animist- can be found in each part of Burma. Sadly, for over forty years people in Burma have not enjoyed religious freedom. In Burma people cannot follow the beliefs and practices of their faiths without fearing some kind of persecution…
People's Stories: UN Registration in the Refugee Camp
Life in the Camp By Cha Mu and Registration Puts Refugees in a Fix by Saw Poe Kler Htoo
In December 2004, The UNHCR and the Royal Thai Government began the enormous task of re-registering the estimated 140,000 refugees currently living in nine camps along Thailand’s western border with Burma. In July 2005, the writers below were in Umpiem Mai refugee camp, South of Mae Sot, to complete the process. They share their feelings with us…
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