Karen Human Rights Group

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, 30 Apr 2026

Kler Lwee Htoo District Situation Update: Burma Army offensive operations, armed conflict, and drugs resulted in challenges to local villagers in Hsaw Htee Township (May to November 2025)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Hsaw Htee (Shwegyin) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District during the period between May 2025 and November 2025. This report documents local villagers’ testimonies and experiences of the human rights situation in Hsaw Htee Township during the reporting period. It covers a range of human rights violations, including armed conflict; security concerns; forced recruitment by the Burma Army; arbitrary arrest, including for portering; the forced use of villagers as navigators and human shields; house burnings; shelling; air strikes; killings; injuries; destruction of civilian property; displacement; and the resulting impacts on livelihoods, healthcare, and...

Thu, 16 Jul 2026

KHRG: 93% of 44 displaced Karen women interviewed report feeling insecure

Mon, 08 Jun 2026

Karen Organizations Expose Continuing Military Atrocities Despite Burma Junta’s Political Rebranding

Fri, 24 Jul 2026

Photo Set: Burma Army human rights violations in Southeast Burma (January to June 2026)

This Photo Set presents photographic evidence of various human rights violations primarily committed by the Burma Army in Southeast Burma from January to June 2026. Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) received 1,701 photographs displaying the impacts of various human rights violations committed during the reporting period. The photographs of these violations cover air strikes, drone strikes, shelling, landmines, shoot-on-sight tactics, arbitrary arrests, and more. In parallel with the second and third phases of the Burma military regime’s undemocratic election in 2026, the Burma Army-perpetrated human rights violations escalated significantly between January and June 2026. KHRG’s documentation indicates that air strikes,...

Wed, 22 Jul 2026

(Press Release) In Spite of Fear: Women in Southeast Burma are surviving protracted internal displacement amidst increasing human rights violations – new report

Wed, 15 Jul 2026

Taw Oo District Situation Update: Burma Army activities caused livelihood, fuel, education, and healthcare challenges in Htaw Ta Htoo Township (January to March 2026)

This Situation Update describes events occurring in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Taw Oo (Toungoo) District, during the period between January to March 2026. During a Burma Army rotation in Kaw Thay Der village tract, Burma Army soldiers trespassed through villagers’ plantations and forced villagers to walk with them. Additionally, they ate and destroyed villagers’ crops. In March 2026, Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldiers attacked Burma Army soldiers at a garbage dumping site in Kaw Thay Der village tract, injuring five Burma Army soldiers and damaging two lamp posts. Additionally, the presence of Burma Army soldiers at checkpoints between...

Tue, 07 Jul 2026

Dooplaya District Incident Report: Burma Army soldiers arrested and beat four villagers, including a 16-year-old, in Noh T’Kaw Township (March 2026)

This Incident Report describes events occurring in Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District, in March 2026. On 20 March 2026, Burma Army soldiers arrested and severely beat four villagers, including a 16-year-old boy, at a checkpoint while they were travelling to Kyainseikgyi Town. The Burma Army punched each of them in the face at least three times and beat them over 30 times each. Two women travelling with the detained villagers alerted a local Border Guard Force (BGF) of their arrest, and the BGF helped facilitate the release of the young men later the same day. One of the victims,...

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)

Fri, 24 Jul 2026

Photo Set: Burma Army human rights violations in Southeast Burma (January to June 2026)

Wed, 22 Jul 2026

(Press Release) In Spite of Fear: Women in Southeast Burma are surviving protracted internal displacement amidst increasing human rights violations – new report

Thu, 16 Jul 2026

KHRG: 93% of 44 displaced Karen women interviewed report feeling insecure

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