Salween communities file lawsuit to halt the Yuam/Salween Water Diversion Project internationalrivers.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from internationalrivers.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ahead of the expected verdict on Thursday (28 September) for four people accused of involvement in the enforced disappearance and murder of Indigenous Karen human rights defender Pholachi ‘Billy’ Rakchongcharoen, Amnesty International’s Regional Researcher for Thailand Chanatip Tatiyakaroonwong said: “Billy’s brave pursuit of justice cost him his life and put his family through a yearslong nightmare of heartbreak, obfuscation and lies as they searched for truth. They deserve to know the full
In the verdant, mountainous Omkoi district of Thailand, the Indigenous Karen community is gripped in a battle over the land they have lived on for generations.
The Salween Peace Park: A radical, grassroots alternative to development in Karen State karennews.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from karennews.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On 27 March 2021, the natural sounds of the teak and bamboo forests of eastern Myanmar calling birds, croaking frogs and barking deer were drowned out by a deluge of falling bombs. Over the following week, the bombs continued to fall on forests and villages, damaging schools, hospitals and farmland, in the heart […]