In the eastern state of Kayah, also known as Karenni, an alliance of ethnic armed organizations launched their own attacks, beginning a direct assault on Nov. 11 on the state capital of Loikaw, where the Tatmadaw has a regional command base. In the fierce...
EAOs can be divided into three groups. The first group belongs to those that support the ongoing armed revolution and are fighting the military dictatorship, in particular, the Kachin Independence Army, the Karen National Union, the Chin National Front and the Karenni National ...
For example, in 2000, government troops in Myanmar allegedly flayed every male in the village of Karenni. What Does Flayed Mean? To be flayed refers to removing the skin as a method of torture, and another way to talk about flaying is being skinned alive. Though not a standard form of...
Four years later, a return visit is documented in the forceful “Tasks of the Party Organizations in Ryanggang Province” from August 1963 (the same title), the introduction to which asserts that “you should not become complacent with successes already registered…you should maintain the spirit o...