Category Archives: The People
WIN Facilitates UN-Focused Human Rights Training Programme
End of October 2010, WIN facilitated the training of Karen community health and relief workers for human rights documentation for the United Nations (UN). During the course, 10 Karen community workers leaned about the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism on … Continue reading
Filed under The Initiatives, The Karen, Training, WIN
WIN gives presentation to the European Union
In September, WIN’s Kim Jolliffe traveled from the border to Bangkok to talk to representatives from eight European Union Governments, on ‘Internal Displacement in the Black Areas of Northern Karen State.’ Showing video and photographic examples of Burma Army operations … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, The Karen, WIN
Burma in the News: Landmine Victims Find Solace at Mae La
The choir at Care Villa sing. (Photo: Alex Ellgee/The Irrawaddy) According to The Irrawaddy (published April 10, 2010): As the last rays of sun beam through the wooden wall, the choir assembles in the hut. Without delay, the men bellow … Continue reading
Burma in the News: Opposition to Boycott Myanmar Vote
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese opposition politician, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy and the recipient of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. According to the NY Times (published March 29, 2010): BANGKOK — “After months … Continue reading
Filed under Burma in the News, History, Military, Reports, The People
The Harrowing Tale of a Refugee Mother Named Rahima, Part 4
And to conclude…read part one, part two and part three Rahima came to Mae Sot when all hope was lost for a good life in Burma. Now, after being left by two husbands, she is a single mother of two … Continue reading
Filed under Internal Displacement, Military, Perspective, Refugees, Reports, The Lifestyles, The People
The World Missed The Real Olympics
We missed it. How easily came the deception of bright games in Vancouver, when the real Olympics played out darkly well beyond the world’s attention and care. The clamoring international media poured exaltation upon adoration on Olympic hopefuls in search … Continue reading
Filed under Corporate Interests, Globalization, History, Military, The People, WIN
