FBR Report: Torture, Capture, Uprooted Villages, Child Soldiers - Life in Northwestern Karen State

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma. Ethnic pro-democracy groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.

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FBR Report: Torture, Capture, Uprooted Villages, Child Soldiers - Life in Northwestern Karen State

Karen State, Burma: This report provides information relayed out by FBR teams in the northwestern parts of Karen State, eastern Burma, especially Nyaunglebin District and southern Toungoo District. In the midst of accounts of capture and forced labor, one cruel form of this is the kidnapping of children who are then forced to join the military.

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The Free Burma Ranger’s (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and love to internally displaced people inside Burma, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human rights abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR provides medical, spiritual and educational resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese military attacks. For more information, please visit www.freeburmarangers.org