On a quiet morning on February 5, children in Deemaw Soe Township, Karenni state, attended school as usual. Despite fierce fighting throughout the state, no recent conflict in the area suggested an attack was looming. Then, beginning at 10:15am, the Myanmar military deployed a series of air and ground attacks that directly targeted children at […]
Author Archives: Ko Banya
Ko Banya is co-founder of the Karenni Human Rights Group, which was established in 2016. After the attempted coup in Myanmar, he joined the Karenni State Consultative Council as a civil-society representative.