Here are more photos of people fleeing the recent attacks in Karen State, Burma. This set of pictures includes a picture of a villager who has been decapitated by the Burma Army

Here are photos from one of the areas (Kweh Der, Ler Doh) attacked last week. They show villagers in hiding, burned homes, burning paddy rice, families rebuilding, and the bodies of the two men killed by the Burma Army.

This is an update with photos of Burma Army attacks, murders, displacement and forced labor against villagers and IDPs in Karen State, Burma. There are no large scale offensives at this time but over 2,000 people have been displaced in attacks this week

The following is a photo essay that reflects what we see here in Northern and Western Karen State. We are on our fourth month of missions here and there is more good news than bad.

Merry Christmas from here in Toungoo District, Northern Karen State, Burma! We are still up here as there is more Burma Army activity against the population.

We all call him Monkey although his real name is K'Paw Say. He is a Karenni refugee, is co-leader of the Free Burma Rangers and is the headquarters group pastor and video man.

We are sending this out from northern Karen State. We are in the midst of resilient and hopeful people even though they are chased, shelled, and displaced by the Burma Army who are all around.

We are relaying this out from our training camp where we graduated new Karenni, Kayan, Mon and Karen relief teams.

In 2005 the SPDC started a dam construction project on the Shwe Gyin Chaung, a mile above ShweGyin town. The dam is projected to be completed in December 2010. Already 44 square miles of villages, farms and orchards have been affected.

The Arakan Free Burma Rangers team has documented widespread forced labor and extortion in their mission area during October, 2009