According to recent news reports, the SPDC's renewed campaign of violence in Karen State has displaced as many as 3000 people in a matter of months. (Counterinsurgency Creates Fresh Wave of Refugees, New Attacks by Burma Displace Over 3,000 Karen)

I mentioned in the previous post that thousands of Karen in Thailand expecting to be resettled in the US have had their cases rejected or put on hold due to the 'material support clause' of the Patriot Act. The KNU, or sub-groups of the KNU have been identified as groups which may be engaging in 'terrorist activity'. Consequently, anyone deemed to have provided support are rendered inadmissable for migration or resettlement in the US. The KNU is the oldest resistance group in Burma, and have a cease-fire agreement with the junta. They have adhered to the tenants of the cease-fire even to their own detriment, as the SPDC doesn't give a flying flip about any agreements they've made with anyone. The following is a statement from the KNU regarding the recent SPDC attacks against the Karen people. There's no clause against providing moral support, is there?    more »