Myanmar: Indigenous Environmental Campaigner Killed by Myanmar Government

Apr 13, 2018 | Jonathan Watts, Guardian
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Indigenous activists in Myanmar’s Karen state are mourning the killing of a community leader who campaigned for a peace park to protect a local forest and its residents’ land rights. The military has claimed both men were plain-clothes rebels “suspected of sabotage” who were armed with grenades at the time of the shooting, according to the Irrawaddy newspaper. But colleagues who worked with Saw O Moo say he was a peaceful campaigner who had simply given a ride to the KNLA soldier.