When the people are enemies of the state
After the swift response to the situation in Libya by the United Nations Security Council, humanitarian groups documenting more than 20 years of abuse by the Burmese military against ethnic Karen say it is high time the council took similar action on Burma
A lone medical worker zigzags his way through sun-browned rice fields to a distant river. Thick rows of trees mark the edges of the narrow, snaking watercourse that forms part of the Thai-Burma border.
PHOTO: PHIL THORNTON
In the distance, the overworked brakes on a pickup truck moan when a driver forces his vehicle to slow as he winds his way down a steep hill.
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- Writer: Phil Thornton
- Position: Writer
