Welcome to the Free Burma Rangers

	About FBR The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma. Ethnic pro-democracy groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need. [ Read more ] [ ]

	The current situation Over fifty years of civil war have left Burma one of the poorest countries in the world. The military dictatorship attacks its own people, killing thousands, and leaving millions displaced. [ Read more ] [ ]

Nurse injured by Burma Army mortar in March 07.

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Situation maps
A selection of maps detailing Burmese army offensives

Pictures from Burma
Taken by relief team members in the hardest hit areas in Burma

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Ways to support the work of the Free Burma Rangers

Most recent reports |

The Free Burma Rangers regularly produce reports on the situation inside Burma. These reports are now also being produced in Thai language, and will shortly be translated into Burmese and Karen. Below is a selection of our most recent reports. You can sign up to receive FBR reports by email by entering your email address in the box on the right.

REPORT TITLE	DATE
Medics Training to Help Those Displaced by Burma Army attacks	2008-11-18

Photos of Villagers attacked by Burma Army in Mon Township	2008-11-13

Villager killed as 1,971 people are chased into the jungle by the Burma Army in Western Karen State	2008-11-04

New Attacks Force More than 250 People To Flee Across Border, Troops Kill Three Villagers	2008-10-28

Doh Say, Karenni Team Leader and Head of the Good Life Club	2008-10-24

Villager Killed and More than 200 Displaced by New Attacks in Central Karen State	2008-10-14

Killing of Villagers, Deadly Landmines, and Women Forced to Work for the Burma Army	2008-10-02

Villager Shot, People Forced to Porter and Vote "Yes" Lahu Relief Team Report	2008-09-10

Eliya Samson, First Ranger	2008-09-09

Relief Efforts Continue for People in Hiding. Update from Mergui-Tavoy District	2008-08-22
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Features

Below are some features, including short films produced by and on behalf of Free Burma Rangers. Please click on the links below to view the feature in question.

A Campaign of Brutality (updated April 2008)	Report and Analysis of Burma Army Offensive and Ongoing Attacks Against the People of Northern Karen State, Eastern Burma
Burma Overview	Over fifty years of civil war have left Burma one of the poorest countries in the world. The military dictatorship attacks it's own people, killing thousands, and leaving millions displaced.
Global Day of Prayer for Burma, March 9, 2008	PDF brochure for the 2008 Global Day of Prayer for Burma, sponsored by Christians Concerned for Burma. For more information please see www.prayforburma.org
Video: Fear and Hope: Responding to Burma's Internally Displaced	Responding to Burma's Internally Displaced
Video: In Hiding: A year of survival under the Burma Army 2004-2005	"In Hiding" is a detailed account of human rights abuses committed by the Burma Army against ethnic minorities inside Burma over a one year period. It is an unrelenting documentary of disturbing images and firsthand stories; unadulterated evidence that the brutal military dictatorship of Burma continues its tyranny
Video: Nightmare in Eastern Burma	Video by Travis Fox, Washington Post. Burmese forces are waging the largest military offensive against their own people in more than a decade, targeting the country's eastern ethnic groups with violence and destruction. Tens of thousands of refugees, mostly Karen minorities, are abandoning villages in search of safety in Thailand.

Welcome to the Free Burma Rangers

About FBR

The current situation

Most recent reports |

Features