Burma's silent war

Burma- Myanmar 2008 

“ When I was a child, my father used to tell me that the war was all he remembered throughout his life, as his father did. The same thing my son is hearing from me every day. I joined freedom fighters to fight so that one day my son would not need to tell his son the same story I’ve heard from my father:” Senahu, KNLA rebel.  

The conflict between Burmese authorities and the Karen National Union (KNU) military wing of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has lasted over six decades and claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. The KNLA is calling for an independent state. More than two million ethnic Karen live in refugee camps scattered along the 1,200-mile Thai-Burma border, mainly in "no-man's-land". In January 2009, the Karen struggle entered its 60th year since the fighting began, making this the longest war for independence worldwide.