The Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) appealed to Thailand to allow Karenni displaced persons to stay on Thai soil until it is safe to return, to allow humanitarian assistance for displaced persons who crossed over and live in temporary camps in the kingdom, and to allow the referral of patients to Thai hospitals.

The IEC also asked the international community to provide political and humanitarian support to Karenni State and Myanmar, to ensure justice and accountability. It also called for global embargoes on arms and jet fuel sales to Myanmar.

The Karenni executive body also suggested international humanitarian donors review and shift their humanitarian aid strategy and prioritize border-based assistance for IDPs in Karenni State.

This should be done by providing direct funding or funding via In international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) to local civil society organisations (CSOs), the Karenni IEC and ethnic revolutionary organisations (EROs) using existing structures for delivering humanitarian aid in Karenni State.

The IEC also urged Karenni and Myanmar communities across the world to raise public interest and awareness of the human rights violations and the IDP situation in Karenni State, to raise funds for supporting emergency assistance and humanitarian aid, and to coordinate and collaborate with CSOs, EROs and the IEC.

The IEC asked for urgent humanitarian assistance for displaced people in Karenni State amid the “4-cuts strategy” of the Military Council, as armed conflicts are intensifying across the country.

Since the military coup in 2021, the junta has carried out severe indiscriminate attacks on civilians. In Karenni State alone, about 250,000 displaced persons have taken shelter in more than 200 camps in Phe Kong, Loikaw, Demoso, Shar Daw, Hprusoe, Baw Lake, Hpausoung, and Mae Set townships.

The IEC also reported over 450 civilians have been killed in Karenni State since the miliary coup and about 2,200 buildings have been destroyed.

The IDPs need humanitarian aid, including rice, cooking oil, salt, tarpaulins and blankets.