Statement on Clash Between Burma Army and Karenni Army
Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) | October 21, 2018 1. On October 17, 2018 Burma Army’s (Tatmadaw) Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 428 left its base in Mawchi in order to conduct area clearances. On its [...]
Burma/Myanmar: Ongoing Attacks Against Civilians and Faltering Peace Process
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Progressive Voice / ALTSEAN-Burma | October 18, 2018 In March 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, expressed concern that [...]
You Cannot Ignore Us: Victims of Human Rights Violations in Burma
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | October 16, 2018 (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said [...]
Legal Analysis Statement Regarding the Meeting to Mark the Three-year Anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement
Legal Aid Network (LAN) | October 14, 2018 1. Currently, Burma is in a dilemma over how to tackle the peace related issues, including the meeting – to be attended by Senior General Min Aung [...]
Hsipaw Public Gather to Naypyidaw’s new budget allocation for Upper Yeywa Dam
Local people and MPs in Hsipaw Township | October 12, 2018 About 1,000 local residents and MPs are gathering in Hsipaw today to oppose the damming of the Namtu/Myitnge river, and demand an immediate cancellation [...]
Statement by Shan State Women’s Organizations on Alarming Deterioration of Peace, and Security as It Relates to the Human Rights Situation and Rule of Law in Shan State
Lahu Women’s Organization / Pa-O Women’s Union/ Shan Women’s Action Network / Ta’ang Women’s Organization | October 10, 2018 The Lahu Women’s Organization, the Pa-O Women’s Union, the Shan Women’s Action Network and the Ta’ang Women’s Organization [...]
Statement of the Central Standing Committee’s 5th Emergency Meeting After the 16th Karen National Union Congress
Karen National Union Headquarters (KNU) | October 6, 2018 The Central Standing Committee's 5th Emergency Meeting after the 16th Karen National Union Congress was successfully held on October 5-6, 2018. 40 of the 55 members [...]
“Stable and Secure?” An Assessment on the Current Context of Human Rights for Chin People in Myanmar/Burma
Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) | September 27, 2018 (New report details current human rights concerns in Chin State, Myanmar) (Bangkok, Sept 27th 2018) — On the 13 June 2018 the UNHCR officially confirmed that Chin [...]
AAPP’s Statement on the Arrest of Nang Mo Hom by Ta’Ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) | September 27, 2018 It has been over one month since Nang Mo Hom, a Shan woman living in Ho Naung Ward, Namhkam City in Muse District, Shan State, [...]
Joint Statement: Rohingya Communities Reject Arakan Rohingya Union and Its Head Dr. Wakar Uddin
28 Rohingya Organizations | September 25, 2018 We are deeply dismayed by the openly anti-International Criminal Court (ICC) view expressed by Dr. Wakar Uddin, the Director-General of the Arakan Rohingya Union (ARU), in his Burmese [...]
Open Letter Regarding the Motion to Endorse the United Nations Independent and Impartial Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
Karen Community of Canada (KCC) | September 24, 2018 Dear Minister Chrystia Freeland, As the Karen Community of Canada, we were pleased to see Canadian MPs unanimously support the motion to declare the Rohingya crisis [...]
Kachin Diaspora Statement on Justice and Accountability in Burma
World Kachin Congress | September 21, 2018 1. We welcome the UN Fact-Finding Mission's full report on evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Rakhine State, and war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed against ethnic [...]