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 of the Upper Yeywa [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | October 5, 2018 Hundreds of people demonstrate against a proposed coal extraction project set to destroy more than 1,000 acres of Shan State paddy fields. Hundreds of locals [...]
By Khup Khup / Chin World / BNI Online | September 28, 2018 Local authorities are carrying out a project to erect a statue of Bogyoke Aung San at a cost of Ks 7 million inside a park in [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 No compensation has been given to most of the villagers whose lands have been seized for development projects in southeastern Myanmar, the Karen Human [...]
Burma Link | August 16, 2018 In the spirit of August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Burma Link presents you with this feature interview with Ting Oo, Executive Director of Arakan Rivers Network (ARN) focusing [...]
Action for Shan State Rivers (ASSR) | January 15, 2018 Action for Shan State Rivers (ASSR) strongly opposes the hydropower stakeholder discussion being held in Taunggyi today, which is part of a series of meetings to “finalize” a countrywide [...]
By Annabelle Heugas / Mizzima | October 31, 2017 It is commonly reported that the ‘international community’ is outraged by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Indeed, Myanmar’s handling of the situation since its escalation in August 2017 [...]
By Hein Ko Soe / Frontier Myanmar | October 27, 2017 YANGON - Ethnic minority researchers have called on the government to halt and review planned natural resource extraction projects in minority areas to avoid further conflicts with communities. [...]
Burma Link | August 16, 2017 The Karenni Earthrights Action Network (KEAN) was founded on January 15, 2012, by an alumni group from the Earthrights International (ERI) program. The organisation strives to protect and empower the local communities of [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 9, 2017 This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), codifying the individual and collective human rights of indigenous [...]