The Irrawaddy | July 12, 2017 Myanmar has around 1.1 million refugees and internally displaced persons, and a lack of clear policies for their future reinstatement in society carries risks of fresh conflicts, according to a policy briefing by [...]
Mizzima | November 3, 2016 A new report launched today by Human Rights Watch called “‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State” documents how government officials, military personnel, local militia members, and businessmen have used [...]
Report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) | September 26, 2016 Executive Summary As Burma emerges from decades of authoritarian rule and international isolation, the issue of human rights and human rights abuses has been of large [...]
By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | February 2, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy have now taken over the government of Burma - at least those parts not reserved for the military. She has announced [...]
Statement by Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) / Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) | July 6, 2015 1. The PSLF/TNLA welcomes the positive discussions held in Chiang Mai between the UPWC, the government representatives, and the SD-Senior Delegation for Nationwide Ceasefire [...]
The 8th of March commemorates International Women's Day. The Karen Women's Organization (KWO) joins women around the world in celebrating the achievements and lives of women. Today in 2015 we make three demands of the Government of Burma and one plea to the International community. […]
Karen National Union Supreme Headquarters, Kawthoolei, March 5, 2015 1. The Karen National Union (KNU) fully supports the Bill titled “Amendment to the National Education Law” submitted to the Parliament on February 16, 2015, through the Ministry of Education, [...]
Karen News, December 4, 2014 The human rights advocacy group, Burma Campaign UK, has called on David Cameron’s government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into violations of international law in Burma, amid concerns that the country’s reform [...]
Khin Ohmar / The Irrawaddy, October 17, 2013 The statement by Burma’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wunna Maung Lwin, on 13 September at the 24th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on the country’s recent reforms or [...]
Burma Link, September 23, 2013 A US based not for profit Art and Activism Project, Roots To Resistance, has created a global art campaign to raise voices for the ethnic people of Burma. Denise Beaudet, the local artist behind [...]