By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | October 13, 2016 As we move towards the end of the year, civil war continues to rage across the country especially in Kachin State. Numerous negotiations have taken places but to date, no quantifiable [...]
By LIBBY HOGAN / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 15, 2016 Human rights activists, long the staunchest advocates of sanctions targeting Burma’s former military regime and its cronies, have denounced US plans to drop punitive measures against the country, calling [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 14, 2016 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a coalition of ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that have not signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) said its representatives will not attend the meeting to [...]
Press release by 46 Local, National, and International Human Rights Groups | September 12, 2016 46 Local, National, and International Human Rights Groups Oppose Lifting of U.S. Sanctions on Burma in Lead Up to Aung San Suu Kyi Visit [...]
By Roland Watson, Dictator Watch | May 24, 2016 There have been a number of significant events in Burma in the last two weeks. However, it is difficult to discern how they might come together - what their overall [...]
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 [...]
Press release by the U.S. Campaign for Burma, May 6, 2014 (Washington, D.C., May 6, 2014) – Today, the U.S. Campaign for Burma (USCB), along with 28 other human rights organizations*, called on President Obama to continue the national [...]
Hanna Hindstrom / Democratic Voice of Burma, July 18, 2013 The British government has approved arms export licences worth over US$5 million (£3.3 million) to Burma, even though it is considered a country of “serious human rights” concern and [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council, April 21, 2013 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) urges the European Union (EU) to maintain the current level of sanctions on Burma until the Government of Burma takes further steps to demonstrate [...]
S’Phan Shaung (KIC) / Karen News, April 25, 2013 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) warned the European Union that it was too early to lift sanctions on Burma. The UNFC hit out at the EU after foreign ministers [...]