By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | September 10, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — The Sittwe District Court ruled on Monday that prominent Arakanese politician Dr. Aye Maung and author Wai Hin Aung be prosecuted for high treason [...]
Burma Link | July 10, 2017 Twan Zaw has been working with the Arakan National Council (ANC) since 2004, and as the General Secretary since 2010. Twan Zaw joined the ANC as one of the representatives of the All [...]
By Aung Zaw / The Irrawaddy | December 15, 2016. Leon de Riedmatten is no stranger to Burma. In 1999, in the heyday of the former military regime, he was head of the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 22, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Ngwe Pyaw Sanpya Village in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State say that the new Burmese NLD government has ignored and neglected them. The IDPs living in [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 25, 2016 Around 100 local officials and villagers in Mongyang Township have reportedly fled their homes due to escalating tensions in the eastern Shan State region between Burmese [...]
By Saw Tun Lin / Karen News | October 5, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their former villages are being sued for trespass by the Asia World and Shwe Padonmar companies who claim the land was given to them [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 26, 2016 Ko Kyaw Tin Aung, a protester from the nearby town of Moe Pyae, said that a multi-ethnic mix of demonstrators–Kayan (Karenni), Inn and Shan local residents–had turned out at [...]
By S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | August 25, 2016 Three ethnic armed organizations not recognized by the previous military backed government as part of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement have said they are prepared to attend upcoming political dialogue if they [...]
By Libby Hogan / DVB | July 27, 2016 Civil society organisations (CSOs) operating on Burma’s borders are calling on State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to eliminate a blacklist that continues to prevent them from fully participating in the [...]
By Min Paing / Mon News Agency (MNA) | June 21, 2016 Approximately 30 government Infantry Battalion (IB) No. 81 personnel raided a Mon National Liberation Army (MNLA) base in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, last Thursday. The MNLA represents [...]