Joint Statment by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) with 13 other organisations | December 5, 2016 On behalf of Rohingya people worldwide, we, the undersigned Rohingya organizations, strongly express many thanks to the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak for standing [...]
By Thu Thu Aung, Myanmar Times | December 8, 2016 The Shan State Hluttaw yesterday green-lit a controversial proposal to designate the new Northern Alliance-Burma as a “terrorist” organisation, in a motion put forward by a lawmaker from the [...]
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | December 6, 2016 Three villagers tortured for speaking loudly On November 13, 2016, three villagers, including a 16-year-old boy, were badly beaten by Burma Army troops of LIB 119 in Wan Koong [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / The Myanmar Times | December 7, 2016 A proposal to designate the Northern Alliance-Burma as a terrorist group is set to be discussed in the Shan State legislature, following the voting down of a [...]
by Kyaw Kha / The Irrawaddy | December 6, 2016 There have been concerns about the prospects for peace in Burma since the Northern Alliance, comprised of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta’ang National [...]
by Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 6, 2016 On December 5 morning, Burmese soldiers torched civilians’ homes in the town of Mongkoe, controlled by KIA’s 36th Battalion under 6th Brigade. Sources from Hpau Jung Pa [...]
by Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 5, 2016 A coalition of ethnic militias based in northern Shan State has called on Burma’s government forces to halt offensives on its positions and withdraw their troops from [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | December 4, 2016 A Burmese fighter jet was down today at Namsu village near Mongkoe city at around 2:30 pm. It was not immediately known whether the fighter jet was shot down or it was [...]
Press Release by Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | December 4, 2016 Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) is strongly opposed to the government’s pretension and lack of honesty, and rejects the 13-member investigation commission formed on 1 December, inter [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | December 2, 2016 Scheduled peace talks fell apart on Thursday, and conflict continued between four ethnic armed groups and the Burma Army in northern Shan State, according to ethnic armed group leaders. Representatives [...]