Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) and Progressive Voice | November 29, 2016 The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI), together with its member, Progressive Voice,[1] is deeply concerned over the human rights situation [...]
By Mark Farmaner / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 28, 2016 In 2006 I received a phone call from a senior Burmese democracy activist in exile. In five years at Burma Campaign UK it was the first [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 25, 2016 Burma’s enthusiastic embrace of social media has given an unprecedented platform to extremist groups, allowing them to spread misinformation and even incite violence within fractured racial and religious communities. On this [...]
Statement by Women’s League for Burma (WLB) | November 25, 2016 On the occasion of the International Day to End Violence Against Women, WLB is launching a briefing paper, “Access to Justice for women survivors of gender-based violence committed by state [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 24, 2016 It is disappointing by all means that the so-called Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), involving the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Kokang or Myanmar National Alliance [...]
Tribal Action Group (TAG) | November 24, 2016 In this video interview, the Secretary of the Karen Women Organization (KWO), Naw K'Nyaw Paw, discusses the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the need for unity in Burma. She discusses the [...]
Report by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | November 21, 2016 This Interview with Saw A--- describes the situation in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Toungoo District, in October 2016, including education, healthcare, NCA (Nation Wide Ceasefire) impact and [...]
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 [...]
A Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | November 21, 2016 On 9th October border guard police posts on the Burma Bangladesh border were attacked by armed men, and police officers were killed. In response the Burmese military [...]
Statement by the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | November 22, 2016 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), a civil society network of over 250 members, expresses grave concern over the fate of thousands of stateless Rohingya who [...]