Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 One of the eight ethnic armed groups that is a signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) has accused the government of breaking the terms of the accord by attacking [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | October 11, 2016 Myanmar Air Force continues its air raid campaign on KIA 252 Mobile Battalion’s Gidon Post and KIA 3rd Battalion’s Lai Hpawng Post. Two fighter jets, believed to be Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29, Tuesday [...]
Joint Statement by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) and 13 other NGOs | October 10, 2016 We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned about a violent crackdown killing innocent Rohingyas which began yesterday in Maungdaw, Arakan State, Myanmar. Last Saturday night/early [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | October 10, 2016 In Burma’s general election in November 2015, many ethnic Kachin voted in support of the National League for Democracy (NLD) based on party leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s promises of [...]
By NANG MYA NADI / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 10, 2016 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says that Burmese fighter jets conducted air strikes against its positions in Myitkyina District this morning. According to KIA spokesperson Naw Bu, the Kachin [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 7, 2016 Gidon Post, Kachin State, Northern Burma FBR raw footage: Burma airforce jets bombard Gidon post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EzlJql0Ss) The Burma Army attack against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Gidon Post is being coordinated by Military [...]
Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 8, 2016 The current battles in the Kachin, Shan and Karen States, in addition to injuring thousands of local people and forcing them to abandon their hearths and homes and [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 7, 2016 At least ten villagers were taken captive by Burmese government forces during clashes with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA). Sai Leng, a Donglao village-tract resident [...]
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 [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | October 6, 2016 Residents of Mytkyina, the Kachin State capital, and Tanai staged demonstrations on 3 October to protest against the ongoing Burma Army offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Kachin [...]