Press release by Karen Rivers Watch | September 29, 2016 Burma Army’s actions in Karen State threaten to expand fighting, endangering peace process and displaced people’s return Fighting is directly linked to Hat Gyi dam, Karen leader says YANGON, MYANMAR [...]
By Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 28, 2016 A series of small islands on the Salween River is at risk of “going under” if construction of a hydro-power goes ahead as planned, says a local Shan [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 27, 2016 Myanmar’s military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday cancelled plans to give partial control of five of its departments to regional and state chief ministers, following the leaking of an office [...]
Burma Link | September 28, 2016 The following case study is from the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 28, 2016 Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of peaceful negotiation that would [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 28, 2016 Though Border Guard Forces (BGF) claim to now control the road between Myaing Gyi Ngu and Mae Tha Wor refugees from Mae Tha Wor are still facing difficulties returning home due [...]
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 Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | September 26, 2016 At the end of 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi dropped her boycott of Burma’s elections. She ordered the National League for Democracy to re-register as a political party, to participate in [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 26, 2016 It looks, smells, and feels like a war zone. The highway is lined with military vehicles and 120mm artillery guns point up into the mountains where rebel troops from a [...]
Burma Link | September 26, 2016 The following interview was conducted as part of the research for the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, [...]