Statement by the Legal Aid Network (LAN) | Sept 19, 2016 Legal Analysis Statement on current armed conflict in Karen State from the perspective of human rights and the rule of law vis-a-vis the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Since the [...]
By Lun Min Mang / The Myanmar Times | September 19, 2016 In a rare admission of military misconduct, a Tatmadaw court martial has found seven soldiers guilty of murdering Shan villagers during a botched interrogation. After two months of investigation, [...]
September 19, 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, and Burma Partnership, [...]
By Swan Ye Htut / The Myanmar Times | September 16, 2016 President U Htin Kyaw highlighted the importance of recognising the voices and rights of minorities in a formal address read out on his behalf yesterday at a ceremony in [...]
By LIBBY HOGAN / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 15, 2016 Human rights activists, long the staunchest advocates of sanctions targeting Burma’s former military regime and its cronies, have denounced US plans to drop punitive measures against the country, calling [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | September 16, 2016 Burmese Army steps up its military offensives against Kachin Independence Army this week As Burma’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi visits to United Kingdom and United States. Burmese army’s 389th [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 14, 2016 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a coalition of ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that have not signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) said its representatives will not attend the meeting to [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | September 14, 2016 Aid trucks carrying much needed food for Internally Displaced Persons have been prevented from reaching IDPs camps in Mansi Township. An aid worker in Lana Zup Ja IDP Camp, located in Mansi Township in [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 14, 2016 Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian supplies for over 3,800 villagers displaced by a recent wave of armed hostilities in Karen State. Local [...]
Burma Link | September 15, 2016 Mee Lay is a 25-year-old inspiring young refugee woman who spent her early years in malaria infested jungle hideouts with constant food insecurity and struggle to go to school. Despite her childhood memories [...]