Burma Partnership | August 16, 2016 This past week three civil society organizations, Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Link and Burma Partnership released a joint report, titled Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement in Burma, underlying the ongoing challenges facing [...]
By Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 17, 2016 A leading human rights group is calling on Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to raise rights issues, including the plight of forgotten refugees stranded in camps in China’s [...]
The Irrawaddy | August 16, 2016 Ethnic Mon internally displaced persons (IDPs) are concerned about declining aid and financial assistance, according to a recent report on IDPs in Burma. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Link and Burma [...]
By Sai Khuensai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 15, 2016 According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the government today in [...]
Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | August 12, 2016 Executive Summary Recently, much attention surrounding Burma has focused on the democratic reform, 2015 elections and the future of the National League for Democracy [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 11, 2016 The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) will depend on Burma’s State Councillor Aung San [...]
By Feliz Solomon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 12, 2016 Few people are familiar with the tragic story of thousands of ethnic Mon refugees who were forced to flee Burma in 1990, only to be returned [...]
Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland | August 12, 2016 The new government should promote durable solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees along Burma’s southeast border by eliminating obstacles to return and tackling [...]
Mizzima News | August 11, 2016 A skirmish broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) near the armed group’s Laiza headquarters on 7 August. After the Myanmar Army sent troops from the Shadan Pa [...]
The Irrawaddy | August 10, 2016 Seven Burma Army soldiers, including four commissioned officers, accused of murdering five civilians in Mong Yaw Village of Lashio Township in late June were brought before a court martial at North Eastern Command [...]