Bertil Lintner / The Irrawaddy | January 10, 2016 Everything is looking good as the Burmese government and a number of ethnic armed groups prepare for a political dialog, which is soon to begin. On Oct. 15 last year, [...]
Statement by 126 civil society organisations | January 5, 2016 1. Adoption of the framework for political dialogue on 16th December 2015 and announcement of the convening date for Union Peace Convention on 12th January 2016 is an act [...]
Update by Free Burma Rangers | December 15, 2015 / Kachin State and Shan State, Burma Burma Army intensifies attacks against ethnics in spite of elections. During October and November 2015 the Burma Army increased their attacks against the [...]
Burma Link | December 19, 2015 On Wednesday December 16th, Burma Link organised a soft launch for the book “Lives on the Line: Voices for Change from the Thailand-Burma Border” in Mae Sot, Thailand. The event featured three special [...]
Simma Francis and Zaai Zaai Lao Murng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | December 10, 2015 Over 170 civilians resettled to a nearby community on Tuesday after their own village in northern Shan State was burned by [...]
S’Phan Shaung / Karen News | December 3, 2015 Refugee camp officials on the Thai Burma are hugely concerned that suicides among camp residents are climbing. Saw Pha Htaw, social affair coordinator for Mae La refugee camp said that [...]
Media release by the Mon Human Rights Foundation (HURFOM) | December 1, 2015 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases ‘Burma 2015: Ballot Denied’, a report focussing on November’s national elections in Burma. Download full report in [...]
Press release by Shan Community Based Organisations | November 26, 2015 Shan community organizations are today holding a press conference in Bangkok to urge the international community to break its silence on the war crimes being committed by Burmese [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | November 25, 2015 The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has documented eight cases of sexual violence committed by Burmese [...]
Statement on Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the Women's League of Burma (WLB) | November 25, 2015 By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, at the 83rdsession of the 54thUnited Nations [...]