New Approach Needed for Genuine Peace in Burma

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, [...]

2020-05-30T23:08:58+07:00January 12th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Statement of Civil Society Organizations on the Union Peace Convention to Be Held on 12th January 2016

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:01+07:00January 7th, 2016|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Burma Army Offensives Against KIA No. 8 Brigade Headquarters and SSPP/SSA Headquarters

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:03+07:00December 21st, 2015|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Soft Launch Successfully Held for Limited Edition of Burma Link’s Book “Lives on the Line”

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:04+07:00December 19th, 2015|Announcements, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Displaced Ta’ang Relocate After Burma Army Burns Their Village—Twice

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:05+07:00December 16th, 2015|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Refugee Camp Suicide Rates Soar

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:09+07:00December 4th, 2015|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Sexual Violence by Burmese Government Troops Continues Despite Ceasefires in Shan State: SHRF

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:12+07:00November 25th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

“Stop All Forms of Violence to End Violence Against Women”: Women’s League of Burma

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 [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:13+07:00November 25th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|
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