Burma Link | August 6, 2015 Despite being on the run much of his life, Aung Than has managed to realise his life-long dream of getting a good education. For this passionate, determined, and always positive young man, however, [...]
Ariana Zarleen / Mizzima | August 3, 2015 Khu Oo Reh is the General Secretary of the ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the Vice Chairman of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP). In this exclusive in-depth [...]
Burma Link | August 3, 2015 Moon Nay Li is the General Secretary of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), an organisation which she joined in 2002 in order to work for her people and community. The KWAT was [...]
Press release by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) and Burma Partnership | July 24, 2015 [Chiang Mai – 24 July 2015] The Burma Government must immediately cease the targeting, oppressing, stifling, controlling and silencing of human rights [...]
Burma Link | July 21, 2015 The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Day was celebrated at the KNDO Headquarters in the Karen State on July 16, 2015. The KNDO, one of the world’s oldest existing revolutionary armed groups, was [...]
Melanie Keyte / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | 17 July 2015 Close to the Burmese-Thai border, young Karenni refugees study desperately to gain acceptance into universities worldwide. But with talks of repatriation echoing through the camps, it’s unsure how [...]
Burma Link | July 14, 2015 Only a few months ago, the clinic in Halockhani, a Mon internally displaced person (IDP) village in southeast Burma, was collapsing. Anyone walking through the worn out building would have to watch out [...]
Burma Link | July 13, 2015 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the armed wing of Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF), is one of the ethnic resistance armed organisations that vows not to lay down arms until there is a [...]
Statement by the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | July 10, 2015 Outbreak of heavy fighting along the newly completed highway from Myawaddy to Kawkareik demonstrates how large-scale development, when implemented before a permanent ceasefire and political agreement, exacerbates [...]
Tim Heinemann | July 10, 2015 This is in response to recent assertions about the goodness of “partial peace in Burma”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Reality: The Government of Burma and its supporters are waging an [...]