We are happy to announce that Burma Link's first ever newsletter was published today! The newsletter covers the period between January and early April 2014. You can download your free copy here (PDF). In the newsletter, we have outlined [...]
Press release by the Kachin National Organization, April 16, 2014 Kachin National Organization condemn Burma Army committing sexual violence and still using rape as a weapon of war We strongly condemn Burma Army continues committing sexual violence and still [...]
Press release by Burma Campaign UK, April 16, 2014 Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new Briefing Paper, ‘Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army’, which details how the Burmese Army has used rape and sexual violence with [...]
Eugene / Burma Link AOC, April 6, 2014 The second Agents of Change (AOC) Leadership Program is successfully completed. I, myself an AOC of Burma Link, was very glad to get involved in the second AOC Leadership training this [...]
Burma Link, April 16, 2014 This week millions of people across Burma and Thailand have been welcoming the New Year by getting wet and wild in the Thingyan water festival – in Thailand known as Songkran. This unique Buddhist [...]
Free Burma Rangers, 11 April 2014 | Kachin State, Burma On 10 April 2014, the Burma Army launched infantry attacks, supported with mortar fire, against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) positions in the La Gat Yang and Man Win areas [...]
San Yamin Aung / The Irrawaddy, April 9, 2014 Well-known Burmese blogger and activist Nay Phone Latt launched the Panzagar (flower speech) campaign last week, which aims to oppose hate speech, a practice of attacking a person or group [...]
By Burma Partnership, April 1, 2014 The situation in Arakan State is deteriorating rapidly as extremist monks continue to spread hate speech and incite violence against the Muslim community with impunity. With the upcoming census set to inflame tensions [...]
By Moegyo, March 27, 2014 Men of the Tatmadaw, I come before you today, this the 69th Anniversary Armed Forces Day, to speak of matters of honor and respect. Throughout the history of Myanmar, our warriors have shown their [...]
Mizzima, March 24, 2014
Nearly 3,000 people marched in six townships throughout Myanmar in simultaneous protests held on March 23 to demand amendments to the constitution. The biggest of the marches, in Yangon’s […]
