Radio Free Asia (RFA) | May 22, 2017 Thousands of ethnic Lisu in Myitkyina, capital of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state, protested on Monday against an ethnic armed group for violating human rights by indiscriminately arresting and killing civilians and [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 22, 2017 It is unlikely that the Burmese government will agree to a request by seven ethnic armed groups to be represented as a coalition at this week’s Union Peace Conference, according [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 21, 2017 As May 24, the convening of Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP) is scheduled to take off, few crucial and essential topics that [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 19, 2017 The Nationalities Brotherhood Federation (NBF), a group of ethnic political parties issued a list of five demands at it 28th regular meeting, held on May 16 and 17 in Yangon. The list [...]
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 18, 2017 A negotiating committee representing seven ethnic armed groups in northern Burma says it intends to attend next week’s Union Peace Conference in Naypyidaw, which is being organised [...]
By Min Thway Thit / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 The Mon State government is pressuring the local ethnic armed group to swiftly sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). During a meeting this week [May 16], [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 At a meeting of the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) held a few days ago, the Burmese (Myanmar) government announced that it would agree to allow the seven states, where [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | May 17, 2017 Manpang People’s Militia, a military-back armed group, has been accused of forced recruitment in several villages in northern Shan State, according to an MP from [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | May 17, 2017 On behalf of the Rohingya Muslim community, ARNO expresses shock, sorrow and condemns in the strongest possible terms the rape of at least 32 Rohingya women by the Myanmar military [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 17, 2017 Four miners were shot dead and seven seriously wounded this morning when security forces opened fire on freelance miners who had been barred from scavenging for jade scraps at a site [...]