Statement by Women's League of Burma (WLB) | March 20, 2017 The Ninth Congress of the Women’s League of Burma, held from March 16 to 18, 2017, was attended by 67 people, including representatives from member organizations, members of the Advisory [...]
Burma Link | March 20, 2017 On the banks of the Salween River, one of the largest free-flowing rivers in the world, local communities and community-based organisations gathered together on March 14th -- marking the International Day of Action [...]
Karen News | March 20, 2017 The 16th Congress of the Karen National Union (KNU) is underway. Karen News spoke to Karen leaders to get their opinions on the election for a new leadership that will come out during [...]
Leena Zieger / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | March 17, 2017 Ethnic communities across Burma are raising their voices to strongly oppose plans by the Burma government and the global hydropower industry to build large dams that threaten [...]
Events marking the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 were held across Burma’s ethnic states, where communities raise their voices to oppose dams threatening to destroy their lives and cultures. If not stopped, Salween River dams [...]
Radio Free Asia | March 17, 2017 A local militia in the northern Myanmar town of Waingmaw has started clearing out refugees who have been staying on its land since 2012 when they were displaced by hostilities between ethnic [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 17, 2017 Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of [...]
Karen News | March 16, 2017 In downtown Mawlamyine Capital of Mon State, a crowd of 200 gathered on March 14 to stage a protest against hydropower projects in conflict zones. Marking the International Day of Action for Rivers, [...]
Statement by SSN, BRN and BEWG | March 14, 2017 Today, on the International Day of Action for Rivers, communities around the country are gathering to oppose plans by the Burmese government and global hydropower industry to build cascades of [...]
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | March 14, 2017 The Karen National Union kicked off its 16th Congress in Karen State on Tuesday, with the influential ethnic armed group set to appoint a revamped leadership. The [...]