Progressive Voice and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) | March 13, 2017 Progressive Voice and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), an organization in consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social [...]
Leena Zieger / The Irrawaddy | March 11, 2017 The changes in Burma’s political landscape have affected the country’s population in varying ways. Among the less fortunate citizens are tens of thousands of young refugees whose concerns and qualifications [...]
March 10, 2017 "Unrecognised Leaders, Tomorrow’s Hope: Raising the Voices of Forgotten Youth” is a documentary film by Burma Link, the Karen Student Network Group (KSNG) and the Karen Youth Organisation (KYO). The documentary amplifies the voices of ethnic [...]
Free Burma Rangers | March 10, 2017 On January 14th high in the Kachin mountains, along the border with China, are acres of blue tarps erected as makeshift shelters. This morning, frost covered the ground as IDPs started their [...]
By Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 8, 2017 Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), only a week before [...]
By Network Media Group / Burma News International (BNI) | March 8, 2017 As a northern Shan State city came under attack early on March 6, with a member of the self-styled Northern Alliance taking credit for the deadly [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | March 8, 2017 A disturbing report has been released by the Karen Information Center about the KNU Congress, which is being held next week. The Congress this year is to have significant overseas [...]
Karen Women's Organisation (KWO) | March 8, 2017 Happy International Women’s Day to all women around the world. We all deserve this special day and recognition for what we do and what we contribute to our family, community and [...]
Joint Strategy Team | March 8, 2017 Fighting erupted on early 6th March at Laukai area of Kokang self-administered zone of Northern Shan State in Myanamr between Government Armed Forces and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). In the [...]
Radio Free Asia | March 7, 2017 An attack by an ethnic armed group on police stations, military posts, and civilian buildings early Monday in Laukkai township in the northern part of Myanmar’s restive Shan state left 30 people [...]