Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | February 2, 2017 Police in the eastern Burmese border town of Myawaddy have said that a man named Myint Swe is in custody, believed to be the mastermind or the paymaster behind Sunday’s [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) Joint Statement | January 30, 2017 We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations worldwide strongly condemn the assassination of U Ko Ni, 65, a high profile Muslim leader and legal advisor of NLD on Sunday 29, [...]
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | January 30, 2017 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday initiating a temporary ban on refugee arrivals for at least four months, officially halting all refugee admission and resettlement [...]
Burma Link | February 1, 2017 Karen Revolution Day was celebrated in a number of locations along the border area and inside Burma. One of the celebrations took place at the Karen National Defense Organisation (KNDO) General Headquarters in [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 30, 2017 U Ko Ni, a National League for Democracy (NLD) legal adviser, who was also a patron of the recently formed Myanmar Muslim Lawyers Association, was shot and [...]
By Benedict Rogers / Mizzima | January 30, 2017 Yesterday’s horrific assassination of U Ko Ni is a severe blow to the prospects for peace and democracy in Myanmar, as well as of course a tragedy for his family. [...]
Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) | January 31, 2017 General Headquarters, Kawthoolei 1. Today, January 31, 2017 is the 68th Anniversary of Karen Revolution Day, which may be termed more precisely as the Karen Revolutionary Resistance Day. Sixty-eight years ago, power-mad, [...]
Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | January 27, 2017 The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) Central Executive Committee emergency meeting was held from January 23 to 25, 2017 at a location on the Thai-Burma border. At the [...]
Mizzima | January 29, 2017 A prominent lawyer and legal advisor of Myanmar's ruling party was shot dead along with a taxi driver outside Yangon's international airport on Sunday, officials said. Ko Ni, a member of Aung San Suu [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | January 27, 2017 Why is it so hard for the Tatmadaw to accept all-inclusive participation of all the ethnic armies that have been its adversaries or enemies? Isn’t making [...]