Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 13, 2017 Prevent forced returns, allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to displaced communities (YANGON, January 13, 2017)—The Government of China should ensure protection for thousands of ethnic Kachin civilians fleeing ongoing [...]
By Environmental Investigation Agency | January 12, 2017 Today, we are proud to share a new report on the negative impacts of oil palm plantations on human rights and the environment in Myanmar. The report and its accompanying film, [...]
Progressive Voice | January 11, 2017 As a new year begins, offensives and human rights violations by the Myanmar[1] Army continue to plague ethnic areas and see no sign of abating. With the second 21st Century Panglong Conference a matter [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 11, 2017 Burmese army artillery units unceasingly pounded KIA’s Ngwa Le outpost in southeastern Kachin State fended by its 3rd Battalion troops under 5th Brigade on January 10, KLN’s frontline [...]
By Nang Mya Nadi / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 11, 2017 Up to 4,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have fled from a displacement camp in Najan, Kachin State, due to intense clashes between Burmese government forces [...]
By Lun Min Man / Myanmar Times | January 11, 2017 As armed conflicts continue to rage close by, 5000 participants turned out to mark the 69th anniversary of Kachin State Day in Myitkyina yesterday with tensions simmering just [...]
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 11, 2017 People are generally at a lost on why the National League for Democracy (NLD) party that won the 2015 nationwide election on a landslide couldn’t deliver its Election [...]
By Sam Aung Moon / Myanmar Times | January 11, 2017 With the government showing little sign of backtracking on the stipulation that only ceasefire signatories can attend the upcoming second Panglong meeting, it looks likely that one-third of the armed ethnic groups [...]
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 10, 2017 Nine civil society groups have called for an urgent end to ongoing hostilities in Kachin and Shan states as refugees face a shortage of food and supplies. U Gum Sha Awng, spokesperson [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 10, 2017 More Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outposts near the Lai Hpawng position that the ethnic armed group previously held in Waingmaw township, Kachin State, were captured by Burma Army troops on Sunday, [...]