Briefing Paper by Progressive Voice (PV) | December 19, 2016 Progressive Voice releases a new briefing paper on recent developments and their impact on the return discourse for refugees along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Increasing armed conflict and militarization throughout ethnic areas, [...]
By Tsa Doi La & Nmang Gam / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 21, 2016 Burmese military fighter jets launch multiple airstrikes for three consecutive days on KIA’s Lai Hpawng post manned by KIA’s 3rd Battalion troops under 5th Brigade. Four fighter [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 20, 2016 Many of the participants at yesterday’s rally in Rangoon were not ethnic people but rather local pro-military activists masquerading in ethnic costumes, according to representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) [...]
By Dictator Watch | December 21, 2016 There is so much happening in Burma - it's an entire country after all - but for the most important issues accurate much less comprehensive information is never available. Witness the military dictatorship's [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | December 21, 2016 Thousands of people in Kachin State have been newly displaced in the aftermath of a military offensive that saw Tatmadaw troops overrun the Kachin Independence Army’s Gidon mountaintop outpost. [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | December 20, 2016 The Burma Army attack on the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outpost of Gideon started in September. Four months later, after intensified fire from the air and ground, Gideon fell [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 20, 2016 The TNLA said Burmese army troops deliberately targeting civilian population in areas where no fighting is taking place between the two opposing troops. Troops from Burmese army’s 567th Light [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 19, 2016 A spokesperson for the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has confirmed recent media speculation that the ethnic coalition Northern Alliance is willing to sit down for peace talks with Burmese [...]
By Pangmu Shayi / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 17, 2016 A newly formed coalition of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) calling itself the Northern Alliance-Burma (NA-B), began launching coordinated strikes against Burma Army positions in Northern Shan State on November [...]
Joint Statement by Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) with 16 organisations | December 18, 2016 We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations worldwide, strongly condemn the false and fabricated statement of the Government Investigation Commission, led by military appointed Vice-President U Myint Swe, which [...]