The Irrawaddy | November 22, 2016 The only reason 46-year-old former refugee U Aye Lwin returned to Burma was so that his six children could receive a formal education in his home country—the country he left eight years ago [...]
Statement by Northern Alliance, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) | November 21, 2016 We, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 21, 2016 Fighting on Sunday in northern Shan State’s Muse District between the Burmese army and ethnic armed groups compelled hundreds of local civilians to flee across the border to China, according [...]
Update by News and Information Department of Palaung State Liberation Front / Ta-ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) | November 18, 2016 Battles taking place in the Ta’ang Region – 17 times in 2012, 65 times in 2013 and 136 times in 2014 [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | November 20, 2016 A combined force of allied ethnic troops from Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Arakan Army (AA), Ta-ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA-Kokang) today launched a joint simultaneous [...]
Burma Link | November 18, 2016 Important events affecting the Karen political destiny and the peace process have taken place recently. The conflict between the Burma Army and its proxy BGF (Border Guard Force) and a splinter group of [...]
By Min Thein Aung/ Radio Free Asia (RFA) | November 17, 2016 The Myanmar government on Wednesday formed a special information committee to release real-time news about the volatile situation in the country’s westernmost Rakhine state where the death [...]
Transnational Institute | November 17, 2016 Civil society from Myanmar and the European Union are calling for the suspension of negotiations for an investment protection agreement between the EU and Myanmar until the European Court of Justice has ruled [...]
Press Release by Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | November 16, 2016 Arakan Rohingya National Organisation strongly condemns the mass killing and torture murder, rape, plundering and wholesome destruction of Rohingya people and their properties, homes and villages in [...]
Press Release by Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | November 16, 2016 A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) documents ongoing, widespread Burma Army abuses in Kachin areas of northern Burma over the past year, since [...]