Civilians Flee as Tension Rises Between Burma Army and UWSA

By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 25, 2016 Around 100 local officials and villagers in Mongyang Township have reportedly fled their homes due to escalating tensions in the eastern Shan State region between Burmese [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:43+07:00October 26th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Finalizing Incomprehensible Framework For Political Dialogue: Is UNFC to be blamed?

By Sai Wansai/ Shan Herald Agency for New (SHAN) | October 25, 2016 As the war in Kachin and Shan States has been going on and off for a few years, with a newly exploded rebellion of the Rohingya [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:44+07:00October 25th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Government Agencies Working on the First Return of 90 Refugees Back to Burma

By Ka Hsaw Wah/ Karen News | October 25, 2016 The Karen State government is now making arrangements for the first return of 96 residents – 19 families – who have been living in refugee camps on the Thai border. [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:45+07:00October 25th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Voices From The Jungle: Interviews From The Displaced In Karen State

Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 25, 2016 Since late September there have been repeated clashes between Burma Army forces and a Karen faction (DKBA) in the Mae Tha Waw area of Hpa An District [Past Report: Burma Army and [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:46+07:00October 25th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Leaders of Political Talks to Face Problems in Non-NCA Regions, Says DPN Leader

By Aik Sai / Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) | October 22, 2016 Since only ethnic armed groups that inked nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) are allowed to lead the national level political discourses, problems will surely arise for those leading the [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:47+07:00October 24th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Ongoing Militarisation in Southeast Myanmar

Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | October 20, 2016 This detailed commentary examines ongoing militarisation in southeast Myanmar from 2014 to 2016. It includes villager's perspectives on military presence in and near villages; ongoing rotation of troops, re-supply of [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:49+07:00October 24th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

The Urgency of the Current Humanitarian Situation in Northern Arakan

Joint Statement by 16 Rohingya Organisations | October 21, 2016 After attacks on police posts, on 9 October, allegedly by unknown Rohingya fighters, Myanmar authorities have disproportionally militarized Northern Arakan/Rakhine state raising a false alarm and creating human tragedies aim [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:50+07:00October 21st, 2016|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Burma Army Blocks Food Supplies to Kachin IDPs

By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint/ The Irrawaddy | October  21, 2016 The Burma Army has stopped a local environmentalist group from sending food relief to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township on suspicion that the supplies were [...]

2020-05-30T23:02:52+07:00October 21st, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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