Burma Link | October 21, 2016 Ko Han Gyi left Burma in 1988 after the student uprising and joined the ABSDF (All Burma Students’ Democratic Front) on the Thailand-Burma border. He stayed with the student armed group for over [...]
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 20, 2016 Ninety residents of the Nu Po refugee camp in Thailand’s Tak Province are set to return to Burma next week in the first round of official repatriations for refugees [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | October 20, 2016 Two villagers from the Mong Si village tract of Shan State’s Kutkai township were detained on October 17 because police suspected that they were providing food to members of [...]
By Ka Hsaw Wah/ Karen News | October 20, 2016 Soldiers from the breakaway Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashed with the government militia, the Border Guard Force, in Htee Poe Zan village tract near Kawkareik at noon on October 19. [...]
Mizzima | October 19, 2016 The government has agreed to four out of eight points demanded by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and accepted the remaining four points inprinciple and as a result, the Delegation for Political Negotiation [...]
Kachinland News | October 19, 2016 KIA sources said Burmese army troops fired KIA outposts almost daily with artillery and mortar fires. A civilian source who is in the area confirmed that he can continuously hear the sound of [...]
By Ye Mon / Myanmar Times | October 18, 2016 Although the guns have fallen silent in Hlaingbwe township, Kayin State, civilians displaced by recent conflict may be unable to return home for several months due to concerns over [...]
By Seamus Martov / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 18, 2016 A coalition of nine local humanitarian organisations active in Kachin State released a statement on Friday voicing their concern over restrictions imposed by the Burmese government [...]
Statement by Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | October 17, 2016 The Burma Human Rights Network is closely monitoring the recent events in Northern Rakhine State with great concern following reports of extra-judicial assassinations, arson, indiscriminate killings and mass arrests [...]
Joint Statement by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) and 15 other NGOs | October 17, 2016 We, the undersigned Rohingya organisations express our serious concern on the continued military and police crackdown on the civilian population in Northern Arakan. Since [...]