KNU Vice Chair Tours Refugee Camps To Brief Refugees on its Peace Process

By S'phang Shaung/ Karen News | October 2, 2016 Representatives of the Karen National Union are holding a series of meetings with refugees at the nine Thai border camps to inform them about the peace process taking place inside the [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:34+07:00October 3rd, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

KWO Calls for End to Fighting in Ceasefire Areas

Burma News International (BNI) | September 29, 2016 The Karen Women Organisation (KWO) called for an end to fighting between the Burma Army supported by Border Guard Forces (BGF) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA) in ceasefire [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:35+07:00September 30th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

“Prison Conditions in Burma and the Potential for Prison Reform” Report by AAPP

Report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) | September 26, 2016 Executive Summary As Burma emerges from decades of authoritarian rule and international isolation, the issue of human rights and human rights abuses has been of large [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:36+07:00September 29th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|

Karen State September 2016 Conflict – The Real Motivations behind Renewed War

Press release by Karen Rivers Watch | September 29, 2016 Burma Army’s actions in Karen State threaten to expand fighting, endangering peace process and displaced people’s return Fighting is directly linked to Hat Gyi dam, Karen leader says YANGON, MYANMAR [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:37+07:00September 29th, 2016|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Salween Documentary Warns of Mass Flooding

By Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 28, 2016 A series of small islands on the Salween River is at risk of “going under” if construction of a hydro-power goes ahead as planned, says a local Shan [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:38+07:00September 29th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Myanmar’s Home Affairs Ministry Reverses Course on Devolution of Power

Radio Free Asia (RFA) | September 27, 2016 Myanmar’s military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday cancelled plans to give partial control of five of its departments to regional and state chief ministers, following the leaking of an office [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:39+07:00September 28th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

War of Escalation in Kachin State: Why Are the Guns Not Silent?

By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 28, 2016 Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of peaceful negotiation that would [...]

2020-05-30T23:03:41+07:00September 28th, 2016|Articles, Featured Collection, Recommended|
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