Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | September 11, 2016 The UNFC Central Executive Committee emergency meeting (extended), held from September 10 to 11, 2016, reviewed and discussed on various aspects of the political situation, after the 21st [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | September 13, 2016 It has already been six months since two Mon villagers, U Moe, 41, and Maung Chit Soe, 21, were shot and killed by Captain Zaw Myo Htet from Light Infantry Battalion [...]
Urgent Press Release by Kachin National Organization (KNO) | September 13, 2016 KNO demands Burma Army to withdraw immediately from Kachinland The Kachin National Organisation has learnt that local people and internally displaced people who live in the makeshift camps [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 13, 2016 In August 2016, Free Burma Rangers in Chin State, Western Burma, conducted a follow up relief mission in Falam township to examine the living conditions of those who had been affected [...]
By Saw Yan Naing/ The Irrawaddy | September 13, 2016 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — More than 3,000 villagers in Karen State have fled escalating conflict between a splinter group of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and a joint force of the Burma Army [...]
Statement by PSLF/TNLA | August 31, 2016 Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA) Political Letter to Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong) To/ The Union Peace Conference (21st Century Panglong) August 31, 2016 Letter no. 10/U/CSQ-2016 SUBJECT: Submitting Our Palaung [...]
Karen News | September 11, 2016 As many as 2,000 villagers from 12 villages in Mae Tha Wor areas have fled their villages in fear of being caught in the crossfire between the Burma army, Government backed militia the [...]
The following interview was conducted as part of the research for the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was launched [...]
By Zaw Zaw Htwe and Shoon Naing / The Myanmar Times | September 9, 2016 A police officer in Kachin State has been suspended and detained after video circulated online this week showing him threatening to shoot villagers in Hpakant township [...]
Statement by Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) | September 9, 2016 Statement on KWAT’s 17th anniversary denouncing escalating Burma Army offensives to seize control of Kachin State’s natural resources On this occasion of the 17th anniversary of KWAT’s [...]