NLD Government Must Lift All Aid Restrictions in Arakan State

Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | August 18, 2016 Tomorrow, Friday afternoon Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is organizing a demonstration in front of Burmese Embassy in London as part of a global day of action being organised by the [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:05+07:00August 19th, 2016|Press Releases and Statements|

Union Peace Conference To Be Held Every Six Months

By Aik Sai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 18, 2016 The 21st Century Panglong Conference, the government’s upcoming forum for union-level peace talks, will be held every six months and non-signatories to last year’s nationwide ceasefire agreement [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:06+07:00August 18th, 2016|News, Uncategorized|

Open Letter From 26 Shan Community Groups to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to Cancel Salween Dams

Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 17, 2016 To: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Foreign Minister, We are writing to express our great concern at your government’s announcement on August 12 that you will proceed with hydropower [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:08+07:00August 18th, 2016|Press Releases and Statements|

New Report Urges Government to Address Protracted Displacement in Upcoming Panglong Conference

Burma Partnership | August 16, 2016 This past week three civil society organizations, Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Link and Burma Partnership released a joint report, titled Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement in Burma, underlying the ongoing challenges facing [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:09+07:00August 18th, 2016|Burma Link in Other Media, Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

HRW Urges Suu Kyi To Put Rights, Refugees On China Visit Agenda

By Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 17, 2016 A leading human rights group is calling on Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to raise rights issues, including the plight of forgotten refugees stranded in camps in China’s [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:10+07:00August 17th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Ethnic Mon IDPs Concerned About Declining Aid

The Irrawaddy | August 16, 2016 Ethnic Mon internally displaced persons (IDPs) are concerned about declining aid and financial assistance, according to a recent report on IDPs in Burma. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Link and Burma [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:11+07:00August 17th, 2016|Burma Link in Other Media, Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Karen National Union President Gen. Mutu Say Poe’s Address on 66th Anniversary of Karen Martyrs’ Day

Karen National Union Supreme Headquarters Kawthoolei | August 12th, 2016 Dear Karen Nationals, Leaders and Comrade Menfolk & Womenfolk, Today, the 12th of August, is the 66th Anniversary of Karen National Martyrs’ Day. Our Karen people have a number [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:12+07:00August 16th, 2016|Press Releases and Statements|

New Panglong Will Be About “Opening” Not “Substance”: EAO leaders

By Sai Khuensai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 15, 2016 According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with the government today in [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:12+07:00August 15th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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