Battles Rage in Resource-rich Western Kachin Region

Kachinland News | August 13, 2016 Burmese Army launched a renewed offensive against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as NLD government seeks to drum up 21st Century Panglong Conference, a term used by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to hold [...]

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

A cautionary tale of displacement in Mon State

By Feliz Solomon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 12, 2016 Few people are familiar with the tragic story of thousands of ethnic Mon refugees who were forced to flee Burma in 1990, only to be returned [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:17+07:00August 12th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Press Release: Burma Government’s Reforms Must Address Root Causes of Displacement in Ethnic Areas

Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland | August 12, 2016 The new government should promote durable solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees along Burma’s southeast border by eliminating obstacles to return and tackling [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:18+07:00August 12th, 2016|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Fighting Near Laiza

Mizzima News | August 11, 2016 A skirmish broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) near the armed group’s Laiza headquarters on 7 August. After the Myanmar Army sent troops from the Shadan Pa [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:19+07:00August 11th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Burma Army Soldiers Confess at Court Martial to Killing Civilians

The Irrawaddy | August 10, 2016 Seven Burma Army soldiers, including four commissioned officers, accused of murdering five civilians in Mong Yaw Village of Lashio Township in late June were brought before a court martial at North Eastern Command [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:20+07:00August 11th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Three Ethnic Armies Will Not Disarm to Attend Myanmar Peace Conference

Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 10, 2016 Three of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups have refused to agree to lay down their arms in order to participate in the government’s Panglong Peace Conference at the end of the month, [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:20+07:00August 11th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

KIA, Burmese Army Clash Near Hpakant

Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 9, 2016 Burmese government forces have clashed with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in the town of Kamaing, situated between Kachin State capital Myitkyina and the jade-rich township of Hpakant. No casualties [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:21+07:00August 10th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Myanmar’s Panglong Peace Conference to Begin on Aug. 31

Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 8, 2016 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi announced Monday that the 21st-Century Panglong Peace Conference will begin on the last day of August and run for five days in the capital [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:22+07:00August 9th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

BREWING DEBATE: Implications of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Clarification on Panglong Agreement and Spirit

By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 8, 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi’s position has been that Panglong Agreement is not important enough but it’s spirit is the propelling factor that has facilitated the [...]

2020-05-30T23:05:24+07:00August 8th, 2016|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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