August 6, 2016 On 12 August, 2016, Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFORM) will launch a new report titled, Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma. The report focuses on the [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | August 4, 2016 Local sources in Kachin and northern Shan State said more Burmese army troops arrive in their areas this week as Burmese government and EAOs’ leaders prepared for the 21st Century Panglong Conference. [...]
By DVB | August 4, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has vowed to investigate the alleged abuse of young men in Tenasserim Division caught on a video that is circulating online. The video, which has attracted criticism on [...]
Press Release by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 3, 2016 Today, at Summit Parkview Hotel in Yangon, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) launched its thematic report entitled Hidden Strengths, Hidden Struggles: Women’s testimonies from southeast Myanmar which projects the voices [...]
By Saw Yaw Nang / The Irrawaddy | August 1, 2016 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Service centers providing support for Burmese refugees returning home voluntarily are to be established in all nine Burmese refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border [...]
By Narinjara BNI / Mizzima | August 3, 2016 Yesterday’s meeting between the Peace Commission and National Democratic Alliance Army-Eastern Shan State. The Peace Commission plans to meet with the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland | August 2, 2016 On 18 July 2016, a campaign, organized by Pyar Taung Regional Development Association and local youths, posted and distributed stickers to raise awareness about coal-fired power plantations. The stickers were [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 2, 2016 Burmese government troops committed serious human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrest, torture and killing of local villagers, during their offensive to drive out the Shan State Progress [...]
By Htet Khaung Linn / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 1, 2016 It’s nearly dinner time at the dormitory in Maijayang and teachers are busy in the kitchen, while several teenagers are lounging on benches outside the building in [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | July 30, 2016 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases ‘Examining Foreign Direct Investment in Mon State, Burma’, a report focusing on the effects from the recent surge of Foreign [...]