Sai Aw, Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | May 30, 2016 Sai Wan Leng Kham, an upper house member of parliament for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), visited a refugee camp in Lashio Township last week. [...]
Saw Tun Lin, Karen News | May 29, 2016 Karen National Union leaders has called for respective state and regional governments to recognized land rights and policies that are already in place for decades in ethnic areas and agreed [...]
Statement by PSLF/TNLA | May 28, 2016 Today, May 28, 2016, as over a thousand local Shan people held protest in Kyauk-me Town and one-sidedly opposed our Ta’ang National Liberation Army with all kinds of accusations, we have learnt [...]
Written by Mon News Agency (MNA), published by Burma News International (BNI) | May 28, 2016 The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) said it is investigating the 8 March murder of two villagers allegedly shot by a Burma [...]
Press release by Mae Tao Clinic | May 28, 2016 On 28 May, 2016, Mae Tao Clinic (MTC) opened its new and improved health service facilities in Mae Sot, Thailand. The grand opening is a culmination of years of [...]
Statement by MNTJP/MNDAA, PSLF/TNLA and ULA/AA | May 21, 2016 We, the Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party/Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNTJP/MNDAA), the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) and the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army [...]
By Action for Shan State Rivers | May 26, 2016 On March 30, 2016, we published a report “Save the Namtu River” raising concerns about four planned dams on the Namtu/Myitnge River, including the 700 MW Middle Yeywa dam, [...]
By Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy | May 25, 2016 Two civilians have claimed they were beaten by Burma Army troops under the suspicion of being Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State. Zaw Awng and Naw Seng, [...]
By Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 25, 2016 Burma’s government army has detained three men it accuses of being Kachin Independence Army (KIA) operatives linked to a series of bombings in Kachin State’s jade-mining town of Hpakant [...]
Press release by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS) | May 25, 2016 The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (“AAPP”) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (“FPPS”)has today – 25 May [...]