By Roland Watson, Dictatorwatch | April 13, 2016 The National League for Democracy now has legitimate government power. Its agenda will soon turn to resolving the civil war that has plagued Burma for over sixty-five years. To accomplish this, [...]
Min Paing, Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 11, 2016 Over 16,000 acres of land across Mon State’s 10 townships was returned by Tatmadaw [army] and respective government departments, according to the State Land Utilization Management Committee. According to [...]
Saw Yan Naing, The Irrawaddy | April 7, 2016 Burma’s long-established ethnic Karen armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), has been preparing land and shelter for the possible return of civilians displaced internally and on the Thai-Burma border [...]
Press release by the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | April 6, 2016 No change of attitude towards Muslims We at Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) have strongly condemned the NLD Religious Affairs Minister Thura U Aung Ko for [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | April 6, 2016 Last month various news outlets reported the murder of two fishermen by a military captain in Mon State’s Magyi Chaung Wa village. In recent days Magyi Chaung Wa’s village [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 2, 2016. As Burma’s first civilian government in half a century took office this week, conflict remains ongoing in the country’s largest state. Burma’s military known as the Tatmadaw, has clashed [...]
The Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) | March 31, 2016. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, The Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) urgently requests the international community to assist with the protection of civilians in Northern Shan State. Since February [...]
Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 1, 2016. Contrary to recent reports, there is no peace in the areas of Kawsar Sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State, according to community leaders and senior monks from southern Ye Township. “The time [...]
Aik Sai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 2, 2016. Seven ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) have agreed to join defenses unless their aggressors cease attacks against ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, according to a statement released [...]
Press release by Shan Human Rights Foundation, Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation and Shan State Farmers’ Network | March 30, 2016 A new report launched today by Shan community groups calls for an immediate halt to the Upper Yeywa dam [...]