By Burma Link, April 7, 2015 Nerdah Bo Mya is a Major General and the Chief of Staff of the Karen National Defence Organization (KNDO), which was founded in 1947 to protect the Karen people and territory, and is [...]
Ariana Zarleen / Mizzima, April 3, 2015 KYAINGTON, SHAN STATE – In the mountains of eastern Shan State, the Lahu are among the many ethnic groups who continue their traditional farming lifestyle in largely inaccessible remote mountain villages. Lahu [...]
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PSLF/TNLA (Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta'ang National Liberation Army) News and Information Department, March 29, 2015 Summary added by Burma Link: Whilst the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team (NCCT) and the government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) were holding talks for [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR), 1 April 2015 | Kachin and northern Shan States, Burma Despite recent meetings between senior representatives of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), President Thein Sein and Burma Army military head Min Aung Hlaing to discuss [...]
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), March 28, 2015 1. We all know that members of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), together with fraternal ethnic armed resistance organizations, have been endeavoring by various means, with the specific intent of [...]
Statement by the Palaung State Liberation Front, March 17, 2015 1. In the Ta’ang and Kokang Regions, the Myanmar Tatmadaw has been launching offensives by deploying massive military force, consisting of combat Divisions 11, 33, 55, 66, 77, 88 [...]
Karen Rivers Watch Statement on the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams | March 14, 2015 On the International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams, Karen Rivers Watch renews its call for the suspension [...]
We, the communities in Shan State, are calling for the Burmese government and foreign dam developers to immediately stop their plans to build over 20 new large dams in Shan State. […]
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma), March 10, 2015 ND-Burma has published its periodic report covering the second-mid period of 2014 and focuses on 107 documented cases of human rights violations in Burma from July to December [...]