Press release by Burma Rivers Network, January 19, 2015 Community representatives from Shan, Karenni, Karen and Mon States are handing a petition today to the Myanmar Ministry of Electric Power, and to the Chinese and Thai Embassies in Yangon, [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation, January 7, 2015 On December 12, 2014, Burma Army troops from LIB 573 shot and killed a 32-year-old mentally ill villager, Sai Sarm Tip, at his house in front of his parents, in the village of Wan Tinn, in Murng Yawng, eastern Shan State. The troops had surrounded the house, ordered Sai Sarm Tip to come out, then shot him as he stepped outside. […]
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch, January 11, 2015 There is now a big push by Burma's military dictatorship and its ethnic nationality co-conspirators to sign a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on Union Day (February 12). But, the Burman generals have [...]
Abby Seiff / Karen News, December 19, 2014 Twenty-year old Hla Ko* has an easy smile, a cool haircut and the manic energy of a young man with few ties. He studies medicine but adores politics. He has an [...]
Burma Link AOCs / December 10, 2014 Last week, Burma Link successfully completed the 4th AOC (Agents of Change) Leadership Program at Thoo Mweh Khee Migrant Learning Centre on the Thailand-Burma border, with ten promising and motivated young Karen [...]
Press release by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), December 5, 2014 A new report by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) raises concerns about international “peace support” programming amidst increasing Burma Army militarization in Karenni State after the [...]
Karen News, December 4, 2014 The human rights advocacy group, Burma Campaign UK, has called on David Cameron’s government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into violations of international law in Burma, amid concerns that the country’s reform [...]
Burma Army soldiers continue to engage in acts of sexual violence on a widespread scale, and women and human rights defenders in ethnic communities face harassment and persecution, the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) said in a new report […]
You can’t visit all the areas where the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) works. Even if you could get past the many arms of Burma’s military regime that keep foreigners away, you wouldn’t want to. You would have to face bloody conflict […]
On Nov 19, 2014, the Burma Army launched a surprise artillery attack on the Military Academy of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) near its Laiza headquarters, killing 23 officer cadets and injuring 20 cadets and trainers. The attack is unprovoked and deliberate, and is in blatant violation of the agreement […]