Burmese Muslim Association, January 28, 2014 BMA is deeply concerned over the latest outbreak of violence against Rohingya in Northern Arakan. Although we are unable to verify the exact figures independently, the information received so far [...]
Kachinland News, January 10, 2014 Burmese army soldiers led by Major Thaw Zin Naing from 298th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) gang-raped a Kachin woman who is travelling from Myitkyina as a passenger on a bus on Jan 8. A [...]
Tim Heinemann, January 27, 2014 The international community, whose Western representatives so readily flock to Myanmar in both good will and selfish interest, is often an unwitting contributor to the country's persistent instability. This will likely lead not to [...]
Doing Well by Doing Right Stanley A. Weiss and Tim Heinemann, January 27, 2014 MYANMAR—For a nation that was frozen in place for half a century by a repressive military junta, it is ironic that the government of Myanmar [...]
Ethnic Armed Resistance Organizations/ Law Khee Lar, Kawthoolei, January 20 – 25, 2014 1. Conference of the ethnic armed resistance organizations (or Law Khee Lar Conference) was successfully held from January 20 to 25, for six [...]
Ariana Zarleen, January 24, 2014 Many people around the world have heard about the conflict in Burma. They have heard about the military dictatorship and the struggle for democracy, about Aung San Suu Kyi and political prisoners. But have [...]
Women’s League of Burma, January 14, 2014 [RANGOON, CHIANG MAI AND NEW YORK, NY] Today marks the launch of an important new report documenting ongoing crimes of sexual violence—over 100 cases documented since 2010, including 47 [...]
Tim Heinemann, January 13, 2014 Download PDF Purpose. To identify perplexing issues impacting the prospect of enduring stability in Burma, that, if unaddressed, have the potential to promote enduring conflict between Burmans and Non-Burman Ethnics. General. The following perspective [...]
Roland Watson / Dictator Watch, January 6, 2014 View as PDF Introduction Two weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians demonstrated in Phnom Penh. They were protesting last July’s national ballot, which was fraudulent – rigged to keep Hun [...]
Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy, January 4, 2013 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Burmese government officials have expressed hopes that economic development in the country’s resource-rich frontier areas might help bring an end to decades-long civil wars with ethnic [...]