Aleksander Solum and David Stout / Democratic Voice of Burma, August 2, 2013 A federation of eleven armed ethnic organisations called for the drafting of a new constitution that will allow for the creation of a federal government in [...]
Johnny Magdaleno, July 31, 2013 On Wednesday, representatives of the Paulang State Liberation Front (PSLF) denied a ceasefire agreement proposed by the Myanmar government’s Union Peace-making Work Committee (UPWC) but agreed to continue bilateral peace dialogues, according to PSLF [...]
Taw Win Pan / Karen News, July 30, 2013 In a recent meeting Karen armed forces agreed to unite and to join forces to work together to achieve self-determination. The Karen National Union (KNU), the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army [...]
Arakan Human Rights and Development Organization (AHRDO), August 1, 2013 The violent conflict in Arakan is shrouded by history, and historic claims, and is misidentified and therefore misunderstood by many. And, with a massive amount of [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News, August 1, 2013 The 3 day Ethnic Conference organized by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) that ended yesterday had overwhelmingly spurned the military-drawn and adopted 2008 constitution, following a 3-hour long debate. One [...]
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy, July 31, 2013 RANGOON—Former political prisoners who survived detention on Great Coco Island, a notorious penal colony off Burma’s mainland, have criticized the country’s reform efforts, saying the Burmese people have yet to see [...]
Burma Link, July 30, 2013 On July 27, combined government forces totaling nearly 100 soldiers clashed with TNLA 112 force near Kanparpho village in Kutkhai Township, according to the PSLF/TNLA News and Information Department. Ta Wain Man, the commander [...]
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), July 24, 2013 Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) welcomes the 23rd July release of seventy-three prisoners from prisons across Burma. AAPP (B) will seek to provide support to each [...]
February 5, 1995 / KHRG #95-C1 “When I saw his face, I started to cry and I had to look away. Lt. Aung Toe Lay said, ‘Mother, you look at your son and feel bad?’ I said, Son, [...]
Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF),October 15, 2012 Brief introduction about Ta’ang people and the current conflict situation in the Ta’ang regions Historical background of Ta’ang (Palaung) people: According to history, Mon, Wa and Ta’ang(Palaung) people are part of the [...]