Saw Blacktown / Karen News, April 11, 2013 Following the recent fire that killed 39 refugees and destroyed the Ban Mae Surin refugee camp, people living in camps along the Thai Burma border are scared that their respective camps [...]
Palaung Women's Organization, April 11, 2013 In 2013, there has been a massive increase in opium cultivation and production of amphetamines in Northern Shan State in Burma, specifically in the villages of Muse, Namkhan, Mantong and [...]
Kun Chan / Mizzima, April 11, 2013 In the eight months from August 2012 to March 2013, at least nine people were killed and at least nine injured by landmines in Karen [Kayin] State in eastern Myanmar, according to [...]
Phanida / Mizzima, April 8, 2013 The Northern Shan Farmers Committee and other Shan organizations urged the government to relocate the oil and gas pipeline project that passes through the Northern Shan State on Friday. The oil and gas [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation, April 5, 2013 Over 1,000 flee Burma Army abuses in new operations against Shan State Army-North Atrocities by Burmese troops in a new military operation against the Shan State Army North (SSA-N) [...]
Shwe Aung / Democratic Voice of Burma, April 5, 2013 A group of youth activists began distributing t-shirts and stickers promoting religious harmony in Rangoon and Mandalay on Friday, as part of a grassroots campaign to counter the growing [...]
Sai Latt / Democratic Voice of Burma, April 5, 2013 The fire that broke out at an Islamic school on Rangoon’s 48th street in the early hours of 2 April inflamed the already tense relations between Buddhists and Muslims [...]
Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation, April 1, 2013 The Burmese Army has given an ultimatum to the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) to clear its troops from the west bank of the Salween River in an area where Chinese companies are [...]
Saw Yan naing / The Irrawaddy, April 3, 2013 Despite Burma reached ceasefire deals with ethnic minorities, international rights groups on Wednesday said landmines including anti-personnel mines are still heavily used by the Burmese military and ethnic groups, threatening [...]
Burma Campaign UK, March 26, 2013 The European Union is currently reviewing its policy on sanctions on Burma. On 22nd April the EU Foreign Affairs Council will decide whether to continue the suspension of EU sanctions, [...]