Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) | May 8, 2018 The continued offensives by the Burma Army (or Tatmadaw) against the Kachin Independence Army in Kachin State escalated rapidly in April, displacing over 5,000 civilians. On April 30, over 5,000 [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 8, 2018 More than 90 refugees from Burma on Monday returned home from Thailand as part of an official repatriation agreement between the Thai and Burmese governments. Ninety-three people — comprising 28 households [...]
Karen News | May 4, 2018 Displaced families, fleeing the fighting in northern Karen State, crossed into Thailand to find safety, but were turned away by camp authorities at the Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp last week. The [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | May 8, 2018 YANGON — Nearly 600 locals from Namtu Township, northern Shan State, have been displaced by clashes between the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army [...]
Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | April 26, 2018 A new report and documentary film by the Karen Peace Support Network have been produced to highlight the ongoing plight of the Karen people who must continue to flee the Burma Army’s [...]
Karen News | May 6, 2018 Saw O Moo was a Karen Indigenous man born in 1975 in T’ Ri Plaw village, located lin the Ler Mu Plaw area. After he graduated from Ler Mu Paw Middle School in [...]
By Yen Mon / Democratic Voice for Burma (DVB) | May 7, 2018 TANAI TOWNSHIP, Kachin State — Although the Burmese military does not want camps established for internal displaced persons (IDPs) who recently fled their homes due to [...]
Kachin Youth Demonstration Leading Committee | May 6, 2018 On 30th April. Public demonstration participated by over 8000 individuals demanded Kachin State Government to end the siege on Kachin IDPs who are caught in the locations of military operation. However, [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen News | May 6, 2018 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized voluntary repatriation for 161 refugees that will begin on May 7th from five refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border. [...]
By Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | May 4, 2018 We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed [...]