Burma News International/Kachin News Group (KNG) | September 27, 2017 Tired of being taxed by soldiers, and seeing little headway after petitioning state politicians, Kachin State residents are taking up the issue of a graft-riddled checkpoint themselves. The residents [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | September 21, 2017 This News Bulletin describes the details of a non-violent protest held by Internally Displaced People (IDPs) that urged the Tatmadaw to withdraw their army camps in Lu Thaw Township, Hpapun [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 21, 2017 Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Ongoing torture, killing, arbitrary arrests during midnight raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong township Since the end of July 2017, Burma Army troops [...]
Burma Link | September 29, 2017 Born in a Karen village on the banks of Salween River, Saw Hser Htoo Plaw experienced a life of displacement from an early age. At the age of 15, he left his native [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | 27 September 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Aiming to consolidate their positions on common policies, around 100 politicians, ethnic armed group leaders and civil society members have joined a stakeholders’ consultation hosted by the [...]
Burma Link | September 28, 2017 Naw Lay Lit Ray Thaw comes from a Karen village in a non-government controlled area of Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 6 in Karen State, southeast Burma. Lay Lit grew up with her [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 26, 2017 Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its finances will dry up by the end of this month, officials [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | September 26, 2017 While humanitarian catastrophe in Burma’s Arakan or Rakhine State, the nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the risk of a nuclear war, earthquake in Mexico, and [...]
By Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 25, 2017 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Tanai Township will face a shortage of rations by the end of this month, aid workers say. To date, [...]
Karen News on Vimeo | September, 2017 Tee Ku, a senior Mae La refugee camp official, in an exclusive interview explains to Karen News, the negative effects the ration cuts and reduction in education and medical services have had [...]