Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | September 1, 2017 1st September 2017, London, United Kingdom - The Burma Human Rights Network is monitoring events throughout Burma and in Burmese media with significant concern as Government outlets, local media and [...]
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | August 31, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today called on the international community to focus pressure on Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing, head of the Burmese military, to halt attacks against Rohingya civilians. "There [...]
Burma Link | September 1, 2017 Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) is a non-profit organization which works from Chiang Mai, Thailand, and advocates for ethnic women’s rights. The organization was created in 1999, in reaction to the deteriorating security, [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 31, 2017 The bodies of 19 Rohingya refugees – nine women and 10 children – washed ashore Thursday in southeastern Bangladesh, local authorities said, as they struggled to control an exodus from Myanmar [...]
Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border) | August 30, 2017 Urgent appeal to continue providing food aid to refugees and IDPs on Shan-Thai border We, the Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border), are appealing to the international community to [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 30, 2017 Summary There are currently six camps along the Shan-Thai border, housing about 6,200 refugees (many of whom are categorized as “internally displaced persons” or IDPs, because they [...]
By Naming Gam / Kachinland News | August 30, 2017 Skirmishes continue between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese army troops in western and southeastern Kachin State. A battle took place between KIA’s 14th Battalion troops and and Burmese [...]
By Free Burma Rangers | August 28, 2017 Kasung Village Map On August 11th the Burma Army launched an unprovoked attack against civilians in Kasung Village, west of Myitkyina, Kachin State. At 1100 Burma Army soldiers began [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 28, 2017 Myanmar’s Peace Process: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, Borderland Economies, Service Delivery, and other Post-Panglong Concerns (Part I) Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three part series to be featured [...]
By Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 28, 2017 Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Myine Gyi Ngu camp in Karen State are living with increased food shortages since clashes broke out in recent days between [...]