Kasung IDPs Return Home, Church Money Robbed by Burmese Army Troops

By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 24, 2017 The Kasung and Zup Mai Yang IDPs who had recently been taking shelter in Lambraw Yang reportedly returned to their respective villages on August 22 evening, the KLN has [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:38+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Northern Ethnic Armed Bloc Makes Peace Conference Overture

By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 25, 2017 The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the next iteration of the [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:39+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Press Release: Fighting Breaks Out In Northern Rakhine State Following Increased Tensions

By Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | August 25, 2017 London, United Kingdom – At around 1:20AM civilians in Maungdaw reported to a loud explosion to BHRN which was followed by gunfire to the north of Maungdaw. Within a [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:40+07:00August 28th, 2017|Press Releases and Statements|

Burma: A New Ethnic Nationality Pro-Democracy Resistance

By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | August 26, 2017 Bigotry, the conviction that a group bears collective guilt for a perceived offense, can have many foundations. These include differences in skin color, ethnicity, and religious belief. For the [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:41+07:00August 28th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

NMSP Sets A Timeline For Deciding On The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement

By Yin Chai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 25, 2017 An ethnic armed group has set a three-month clock on deciding whether or not to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to an official. The New Mon [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:42+07:00August 25th, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Latest Burma Army War Crimes in Kachin State Highlight Urgent Need to End Military-to-Military Ties with Burma

Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | August 21, 2017 On August 11, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops entered Kasung village, in Mogaung township of Kachin State, shooting indiscriminately at civilians. One villager was killed, at least two injured, [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:43+07:00August 24th, 2017|Press Releases and Statements|

UNFC Briefing Paper: The Status of the Delegation for Political Negotiation Talks with the Peace Commission and the Way Forward

United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | August 20, 2017 The UNFC’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) and the government’s Peace Commission (PC) held their sixth round of talks at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center office in Yangon on [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:44+07:00August 23rd, 2017|Press Releases and Statements|

88 Generation Barred From Delivering Rice To IDPs

By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 22, 2017 The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) said it has been prevented from delivering sacks of rice to ethnic Lisu people living in a camp [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:45+07:00August 23rd, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

Tatmadaw Must Change Its Attitude To Ensure Fighting Stops: TNLA Official

By Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 22, 2017 Fighting will not end until the Tatmadaw changes its attitude, an official from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said over the weekend during an ethnic coalition’s summit in northern Shan [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:46+07:00August 22nd, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|

SSPP/SSA To Resign From UNFC

By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 21, 2017 The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic alliance. [...]

2020-05-30T23:34:47+07:00August 22nd, 2017|Featured Collection, News, Recommended|
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