By Htoe Myar / Kantawaraddy Times / Burma News International (BNI) | August 18, 2017 A locally contested cement factory planned for Kayah (Karenni) State may violate the terms of a bilateral ceasefire if the project moves ahead without further [...]
By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 20, 2017 Members of the Hpakant-based Myusha Zinlum Hpung (MZH), one of the several Kachin humanitarian groups assisting Kachin state’s internally displaced peoples(IDPs), were reportedly stopped and harassed for several hours [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | August 18, 2017 Two events indicating the prospect of peace and conflict were simultaneously taking place on Aug. 11, 2017. One was a meeting between the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), the [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | August 17, 2017 Over 20 fire-damaged houses have successfully been reconstructed in a Karreni refugee camp, allowing all families to move back into their own homes after more than a month of displacement. The [...]
ND-Burma | August 15, 2017 ND-Burma’s update (English Burmese) has found that grave human rights violations such as killings and torture are ongoing in conflict areas. Sadly, impunity for abuses continues to be the norm: all 24 cases recorded [...]
Burma Link | August 16, 2017 The Karenni Earthrights Action Network (KEAN) was founded on January 15, 2012, by an alumni group from the Earthrights International (ERI) program. The organisation strives to protect and empower the local communities of [...]
Adino Phizo / Naga National Council (NNC) | August 15, 2017 Dear Naga People, Seventy years ago, the Nagas asserted their inherent right of independence on the 14th August, 1947, at that time of change of hands coming into [...]
By Shaw Shar / Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 14, 2017 A leader of the Karen National Liberation Army has called for continuing the fight for ethnic autonomy, but through peaceful, political means. [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 14, 2017 Again, the official sixth meeting between the United Nationalities Federal Council’s (UNFC) Delegation for Political Dialogue (DPN) and the government’s Peace Commission (PC) held from [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | August 13, 2017 A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August 11 forced villagers to [...]