Ethnic Nationalities Affair Center (ENAC) | May 24, 2017 ENAC Briefing No. 20 The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong will convene in Naypyidaw today thru May 28, 2017. Representatives of the government, parliament, Tatmadaw, political parties, and [...]
Legal Aid Network (LAN) | May 24, 2017 According to paragraph 20 (1) of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) shall be allowed to join the Union Peace Conference only after signing of the [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation | May 25, 2017 The decision of two mining companies to continue coal excavation in Mong Kung township despite strong local opposition, threatens to block and pollute the headwaters of the Nam Teng river, one [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 26, 2017 As hundreds of delegates gather in Naypyidaw this week for a high-level peace summit, a spokesman for the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said his people are ready to [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | May 25, 2017 State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will meet with seven allied ethnic armed groups that are not signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on the sidelines of the ongoing [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | May 24, 2017 Lisu National Development Party (LNDP) issued a statement on April 21 accusing the Kachin Independence Organization as a terrorist organization carrying out arbitrary killings, collecting illegal money and recruiting new soldiers. In [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) | May 24, 2017 Civil society expectations from the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference Today the Government will host the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in Naypyidaw. As civil [...]
By Nyein Nyein & Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy | May 24, 2017 NAYPYIDAW — Burma Army Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing has called the demands of some ethnic armed groups “unrealistic” and described them as “far beyond [...]
By Nyan Hlaing Lynn / Frontier Myanmar | May 24, 2017 THE SECOND 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference was due to convene in Nay Pyi Taw on May 24, nearly four months later than originally scheduled. It will [...]
Karen News | May 24, 2017 Today, while the peace dialogue in Nay Phyi Daw resumes for its second round, displaced Karen villagers in remote areas of northern Karen State staged a protest over the Burma Army occupying their [...]