Events marking the International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 were held across Burma’s ethnic states, where communities raise their voices to oppose dams threatening to destroy their lives and cultures. If not stopped, Salween River dams [...]
Radio Free Asia | March 17, 2017 A local militia in the northern Myanmar town of Waingmaw has started clearing out refugees who have been staying on its land since 2012 when they were displaced by hostilities between ethnic [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 17, 2017 Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of [...]
Karen News | March 16, 2017 In downtown Mawlamyine Capital of Mon State, a crowd of 200 gathered on March 14 to stage a protest against hydropower projects in conflict zones. Marking the International Day of Action for Rivers, [...]
Statement by SSN, BRN and BEWG | March 14, 2017 Today, on the International Day of Action for Rivers, communities around the country are gathering to oppose plans by the Burmese government and global hydropower industry to build cascades of [...]
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | March 14, 2017 The Karen National Union kicked off its 16th Congress in Karen State on Tuesday, with the influential ethnic armed group set to appoint a revamped leadership. The [...]
PSLF/TNLA | March 15, 2017 Myanmar Tatmadaw (MT) troops caused death by shooting a Ta’ang villager, Mine A’lwit Dote (aged 24 years), son of U Aik Dote and Daw E of PanLawt village, HoNaung Village Tract, Kutkai Township. Then [...]
Progressive Voice and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) | March 13, 2017 Progressive Voice and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), an organization in consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social [...]
Leena Zieger / The Irrawaddy | March 11, 2017 The changes in Burma’s political landscape have affected the country’s population in varying ways. Among the less fortunate citizens are tens of thousands of young refugees whose concerns and qualifications [...]
March 10, 2017 "Unrecognised Leaders, Tomorrow’s Hope: Raising the Voices of Forgotten Youth” is a documentary film by Burma Link, the Karen Student Network Group (KSNG) and the Karen Youth Organisation (KYO). The documentary amplifies the voices of ethnic [...]