By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 28, 2018 Mon State — The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) is accusing the Myanmar Army of torturing two ethnic Kachin men detained on their way to a football match on Monday [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | November 27, 2018 Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) joined together with Pyar Taung Region Social Development Association to launch a new report and documentary—The Attran River to Pyar Taung—on November 15th 2018 [...]
Shan Women’s Action Network | November 25, 2018 [November 25, 2018] — The Shan Women's Action Network [SWAN] is recognizing the 16 Days of Activism by addressing the challenges young girls and women face in conflict in Burma through a [...]
Karen Human Rights Group | November 25, 2018 As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KHRG calls on the government of Myanmar to take urgent action to protect the rights of survivors [...]
By Nan Way Phyo Zar / Karen News | November 26, 2018 To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that falls on November 25, the Karen Women Organization (KWO) launched 16 days of activism with [...]
By Ashley South / Frontier Myanmar | November 23, 2018 The greatest challenge in the peace process is transforming the hearts and minds of the Bamar majority, against the spectre of populism. WHEN THE National League for Democracy-led government [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 23, 2018 The Myanmar Army in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State, has released six Ta’ang locals which they arrested this week, while four others remain in detention following the Ta’ang National [...]
By Myat Moe Thu / Myanmar Times | November 26, 2018 Three civilians were killed in clashes among ethnic groups in northern Shan State over the weekend, bringing to five the total number of civilian fatalities since the fighting [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | November 23, 2018 YANGON—Three government soldiers were reportedly killed on Thursday during fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in an area between northern Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township and Chin State’s Paletwa Township. [...]
Mizzima | November 23, 2018 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi has stressed the need to promote interfaith dialogue, saying that respect and understanding of religious and cultural diversity would contribute to lasting peace and security. Suu Kyi [...]