Statement by Women’s League for Burma (WLB) | November 25, 2016 On the occasion of the International Day to End Violence Against Women, WLB is launching a briefing paper, “Access to Justice for women survivors of gender-based violence committed by state [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 24, 2016 It is disappointing by all means that the so-called Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), involving the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Kokang or Myanmar National Alliance [...]
Report by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | November 21, 2016 This Interview with Saw A--- describes the situation in Htaw Ta Htoo (Htantabin) Township, Toungoo District, in October 2016, including education, healthcare, NCA (Nation Wide Ceasefire) impact and [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 22, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Ngwe Pyaw Sanpya Village in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State say that the new Burmese NLD government has ignored and neglected them. The IDPs living in [...]
A Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | November 21, 2016 On 9th October border guard police posts on the Burma Bangladesh border were attacked by armed men, and police officers were killed. In response the Burmese military [...]
Statement by the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | November 22, 2016 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), a civil society network of over 250 members, expresses grave concern over the fate of thousands of stateless Rohingya who [...]
The Irrawaddy | November 22, 2016 The only reason 46-year-old former refugee U Aye Lwin returned to Burma was so that his six children could receive a formal education in his home country—the country he left eight years ago [...]
Statement by Northern Alliance, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) | November 21, 2016 We, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 21, 2016 Fighting on Sunday in northern Shan State’s Muse District between the Burmese army and ethnic armed groups compelled hundreds of local civilians to flee across the border to China, according [...]
Update by News and Information Department of Palaung State Liberation Front / Ta-ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) | November 18, 2016 Battles taking place in the Ta’ang Region – 17 times in 2012, 65 times in 2013 and 136 times in 2014 [...]