Network For Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND Burma) | November 9, 2016 The Burma Army has targeted and attacked ethnic groups for nearly 20 years, thus leading them to flee their country and seek refuge in foreign countries. Among these people, [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 7, 2016 The Karen Youth Organisation (KYO) ran a short course at a ‘Youth Empowered Society Camp’ to train youths on how to effectively participate in the peace process. The six-day course was [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | November 9, 2016 Burmese army troops currently stationed at 105th mile, located on Burma road between Nampaka and Muse, on Tuesday fired several artillery shells on KIA positions and nearby civilian homes. The shelling took [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 8, 2016 In the last month sporadic fighting in two separate incidents was reported in Central Shan State between the Burma Army and the Shan State Army-South (SSA-S). The clashes were deliberate actions [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 7, 2016 The Karen political community in the Rangoon region has criticised a proposal by some Karen National Union (KNU) leaders to postpone the 16th KNU Congress. The last KNU Congress was held [...]
Mizzima | November 5, 2016 Several international human rights groups have spoken out over what they allege is Myanmar government obstruction and harassment of journalists trying to cover the Rakhine crisis, including concern over the dismissal of a journalist [...]
The Irrawaddy | November 5, 2016 Kyaw Zwa Moe: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! We have repeatedly heard about peace over the past five or six years across the country. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration believes peace is a [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 5, 2016 Since August 16, 2016 the Burma Army has been attacking the Kachin as they try to hold Gidon Mountain. Gidon Mountain is important to the Kachin because it allows the Kachin [...]
RFA | November 3, 2016 A United Nations envoy to Myanmar called on the government on Thursday to launch an independent investigation of alleged human rights abuses in the northwestern township of Maungdaw that followed last month’s deadly border [...]
Mizzima | November 3, 2016 A new report launched today by Human Rights Watch called “‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State” documents how government officials, military personnel, local militia members, and businessmen have used [...]