The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 12, 2016 Burma Army provokes fighting with Shan NCA signatory, shells civilian areas, displacing 2,000 in Mong Kung SHRF condemns the Burma Army’s provocation of fighting with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan [...]
Briefing by Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | October 12, 2016 The Burma Army, also known as Tatmadaw, has escalated its military offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) with air strikes, artillery, and ground forces. Residents in Kachin State [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 12, 2016 Around 90 residents of the Nu Po refugee camp in western Thailand have signed up for official repatriation to Burma. Saw Waw Keh, the chairman of Nu Po Refugee [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 On the heels of the massive anti-war demonstration in Myitkyina, involving thousands of demonstrators, United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) issued a seven point statement on [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 11, 2016 One of the eight ethnic armed groups that is a signatory to Burma’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) has accused the government of breaking the terms of the accord by attacking [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | October 11, 2016 Myanmar Air Force continues its air raid campaign on KIA 252 Mobile Battalion’s Gidon Post and KIA 3rd Battalion’s Lai Hpawng Post. Two fighter jets, believed to be Russian-made Mikoyan MiG-29, Tuesday [...]
Joint Statement by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) and 13 other NGOs | October 10, 2016 We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned about a violent crackdown killing innocent Rohingyas which began yesterday in Maungdaw, Arakan State, Myanmar. Last Saturday night/early [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | October 10, 2016 In Burma’s general election in November 2015, many ethnic Kachin voted in support of the National League for Democracy (NLD) based on party leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s promises of [...]
By NANG MYA NADI / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 10, 2016 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says that Burmese fighter jets conducted air strikes against its positions in Myitkyina District this morning. According to KIA spokesperson Naw Bu, the Kachin [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 7, 2016 Gidon Post, Kachin State, Northern Burma FBR raw footage: Burma airforce jets bombard Gidon post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EzlJql0Ss) The Burma Army attack against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Gidon Post is being coordinated by Military [...]