Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 8, 2016 The current battles in the Kachin, Shan and Karen States, in addition to injuring thousands of local people and forcing them to abandon their hearths and homes and [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 7, 2016 At least ten villagers were taken captive by Burmese government forces during clashes with the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA). Sai Leng, a Donglao village-tract resident [...]
By Saw Tun Lin / Karen News | October 5, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their former villages are being sued for trespass by the Asia World and Shwe Padonmar companies who claim the land was given to them [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | October 6, 2016 Residents of Mytkyina, the Kachin State capital, and Tanai staged demonstrations on 3 October to protest against the ongoing Burma Army offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in northern Kachin [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 6, 2016 Some 2,000 villagers have been displaced in Shan State’s Mong Kung Township following clashes between Burmese government forces and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) on [...]
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 6, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has called on a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to disband and re-join the KNU, just nine months [...]
Mizzima | October 5, 2016 The Kachin National Organisation is calling on the United Nations to investigate what it terms ‘crimes against humanity’ in Kachin State. The KNO in a press release on October 4 called on the UN [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 4, 2016 September Clash Account (Kachin State and Northern Shan State) Clashes – 61 Burma Army Jet (Attack) – 2 Burma Army Jet (Recon) – 13 Burma Army Helo (Attack) – 3 Burma Army [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 3, 2016 Burma’s government forces have launched an offensive against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) in Mong Kung Township, according to an RCSS/SSA spokesperson. Col. Sai Hla [...]
A new documentary film launched by Action for Shan State Rivers (28 Sept 2016) reveals the unique natural beauty of the “Thousand Island” area along the Pang River tributary of the Salween, currently threatened by plans to build the [...]