Opinion Article by Sai Wansai, Shan Herald News Agency (SHAN) | May 17, 2016 When the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing declared quite recently that he was toeing the line of Aung San Suu Kyi’s 21st Century Panglong initiative, it looks [...]
Joint Press Release by 11 Rohingya Organizations | May 16, 2016 We, the undersigned Rohingya organizations express our serious concern that the security, honour and dignity of the Rohingya population continue to be at stake due to growing anti-Rohingya [...]
By Nang Seng Nom / The Irrawaddy | May 14, 2016 The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) stood by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) for many years in its opposition to the military junta. But less [...]
Press release by the Organizing Committee of the Second Meeting of Border-Based Civil Society Organizations | May 11, 2016 From 7-9 May, 2016, 56 representatives from 20 border-based democracy activist and ethnic civil society organizations held a second consultation [...]
By Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | May 9, 2016 30 April 2300: An estimated 40 Burma Army soldiers from Nmawk, entered into Namsai, Wa Baw village, and took away four civilians; Maran La Seng, Maran Naw, Hpauswi Brang Nan [...]
By Moe Myint/The Irrawaddy | May 11, 2016 RANGOON — Last year’s “nationwide ceasefire agreement” may already be unraveling, as one of its signatories, the Arakan Liberation Army (ALA), has threatened to pull out of it, according to ALA [...]
By Mizzima | May 11, 2016 On 7-8 May 2016, an estimated 1,600 people left their villages in Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships in Shan State following heightened tensions between armed groups in the area, according to the United Nations [...]
By Kachinland News (KLN) | May 10, 2016 Fierce fighting continues between KIA’s 6th Battalion troops and a combined force of Burmese army troops from 102nd Light Infantry Battalion (LIB), 472nd Light Infantry Regiment (LIR), 388th LIR, 389th LIR [...]
Statement by News and Information Department PSLF/TNLA | May 7, 2016 A battle took place on May 6 between the TNLA and RCSS/SSA troops at Ho-pan village near Man-wun village of Namt Kham Township. The intruded RCSS/SSA camp on the hill [...]
By Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | May 9, 2016 The Ta’ang National Liberation Army/Palaung State Liberation Front (TNLA/PSLF) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) have repeatedly clashed in northern Shan State over the past [...]