By DVB | May 6, 2016 Arakan Army’s commander-in-chief Brigadier-General Tun Myat Naing speaks to DVB about the conflict in Arakan State. Question: Can you give us the latest update on the armed conflict in Arakan State? Answer: The [...]
By Bertil Lintner/The Irrawaddy | May 6, 2016 Burma’s new government has declared that finding a solution to the country’s decades-long civil war is one of its top priorities. That is clearly in line with the policies of the [...]
Statement by News and Information Department PSLF/TNLA | May 5, 2016 In March and April, as it was a season for picking tea leaves, the harvest of which is depended on by the people in the region for their livelihood, the [...]
Press release by the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) | April 27, 2016 SWAN condemns the corrupted judicial system and the judge who accepted the recent lawsuit filed by the powerful Chinese businessman, U Kyan Yee Kane, in Muse. [...]
By 111 Myanmar/Burma Civil Society Organizations | May 3, 2016 Honorable Mr. President, We, the 111 undersigned civil society organizations from Burma/Myanmar, welcome the government’s release of political prisoners and detained students and supporters, who were facing trials, over two [...]
By Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | April 29, 2016 The Burma Army is currently launching small scale attacks across different areas of Kachin and Shan states. They have killed and wounded several villagers, including wounding a 7-year-old girl and killing [...]
By S'Phan Shaung/Karen News | May 2, 2016 Refugees responded to a senior Tak Province official speaking about the repatriation of the more than 100,000 refugees from Burma living in camps along the Thai-Burmese border by claiming that withdrawal of [...]
By KIC/BNI | April 27, 2016 Tensions are high after armed Burma Army troops breached the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) by entering the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) headquarters territory of Oo Kray Kee Village in Waw Lay Sub-Township, [...]
By Lawi Leng / The Irrawaddy | April 28, 2016 After days of traveling from Karen State, Col. Saw San Aung and dozens of troops arrived in Arakan State last week to help the Arakan Army (AA) fight the [...]
Burma Partnership | April 26, 2016 The Burma Army is stepping up on its promise to “eliminate” the Arakan Army (AA) with an increase in the number and ferocity of military attacks in northern Arakan State. As ever, it [...]