Khu Oo Reh, The Irrawaddy | January 28, 2016 In 2016,the question of lifting the on-going arms embargo and related sanctions against the Tatmadaw, as the Burma Army is known, and its civilian cronies will be revisited by Western [...]
KNU (Karen National Union) Vice-President Naw Zipporah Sein | January 14, 2016 1) LAIZA SUMMIT AND FORMATION OF NCCT The efforts of the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) to negotiate a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burmese/Myanmar government began [...]
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Legal Aid Network (LAN) | January 19, 2016 A new report exposes the systematic cover-up of the Myanmar Army’s involvement in the rape-murder of two Kachin teachers in Kawng [...]
Foreword Burma/Myanmar, after receiving independence on January 4, 1948 from the British colonialists in accordance with the Panlong Agreement, was accompanied by the civil war. Since the rulers of successive eras have tried to end the civil war, in [...]
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | January 18, 2016 Government troops attack Ta’ang village in Lashio, killing two villagers, one mentally disabled, on Burma’s Independence Day. On January 4, 2016, Burma’s Independence Day -- celebrated with [...]
Bertil Lintner / The Irrawaddy | January 10, 2016 Everything is looking good as the Burmese government and a number of ethnic armed groups prepare for a political dialog, which is soon to begin. On Oct. 15 last year, [...]
Statement by 126 civil society organisations | January 5, 2016 1. Adoption of the framework for political dialogue on 16th December 2015 and announcement of the convening date for Union Peace Convention on 12th January 2016 is an act [...]
Update by Free Burma Rangers | December 15, 2015 / Kachin State and Shan State, Burma Burma Army intensifies attacks against ethnics in spite of elections. During October and November 2015 the Burma Army increased their attacks against the [...]
Burma Link | December 19, 2015 On Wednesday December 16th, Burma Link organised a soft launch for the book “Lives on the Line: Voices for Change from the Thailand-Burma Border” in Mae Sot, Thailand. The event featured three special [...]
Simma Francis and Zaai Zaai Lao Murng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | December 10, 2015 Over 170 civilians resettled to a nearby community on Tuesday after their own village in northern Shan State was burned by [...]