Myanmar Military Cronies and Thai Companies Must Immediately Suspend Illegal and Destructive Coal Mining at Ban Chaung, Dawei District

Press release | October 30, 2015 Despite plans by the Myanmar Ministry of Mines to investigate a controversial coal mining project in the remote Ban Chaung area of Dawei District, mining operations have resumed last week, after a four-month [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:23+07:00October 30th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Free Burma Rangers Update on Burma Army Activity in Kachin State

Free Burma Rangers (FBR), October 29, 2015 | Kachin and Shan State, Burma During August/September there has been increased troop activity and clashes between the Burma Army and ethnic resistance groups in Kachin & Northern Shan States. As elections [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:24+07:00October 29th, 2015|News, Recommended|

If Naypyidaw Wants Peace, It Must Stop Its Military Advances into Shan Ceasefire Territories

Statement by Shan Community Based Organisations | October 15, 2015 Shan Community Based Organisations (CBOs) are gravely concerned at the current offensive by Naypyidaw troops against Shan ceasefire territories in four townships of central Shan State, which has displaced [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:28+07:00October 15th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

A Non-Inclusive Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Will Not Bring Peace: Statement by the Women’s League of Burma

Statement by the Women’s League of Burma | October 13, 2015 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned that the government’s planned signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on October 15 with only eight armed groups [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:31+07:00October 13th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Institutional and Structural Governance Reforms Must Go Hand-in-hand With the 2015 Elections to Achieve Ethnic Equality

Press release by Burma Partnership | October 9, 2015 [Rangoon – 9 October 2015] As Burma prepares for the much anticipated 2015 elections, what must not be forgotten is the much needed fundamental, structural and institutional reforms of governance [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:35+07:00October 9th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Kawthoolei Armed Forces Disagrees about the NCA Signing

Statement by Kawthoolei Armed Forces (KAF) | October 8, 2015 KAF disagrees with the 3 Karen groups, KNU, DKBA, and KNU/KNLA PC as representing ALL Karen when signing the NCA with the Burmese with their intent to destroy historical [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:36+07:00October 9th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

Karen Civil Society Has Lost Trust in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) Negotiations as a Gateway to Political Dialogue

Statement by 41 Karen Civil Society Organizations | October 4, 2015 We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals from across Burma and the globe, have steadfastly engaged in the movement for the recognition of our ethnic rights to [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:36+07:00October 5th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|

UNFC Statement on Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement and In-Country Peace Building

Press release by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 3, 2015 The root cause of the civil war that has been going on nearly 70 years in Burma/Myanmar is political, or a constitutional problem. The people made [...]

2020-05-30T23:09:37+07:00October 5th, 2015|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|
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