By Thu Thu Aung / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2017 YANGON — The International Karen Organization (IKO) has called for continued support for thousands of displaced Karen people until a “genuine nationwide ceasefire” is reached. The group issued [...]
By Free Burma Rangers | September 11, 2017 This report documents an event in July of 2017 that is one of the worst fears of many people that live in Burma/Myanmar today and yet is an all-too-common story. A family is [...]
By Nyan Hlaing Lynn / Frontier Myanmar | September 12, 2017 Frontier joined the government’s latest media trip to Maungdaw, and developments there placed further scrutiny on the government’s official version of events AROUND THE lush green paddy fields, herds [...]
Burma Link | September 11, 2017 Download this campaign memo and fact sheet as PDF. KEEP SUPPORTING CAMPAIGN International support for IDPs in the southeast is set to stop after September 2017 and it is currently uncertain how [...]
By Mizzima News | September 8, 2017 Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw to discuss clashes in Shan State. He [...]
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | September 7, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today warned that Burma is undergoing its biggest human rights crisis in decades, which has in turn created a major humanitarian crisis. However, unlike in the past, there [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 6, 2017 An internally displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State is making a last-ditch appeal for international donors to continue providing aid. All food assistance to [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 5, 2017 While the conflict situation in Arakan State is making international headlines, a little less known catastrophe in the making is brewing along the Thai-Burma border [...]
By Karen News | September 4, 2017 Continued fighting between Karen armed groups are forcing more villages into all ready overcrowded displacement camps. Temporary shelters holding displaced villagers in Myaing Gyi Ngu have seen an increase in its population [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | September 1, 2017 HURFOM: According to reports, Burmese military forces have increasingly trespassed into areas controlled by the New Mon State Party (NMSP) in Thaton Township, Mon State and Kyar Inn Seik [...]