By Salai SH Lian and Ko Thang / Frontier Myanmar | October 19, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s decision to revoke protection for Chin refugees is not informed by a sincere assessment of conditions for return in Chin State. ON [...]
By Nan Lwin / The Irrawaddy | October 17, 2018 YANGON—Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will make a one-day visit to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on Friday to open a drug rehabilitation center, according [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 16, 2018 A KIA spokesperson says battles broke out in Myitkyina Township after government forces sent in troop reinforcements. Battles reignited between government forces and troops from the Kachin Independence Army [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | October 18, 2018 The Nationwide Ceasefire-Signatory- Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAOs) initiated top leaders meeting involving 10 from government-military and 10 from EAOs was agreed and the government scheduled [...]
Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 16, 2018 YANGON—The government and a group of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) concluded a two-day summit Tuesday with an agreed set of guidelines [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 16, 2018 Farmer riding motorcycle shot dead by Burma Army patrol near China’s trans-Burma oil and gas pipelines in Kyaukme, northern Shan State On October 1, 2018, at about 6 pm, a [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | October 16, 2018 (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said the Reparations Working Group [...]
By Soe Zan Aung (Toungup) / Narinjara / BNI Online | October 15, 2018 A press conference was held in Sittwe, Rakhine State on October 12 to demand the immediate release of three Rakhine youths, who have been arrested [...]
By Nyein Nyein & Htet Naing Zaw | The Irrawaddy / October 15, 2018 NAYPYITAW/YANGON — Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on Monday insisted that the “non-separation” of ethnic minority states and regions had to be part of any future [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 15, 2018 Chaos reigned in northern Shan State in September. A Burma Army commander threatened to kill everyone in Na Leng Village, the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and its armed wing, [...]