DVB | February 27, 2017 The upcoming peace talks in Naypyidaw are an opportunity to draft a blueprint for a future federal union in Burma, according to the secretary of the government’s Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC), which [...]
Statement (2) on U Ko Ni case by Legal Aid Network | February 2, 2017 The Preamble of the UDHR provides, inter alia, that human rights should be protected by the Rule of Law. In Burma, the deprivation of Supreme [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | February 4, 2017 State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has remained noticeably silent regarding the death of National League for Democracy (NLD) legal advisor U Ko Ni, who was assassinated earlier [...]
By Ye Mon and Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | February 02, 2017 The government’s peace commission is set to grant the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) its long-awaited request for an individual meeting, as conflict rages on in [...]
By Lun Min Man / Myanmar Times | January 11, 2017 As armed conflicts continue to rage close by, 5000 participants turned out to mark the 69th anniversary of Kachin State Day in Myitkyina yesterday with tensions simmering just [...]
Briefing Paper by Progressive Voice (PV) | December 19, 2016 Progressive Voice releases a new briefing paper on recent developments and their impact on the return discourse for refugees along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Increasing armed conflict and militarization throughout ethnic areas, [...]
By Dictator Watch | December 21, 2016 There is so much happening in Burma - it's an entire country after all - but for the most important issues accurate much less comprehensive information is never available. Witness the military dictatorship's [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | December 20, 2016 The Burma Army attack on the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) outpost of Gideon started in September. Four months later, after intensified fire from the air and ground, Gideon fell [...]
By Pangmu Shayi / Kachinland News (KLN) | December 17, 2016 A newly formed coalition of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) calling itself the Northern Alliance-Burma (NA-B), began launching coordinated strikes against Burma Army positions in Northern Shan State on November [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | December 6, 2017 Karen 7th Brigade Region, Karen State, Eastern Burma With two months into the conflict in Karen state the people of the K7 brigade region have yet to find respite from the intermitted [...]