April 2016
KNU Prepares Land For Future IDP and Refugee Repatriation
Saw Yan Naing, The Irrawaddy | April 7, 2016 Burma’s long-established ethnic Karen armed organization, the Karen National Union (KNU), has been preparing land and shelter for the possible return of civilians displaced internally and [...]
Military Threats Reported as Activists Seek Justice for Ye Township Double Murder
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | April 6, 2016 Last month various news outlets reported the murder of two fishermen by a military captain in Mon State’s Magyi Chaung Wa village. In recent days [...]
Burma’s New Civilian Government Inherits Ongoing Conflict in Shan State
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | April 2, 2016. As Burma’s first civilian government in half a century took office this week, conflict remains ongoing in the country’s largest state. Burma’s military known as [...]
No Peace in Southern Ye Township
Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 1, 2016. Contrary to recent reports, there is no peace in the areas of Kawsar Sub-township, Ye Township, Mon State, according to community leaders and senior monks from southern [...]
EAOs to Muster ‘Joint Defense’ If Aggressors Continue Attacks
Aik Sai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | April 2, 2016. Seven ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) have agreed to join defenses unless their aggressors cease attacks against ethnic armed groups in northern Shan State, according [...]
Opium Production Spreads to Chin State
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | February 29, 2016 Free Burma Rangers recently finished a mission to document opium production in Chin State, Burma. Chin State is not widely known in Burma for its production of [...]
March 2016
A Legacy of Land Disputes Awaits NLD Government
Mizzima | March 30, 2016. As darkness fell in Khanwebo on the night of February 3, a sudden ruckus erupted when dozens of policemen entered the coastal village in Ayeyarwady Region. They were looking for [...]
NCA-Signatories Launch ‘EAO Peace Process Steering Team’
Aik Sai/Mon News Agency (MNA) | 30 March, 2016. The eight ethnic armed groups that signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with the Thein Sein Government have founded the Ethnic Armed Organization Peace Process Steering [...]
Myanmar’s Military Leader Says the Military Will Remain Political Force
Mizzima | March 27, 2016 Commander in Chief Min Aung Hlaing called for Myanmar’s military to remain a political force in the country at the 71st Armed Forces Day held in Nay Pyi Taw on [...]
A Major Military Campaign Underway in Northern Shan State as Changes Taking Place in Lower Burma
Kachinland News (KLN) | March 23, 2016. Since the beginning of the first week of March, Burmese army troops escalated their presence in villages across northern Shan State. Villagers in Kutkai, Theinni, Nam San, Kyauk [...]