March 2016
Karen General Joins Environmental and Community Groups who Want Govt to Halt All Mega Hydro-Power Dam Projects on the Salween River
S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | March 17, 2016. A coalition of Karen environmental community based groups, the Karen River Watch, joined with local villagers to protest the building of hydro-power dams on the Salween [...]
Battles Rage as More Burmese Army Troops Deployed
Kachinland News (KLN) | March 9, 2016. Daily battles continue to rage between Burmese Army and ethnic armies such as KIA, TNLA, and MNDAA (Kokang) in northern Shan State as the time to transfer power [...]
Over 4000 Signatures Collected to Oppose MCL’s Coal-Fired Plant
Kalayar, Mon News Agency | March 4, 2016 More than four thousand local residents signed their names to a petition opposing a coal-fired power plant project led by Mawlamyine Cement Limited (MCL) in the Pyar [...]
December 2015
Burma Army Offensives Against KIA No. 8 Brigade Headquarters and SSPP/SSA Headquarters
Update by Free Burma Rangers | December 15, 2015 / Kachin State and Shan State, Burma Burma Army intensifies attacks against ethnics in spite of elections. During October and November 2015 the Burma Army increased [...]
Displaced Ta’ang Relocate After Burma Army Burns Their Village—Twice
Simma Francis and Zaai Zaai Lao Murng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | December 10, 2015 Over 170 civilians resettled to a nearby community on Tuesday after their own village in northern Shan [...]
Refugee Camp Suicide Rates Soar
S’Phan Shaung / Karen News | December 3, 2015 Refugee camp officials on the Thai Burma are hugely concerned that suicides among camp residents are climbing. Saw Pha Htaw, social affair coordinator for Mae La [...]
November 2015
Burma Army Shelling and Aerial Bombing of 6,000 Civilians in Mong Nawng Town Are War Crimes
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | November 20, 2015 The Shan Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the Burma Army shelling and aerial bombing of Mong Nawng town in central Shan State between November [...]
Burmese Army Jet Bombs KIA Positions, Stages Fake Battles
Kachinland News (KLN) | November 17, 2015 One Burmese Army’s fighter jet and two helicopters on Monday bombed KIA’s 8th Brigade headquarters in southwestern Kachin State at around 12 pm. The fighter jet and two [...]
On Election Day, Two Civilians Shot by Burma Army in Shan State
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | November 9, 2015 As polls closed in the country’s general election yesterday, Burma Army soldiers shot two civilians—including one child—as they were leaving their paddy fields in southern [...]
UN General Assembly Resolution on Burma – No Practical Action to End Abuses
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | November 6, 2015 Burma Campaign UK today described the draft UN General Assembly Resolution on the situation of human rights in Burma as not reflecting the scale and seriousness of [...]