October 2015
Free Burma Rangers Update on Burma Army Activity in Kachin State
Free Burma Rangers (FBR), October 29, 2015 | Kachin and Shan State, Burma During August/September there has been increased troop activity and clashes between the Burma Army and ethnic resistance groups in Kachin & Northern [...]
September 2015
Burma Army Artillery and Knife Attack Kills One Villager and Injures Six Others in Southern Shan State
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 14, 2015 An elderly woman was killed and six villagers were seriously injured in an artillery and knife attack on a Buddhist temple by the Burma Army [...]
Karen Community Groups Demand KNU Take Their Concerns Seriously
Karen community groups claim the Karen National Union is ignoring their concerns about the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement with the government. The claims came at a meeting 15 community-based Karen groups had with the KNU leaders to discuss the nationwide ceasefire agreement. […]
July 2015
New Beginning for the Karen: ‘I Am Not Here Playing the Game – I Am Here to Sacrifice’
Burma Link | July 21, 2015 The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Day was celebrated at the KNDO Headquarters in the Karen State on July 16, 2015. The KNDO, one of the world’s oldest existing [...]
June 2015
Ethnic Leaders Form a New Committee to Amend NCA
Mizzima | June 10, 2015 Leaders of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups on Tuesday amended a draft nationwide cease-fire accord (NCA) during an eight-day summit at Law Khee Lah, Karen State, after a special 15-member team [...]
April 2015
Situation Report by PSLF/TNLA – Offensives and Human Rights Abuse by Burma Army Continue
PSLF/TNLA (Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta'ang National Liberation Army) News and Information Department, March 29, 2015 Summary added by Burma Link: Whilst the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordinating Team (NCCT) and the government’s Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) [...]
Civilians Murdered and Widespread Use of Air Strikes Despite High-Level Meetings
Free Burma Rangers (FBR), 1 April 2015 | Kachin and northern Shan States, Burma Despite recent meetings between senior representatives of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), President Thein Sein and Burma Army military head Min [...]
February 2015
Burmese Army Killed Over 100 Civilians in Rampage in Laukai
Kachinland News, February 21, 2015 Local sources said over 100 civilians have been killed this week by Burmese army’s 33rd Light Infantry Division (LID) soldiers in Laukai. Ordinary civilians were being shot indiscriminately by Burmese [...]
Burma Army Troops Killed and Burned Four Kachin Villagers
By Kachinland News, February 1, 2015 Burmese Army’s 502nd Light Infantry Regiment (LIR) troops under Kyauk Me-based 1st Military Operations Command killed and torched 4 Kachin villagers near Manlun Ban Hkan village in Nampaka, located between Kut Kai and Muse in northern Shan State.[…]
December 2014
Human Rights Group says UK Government Should Support A UN Inquiry of Abuses in Burma Following Damning Report
Karen News, December 4, 2014 The human rights advocacy group, Burma Campaign UK, has called on David Cameron’s government to support a UN Commission of Inquiry into violations of international law in Burma, amid concerns [...]