April 2014
Seven IDPs in Kachin State Arbitrarily Arrested and Intimidated – Four Still Detained in Burma Army Camp
Burma Link, April 28, 2014 Kachin National Organization (KNO) has received information of a serious case of arbitrary arrest and torture of seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the IDP camps in southern Kachin State, [...]
Ta’ang Army Has to Resort to Guerrilla Warfare, Local Say
Burma Link, April 27, 2014
Villager’s house destroyed as Burma Army shells villages; Burma Army shelled villages during battles against TNLA (Palaung/Ta’ang National Liberation Army) on April 20th, 2014 in northern Shan State.[…]
UN Secretary General Demands Sexual Violence Investigation
Karen News, April 24, 2014 International pressure for an investigation into sexual violence in Burma is mounting, with the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for the Burma government to co-operate with the UN [...]
5,000 Displaced by Kachin Clashes Amid KIO Leader’s US Visit
Seamus Martov / The Irrawaddy, April 21, 2014 MAI JA YANG, Kachin State — A week of fighting between Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) forces and Burmese Army troops has left more than 5,000 people displaced [...]
Burma Army Attacks Kachin and Shan Villagers and a Kachin IDP Camp; Over 1,800 People Displaced
Free Burma Rangers, 11 April 2014 | Kachin State, Burma On 10 April 2014, the Burma Army launched infantry attacks, supported with mortar fire, against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) positions in the La Gat Yang [...]
Burmese Army Threatens Use of Force to Take Census in KIO Area
KLN, April 4, 2014 About 1000 troops from Burmese army’s Magway-based 88th Light Infantry Division (LID) and Theinni-based 16th Military Operation Command (MOC-16) on Wednesday arrived near Man Win Gyi village in Kachin-Shan border and surrounded the village which [...]
March 2014
3,000 March in Protests for Constitutional Reform
Mizzima, March 24, 2014
Nearly 3,000 people marched in six townships throughout Myanmar in simultaneous protests held on March 23 to demand amendments to the constitution. The biggest of the marches, in Yangon’s […]
1,200km March Begins to Demand Cancellation of Myitsone Dam Project
Shwe Yee Win Htet / Mizzima, March 24, 2014
About 100 people have begun a march of about 1,200kilometres (750 miles) from Yangon to the site of the controversial Myitsone Dam in Kachin State […]
Fire in Mae La Refugee Camp Last Night
Burma Link, March 25, 2014 Fire broke out in Mae La refugee camp last night at around 9.30 pm in Zone B Section 4 and 5. No one has been reported injured. The fire destroyed [...]
Report Says Tatmadaw’s Targeting of Civilians ‘Ongoing,’ Urges Reforms
Andrew D. Kaspar / The Irrawaddy, March 24, 2014 RANGOON — Burma’s military continues to target civilians in its operations against rebel armed groups in the country, according to a report released Monday by a [...]