May 2013
HR Groups – President Thein Sein Fails to Live up to His Reform Promises
Saw Blacktown / Karen News, May 21, 2013 Burma’s President U Thein Sein arrived in Washington on Saturday and met with United States President Barack Obama today (Thai time) amidst criticism’s from international human rights [...]
Farmers Call for Return of Seized Lands
Nay Myo / Mizzima, May 15, 2013 About 200 representatives from 22 farmers’ groups issued a list of nine demands at a forum in Meiktila in Mandalay Region on Sunday, according to a member of [...]
Burma Army Goes to War Against Shan on Sino-Burmese Border
KP / Shan Herald Agency for News, May 9, 2013 It is reported that today early morning Burma Army launched an attack against Shan bases on the Mao (Shweli) valley on the Sino-Burmese border, resulting [...]
Battles Continue in Kachin and Northern Shan State
Kachinland News, May 3, 2013 Battles continued to rage between Burmese army and ethnic armed groups – Kachin Independence Army, Shan State Army (North) and Ta-ang National Liberation Army – in northern Shan State. Local [...]
Villagers Claim Land Grabs Forcing Them Out
Saw Eh Na / Karen News, May 4, 2013 Land confiscation of property belonging to villagers by developers and government officials in Tenasserim Division has become a complicated issue for the Karen National Union (KNU) [...]
Refugees Wary of Govt Repatriation ‘Pilot’
Saw Khar Su Nyar (KIC) / Karen News, May 2, 2013 For the first time since 1974 the Burma government has met with the Karen Refugee Committee in Hpa-an Town. The government put forward its [...]
Religious Freedom in Burma Among the Worst in the World: US Report
Paul Vrieze / The Irrawaddy, May 2, 2013 RANGOON—A US government commission has recommended that Burma remains on a State Department blacklist of 15 governments in the world that are responsible for “systematic, ongoing, egregious [...]
Most Burma Army Units Are Ethnic Areas: Observer
Shan Herald Agency for News, May 2, 2013 Most of the Burma Army Light Infantry Divisions (LIDs) and Military Operations Commands (MOCs), the backbone of Ministry of Defense (Army), are now in frontlines positioning themselves [...]
April 2013
DKBA and Govt Militia Fighting Kills One and Wounds One
Saw Khar Su Nyar (KIC) / Karen News, April 30, 2013 The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) based at a monastery in Myaing Gyi Ngu village, Hlaing Bwe Township, Karen State, was twice attacked by [...]
Govt Militia Continue to Use Villagers As Forced Labor in Karen State
S’Phan Shaung (KIC) / Karen News, April 30, 2013 Despite a ceasefire in place, a Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) report criticizes a government-controlled militia, the Border Guard Force (BGF), for committing human right violations [...]