September 2018
Rakhine Political Leader Faces High Treason, Defamation Charges
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | September 10, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — The Sittwe District Court ruled on Monday that prominent Arakanese politician Dr. Aye Maung and author Wai Hin Aung be [...]
NCA Signers Seek United Stand on Federal Union
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | September 7, 2018 The 10 armed ethnic groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) need a united stand on building a federal union to move the [...]
Parliament Rejects Lawmaker’s Pleas for Action to De-Escalate Fighting
By Kyaw Myo / The Irrawaddy | September 7, 2018 YANGON—Proposals that the Union Parliament and Lower House take urgent steps to de-escalate fighting in ethnic regions in order to protect civilians were rejected for [...]
Burma Army Conscripts Porters, Detains Elderly and Children During “Clearance Operations” near Upper Yeywa Dam Site in N. Shan State; Arrests, Tortures Villagers in S. Shan State
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 7, 2018 Burma Army conscripts porters, detains elderly and children during “clearance operations” near Upper Yeywa dam site in N. Shan State; arrests, tortures villagers in S. Shan State [...]
Support of UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission’s Call to Refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court
Canadian Burma Ethnic Nationalities Organization (CBENO) | September 6, 2018 We, the Canadian Burma Ethnic National Organization supports the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Burma [Myanmar] and support its recommendations. The Fact-Finding [...]
Six years gone: Kachin woman escapes brutal China captivity
Associated Press / The Myanmar Times | September 5, 2018 They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last. [...]
Namkham Public to Demonstrate for Release of TNLA Detainee
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 6, 2018 Local woman Nang Mo Hom has been in TNLA custody for three weeks. Civil society organization representatives and family members of [...]
KCC to Campaign for Resumption of Aids to Border Area
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 6, 2018 The Karen Community of Canada (KCC) will conduct international campaigns to resume aids to the refugees in Thai-Myanmar border and [...]
Court Decides to Press Charges Against Three Kachin Protest Leaders on IDP Issue
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 4, 2018 The township judge has decided on September 3 to continue the trial of the three Kachin youths, who led a protest to free the trapped [...]
Peace Commission Holds Talks With Northern Alliance Members in China
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 5, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The government’s Peace Commission (PC) met with three members of the Northern Alliance group of armed organizations in China on Wednesday. The meeting [...]