October 2017
Burma’s Negative Image: Adherence to Universal Human Rights, Anti-Racism and Anti-Ethnocentrism Keys to Become Mainstream
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 10, 2017 The international opinion on Myanmar or Burma is undoubtedly very negative these days and there is no argument on that, of [...]
KNU Holds Emergency Meeting to Kick-Start the Stalled Peace Process
Karen News | October 9, 2017 The Karen National Union held an emergency meeting to try to re-energize current peace talks between Ethnic Armed Organisation and Burma’s government. KNU sources claim the peace talks have [...]
Ethnic Militia Abducts Villagers as Forced Recruits in Myanmar’s Kachin State
By Radio Free Asia | October 6, 2017 An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has abducted about 40 villagers from Waingmaw township in Myitkyina district, the latest incident in the multiethnic country’s [...]
Myanmar Workers in Thailand Plead not Guilty to Criminal Defamation
By Frontier Myanmar | October 6, 2017 A group of Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand who complained to its human rights commission about their treatment at a chicken farm have appeared in court on criminal [...]
International Donor Stop Funding Means Dr. Cynthia’s Clinic Staff Salaries Slashed by 20%
By Saw Shar/Karen News | October 5, 2017 Funding cuts to Burma related groups working on the Thai-Burma border have resulted in 20% salary reduction for health workers at Mae Tao Clinic. The Clinic has [...]
Dooplaya Situation Update: Kawkareik Township, November 2016 to January, 2017
Karen Human Rights Group | October 3, 2017 This Situation Update describes events occurring in Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District between November 2016 and January 12th, 2017, including military activity, education, business development, livelihoods, healthcare, natural [...]
Ex-Ministers, Armed Groups Operate Farms in Kachin’s Conflict Areas
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 3, 2017 YANGON – Fifty-six-year-old father-of-two Bran Li is a former village administrator of Gang Dau Yang village in Waingmaw Township of resource-rich Kachin State. He has [...]
UNFC Held Stakeholders Meeting Unable to Instill Peace Process Optimism
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald News | October 4, 2017 With the aim to forge a common policy, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held a stakeholders’ meeting for four days from September 27 to 30, [...]
Politically Aspirant 88 Generation Makes Moves in Irrawaddy Delta
Written by Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 2, 2017 The “88 Generation” has established a party organising committee in the ethnic Bamar heartland of Hinthada Township, Irrawaddy Division, as it eyes becoming a [...]
Fundraisers Held to Support Ei Tu Hta IDPs
Written by Saw Shar/Karen Information Center (KIC News)/Burma News International (BNI) | October 2, 2017 Hoping to bring relief displaced Karen people whose camp no longer has a source of funding, the Karen diaspora across [...]