October 2017
Residents Demand Tatmadaw Remove Checkpoint Amid Graft Allegations
Burma News International/Kachin News Group (KNG) | September 27, 2017 Tired of being taxed by soldiers, and seeing little headway after petitioning state politicians, Kachin State residents are taking up the issue of a graft-riddled [...]
September 2017
IDPs in Lu Thaw Township Urge Tatmadaw to Withdraw Army Camps
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | September 21, 2017 This News Bulletin describes the details of a non-violent protest held by Internally Displaced People (IDPs) that urged the Tatmadaw to withdraw their army camps in [...]
Ongoing Torture, Killing, Arbitrary Arrests During Midnight Raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong Township
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 21, 2017 Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Ongoing torture, killing, arbitrary arrests during midnight raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong township Since the end of July [...]
Ethnic Representatives to Forge ‘Common Policy’
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | 27 September 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Aiming to consolidate their positions on common policies, around 100 politicians, ethnic armed group leaders and civil society members have joined a stakeholders’ [...]
Financial Assistance Dries Up at the Ei Tu Hta IDP Camp
Burma News International (BNI) | September 26, 2017 Despite appeals for emergency funding, a displaced persons camp in Kayin (Karen) State has received no additional cash and anticipates its finances will dry up by the end [...]
Independence Referendums in Catalonia and Kurdistan: Lessons for Ethnic Conflict Resolution in Burma?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | September 26, 2017 While humanitarian catastrophe in Burma’s Arakan or Rakhine State, the nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the risk of a nuclear war, [...]
Tanai IDPs Face Looming Food Shortages, Aid Workers Say
By Paing Soe / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 25, 2017 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Tanai Township will face a shortage of rations by the end of this month, aid [...]
Donor Cuts to Refugees Food, Medicine, Health and Education Services Is Driving Camp to Drug Abuse and Suicide
Karen News on Vimeo | September, 2017 Tee Ku, a senior Mae La refugee camp official, in an exclusive interview explains to Karen News, the negative effects the ration cuts and reduction in education and [...]
Humanitarian Aid for IDPs and Refugees Must Continue Until Myanmar Army’s Terror Campaigns Stop
Progressive Voice Myanmar (PV)| September 21, 2017 The crisis in Rakhine State needs international action, not only to stop the campaign of terror inflicted upon innocent civilians, but also in the form of humanitarian aid [...]
Tatmadaw Officials Admit To Killing Kachin Villagers
By Network Media Group / Burma News International (BNI) | September 20, 2017 Tatmadaw officials have reportedly confessed to murdering three Kachin civilians, according local authorities attending court martial hearings open to the public. The [...]