September 2017
RCSS Says It Seeks To Become ‘One Family’ With Fellow Shan Armed Group
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 18, 2017 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, [...]
Refugee Activists Discuss Pressure To Return From Thai-Myanmar Border At Chiang Mai Seminar
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 18, 2017 At a public seminar in Thailand last week, Karen and Karenni officials raised concerns about the increasing pressure for refugees to return [...]
Myanmar Exiles Pen Open Letter To Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
By Mizzima News | September 15, 2017 A number of Myanmar exiles have signed an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi asking her to re-evaluate her position as ‘Burmese society is sleep-walking into the [...]
Tanai IDPs Won’t Return Home Until Tatmadaw Withdraws Troops
By Burma News International (BNI) | September 14, 2017 Over 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Tanai, Kachin State since June say they are too afraid of soldiers to return home. The Tatmadaw maintains [...]
Trust-Building Initiative: RCSS’s Nay Pyi Taw Visit
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency News (SHAN) | September 15, 2017 Following weeks of negative bad press stemming from the conflict in Arakan State, the Restoration Council of Shan State’s (RCSS) visit, due [...]
Karen Diaspora Group Urges KNU To Review Its Position On The Peace Process
By Sa Isue / Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 13, 2017 The Karen diaspora is showing increasing irritation at the Karen National Union’s ceasefire stance. The International Karen Organization [...]
Continue Aid for Displaced Camps: Karen Organization
By Thu Thu Aung / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2017 YANGON — The International Karen Organization (IKO) has called for continued support for thousands of displaced Karen people until a “genuine nationwide ceasefire” is [...]
Life Disrupted: Burma Army Targets Civilian Family in Danai
By Free Burma Rangers | September 11, 2017 This report documents an event in July of 2017 that is one of the worst fears of many people that live in Burma/Myanmar today and yet is an all-too-common [...]
As Maungdaw Burns, Official Narrative Goes Up In Smoke
By Nyan Hlaing Lynn / Frontier Myanmar | September 12, 2017 Frontier joined the government’s latest media trip to Maungdaw, and developments there placed further scrutiny on the government’s official version of events AROUND THE lush [...]
RCSS/SSA Chairman Says He Wants To Meet State Counsellor Soon
By Mizzima News | September 8, 2017 Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw to discuss clashes [...]