August 2017
Karen IDPs Suffer Food Shortages As Clashes Rage Nearby
By Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 28, 2017 Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Myine Gyi Ngu camp in Karen State are living with increased food shortages since clashes broke out [...]
Kasung IDPs Return Home, Church Money Robbed by Burmese Army Troops
By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 24, 2017 The Kasung and Zup Mai Yang IDPs who had recently been taking shelter in Lambraw Yang reportedly returned to their respective villages on August 22 [...]
Northern Ethnic Armed Bloc Makes Peace Conference Overture
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 25, 2017 The Federal Political Negotiation and Consultative Committee (FPNCC) released a statement on Thursday conveying the ethnic armed bloc’s intention to join the [...]
Burma: A New Ethnic Nationality Pro-Democracy Resistance
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | August 26, 2017 Bigotry, the conviction that a group bears collective guilt for a perceived offense, can have many foundations. These include differences in skin color, ethnicity, and [...]
NMSP Sets A Timeline For Deciding On The Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement
By Yin Chai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 25, 2017 An ethnic armed group has set a three-month clock on deciding whether or not to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to an [...]
88 Generation Barred From Delivering Rice To IDPs
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 22, 2017 The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) said it has been prevented from delivering sacks of rice to ethnic Lisu people [...]
Tatmadaw Must Change Its Attitude To Ensure Fighting Stops: TNLA Official
By Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 22, 2017 Fighting will not end until the Tatmadaw changes its attitude, an official from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army said over the weekend during an ethnic coalition’s [...]
SSPP/SSA To Resign From UNFC
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 21, 2017 The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal [...]
KNPP Objects to Planned Loikaw Cement Factory as a Breach of the Ceasefire
By Htoe Myar / Kantawaraddy Times / Burma News International (BNI) | August 18, 2017 A locally contested cement factory planned for Kayah (Karenni) State may violate the terms of a bilateral ceasefire if the project [...]
Members of Kachin Aid Convoy Attacked and Abducted by Burmese Police
By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 20, 2017 Members of the Hpakant-based Myusha Zinlum Hpung (MZH), one of the several Kachin humanitarian groups assisting Kachin state’s internally displaced peoples(IDPs), were reportedly stopped and [...]