March 2017
Suu Kyi announces five UNFC members to sign NCA
By Min Min / Mizzima | March 31, 2017 Five members of the armed ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) will sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), the State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi [...]
Interview: ‘The Messages Aung San Suu Kyi Got Are Wrong’
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | March 29, 2017 Northeastern Myanmar’s Kachin state has been rocked by ongoing clashes between the government military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), since 2011, when a cease-fire deal collapsed. [...]
No Resettlement of IDPs Without Ethnic Peace in Myanmar’s Kachin State: Aung San Suu Kyi
Radio-Free Asia (RFA) | March 28, 2017 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Myanmar’s Kachin state will only be able to return to their homes when all stakeholders work together in pursuit of ethnic peace, the [...]
Kachin Leaders Met Burma’s State Counsellor and Expressed Concerns Over Country’s Future
Kachinland News | March 29, 2017 Burma’s state counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Myitkyina early Tuesday morning for a one-day visit and met with leaders of Kachin religious organizations, culture and literature [...]
Rethinking Ethnicity in the Classroom
By Ewan Cameron / Frontier | March 28, 2017 The role of culture in education is often a controversial subject. In Myanmar, the debate is largely focused on the language of instruction, with representatives of [...]
Arbitrary Arrest of Two Villagers by Burma Border Guard Force in Mong Yawng, Eastern Shan State
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | March 27, 2017 Two villagers were arbitrarily arrested by Burma Army Border Guard Force (BGF) troops in Mong Yawng, eastern Shan State, during March 13-18, 2017. On [...]
ND-Burma Statement on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
By ND-Burma | March 24, 2017 ND-Burma Statement on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims On the International Day for the [...]
IDPs Fearful as Food Rations Set to End
By KIC / Burma News International (BNI) | March 24, 2017 With donor-supplied food rations set to stop soon, internally displaced families in Kayin (Karen) State say they are worried about their future, yet have [...]
NMSP to Urge Other UNFC Members to Sign NCA
By Wonsa Mon / Mon News Agency | March 23, 2017 As the Wa continue to push fellow ethnic armed groups to abandon the nationwide ceasefire agreement and start negotiations anew, the movement has encountered [...]
New Mon State Party Likely to Sign NCA
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | March 23, 2017 RANGOON — The New Mon State Party (NMSP) is likely to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) despite waning enthusiasm for the agreement in the United [...]