March 2017
Thousands Protest as Resistance to Controversial Bridge Name Grows
By Aow Mon / Mon News Agency | March 22, 2017 Several thousand people in Mon State joined a March 19 protest against a parliamentary decision to name a bridge after Bogyoke Aung San in [...]
Women’s Group Appoints New Leaders, Plans Move to Burma
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | March 22, 2017 The Thailand-based Women’s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella group of 13 Burmese women’s rights groups in exile, concluded its ninth congress [...]
Stop Using Civilians as Weapons of War, Shan CSOs Urge Armed Groups
By Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 21, 2017 Following accusations of extrajudicial killings and the mass abduction of civilians in northern Shan State’s Kyaukme district by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), [...]
Local Militia Expels Myanmar Internal Refugees from Land in Kachin State
Radio Free Asia | March 17, 2017 A local militia in the northern Myanmar town of Waingmaw has started clearing out refugees who have been staying on its land since 2012 when they were displaced [...]
Burmese Commander Accuses Shan Armies of Undermining Local Development
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 17, 2017 Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and [...]
Dam Projects Must Be Suspended Until Peace Achieved, Say Environmental Orgs
Karen News | March 16, 2017 In downtown Mawlamyine Capital of Mon State, a crowd of 200 gathered on March 14 to stage a protest against hydropower projects in conflict zones. Marking the International Day [...]
KNU Kicks Off Congress with Leadership Changes on Agenda
Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | March 14, 2017 The Karen National Union kicked off its 16th Congress in Karen State on Tuesday, with the influential ethnic armed group set to appoint [...]
Putting Our Hope in God – FBR Teams Go to Help New IDPs in Kachin State
Free Burma Rangers | March 10, 2017 On January 14th high in the Kachin mountains, along the border with China, are acres of blue tarps erected as makeshift shelters. This morning, frost covered the ground [...]
Burmese Army Attacks RCSS Ahead of Peace Talks
By Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 8, 2017 Burma’s armed forces have launched offensives against the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), [...]
TNLA, Tatmadaw Restate Desire for Peace amid Escalation of Fighting in Northern Shan State
By Network Media Group / Burma News International (BNI) | March 8, 2017 As a northern Shan State city came under attack early on March 6, with a member of the self-styled Northern Alliance taking [...]