January 2017
UN Releases Full Text of Yanghee Lee’s End of Mission Statement
Mizzima | January 21, 2017 The United Nations has released Ms Yanghee Lee's end of mission statement following her 12-day visit to Myanmar, a visit with special focus on rights in the Rakhine and Kachin [...]
Two Years On, No Justice for Two Murdered Kachin Teachers
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | January 20, 2017 Events have been held to mark the second anniversary of the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers, Maran Lu Ra (20) and Tangbau Hkawn [...]
Pair of Ethnic ‘Red Shan’ Men Shot Dead in Hpakant
By Nang Mya Nadi / DVB | January 19, 2017 An ethnic Tai-Leng, or “Red Shan,” schoolteacher was reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the murder of a [...]
Burmese Army Captures 3 Bases from Kachin rebels
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 19, 2017 Burmese government forces say they have captured three bases from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), including its local base command in Bhamo District, southern Kachin State. [...]
Northern Burma Update: Burma Army Divides Kachin
Free Burma Rangers | January 18, 2017 In August 2016 the Burma Army began a major escalation of operations in northern Burma, Kachin State, with daily attacks against Gidon and Lai Hpawng posts in Waingmaw Township. The purpose [...]
Peace-Related Civil Society Organizations Meet in Sittwe
By Narinjara / Burma New International | January 17, 2017 Peace-related civil society organisations (CSOs) held a meeting from morning to noon at Aung Myay Gone Monastery in the Arakan State’s capital Sittwe on 15 [...]
Burmese Fighter Jets Pounded KIA’s 12th Battalion Headquarters with Cluster Bombs
By Tsa Doi La & Nmang Gam / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 16, 2017 Two Burmese fighter jets Sunday pounded KIA’s 12th Battalion Headquarters at Man Gau in Mansi Township around 12:15 p.m. A [...]
The Salween Peace Park: A Radical, Grassroots Alternative to Development in Karen State
By Hsa Moo / Karen News | January 17, 2017 A path has opened for environmental conservationists and rights advocates to strengthen their fight against gold mining and other socially and environmentally destructive projects in [...]
Amnesty Intl Starts Petition Over Missing Church Leaders
By Shoon Naing / Myanmar Times | January 17, 2017 Amnesty International yesterday called on the government to launch an immediate investigation into the whereabouts of two Kachin Baptist Church leaders who disappeared on December 24. [...]
Namhsan IDPs in Dire Need of Supplies
By Kyaw Ko Ko / Myanmar Times | January 17, 2017 Scores of internally displaced persons (IDP) from the ethnic Palaung community are in dire need of food and medical supplies after they fled Namhsan amid fierce fighting between [...]