January 2017
Aerial Bombing by Burma Army Jets Kills Three Villagers, Injures Seven in Kyaukme, Northern Shan State
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | January 16, 2017 Three civilians were killed and seven injured, including two women and a five-year-old child, when two Burma Army jets indiscriminately bombed Pang Mark Mur village, Kyaukme [...]
KNU Troops Fire Rounds at NMSP’s The-Chaung Base
Mon News Agency | January 12, 2016 “Early this morning [January 11], the KNLA troops fired roughly 40 times using large artillery rounds. In the process, our office building was damaged,” said the official from [...]
Kachin IDPs Still Lack Safe Shelter: JST
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 16, 2017 Thousands of internally displaced persons in Kachin State are in urgent need of emergency assistance, protection and, especially, safe accommodation, local humanitarian organisations said at [...]
Burmese Army Shells Landed on Chinese Side of the Border, Aerial Assault Continues
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 15, 2017 At least five heavy artillery shells fired by Burmese army troops from their recently conquered KIA 3rd Battalion’s Nga Gyang outpost fell on the [...]
China: Protect Ethnic Kachin Refugees Fleeing War in Northern Myanmar
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | January 13, 2017 Prevent forced returns, allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to displaced communities (YANGON, January 13, 2017)—The Government of China should ensure protection for thousands of ethnic [...]
Myanmar Communities Fight Back Against Palm Oil Impact
By Environmental Investigation Agency | January 12, 2017 Today, we are proud to share a new report on the negative impacts of oil palm plantations on human rights and the environment in Myanmar. The report [...]
Armed Conflict Jeopardizes Prospects for the Follow-Up 21st Century Panglong Conference
Progressive Voice | January 11, 2017 As a new year begins, offensives and human rights violations by the Myanmar[1] Army continue to plague ethnic areas and see no sign of abating. With the second 21st Century [...]
Fighting Continues With No Sign of Letup in Kachin and Shan States
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News (KLN) | January 11, 2017 Burmese army artillery units unceasingly pounded KIA’s Ngwa Le outpost in southeastern Kachin State fended by its 3rd Battalion troops under 5th Brigade on [...]
Up to 4,000 IDPs on the Run in Kachin, Says Aid Team
By Nang Mya Nadi / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 11, 2017 Up to 4,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have fled from a displacement camp in Najan, Kachin State, due to intense clashes [...]
CSOs Call for Protection of Kachin, Shan IDPs
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | January 10, 2017 Nine civil society groups have called for an urgent end to ongoing hostilities in Kachin and Shan states as refugees face a shortage of food and supplies. U [...]