November 2016
Burmese Army Using Mongkoe Residents As Human Shields
Kachinland News | November 29, 2016 About 70 Mungkoe residents who have been arrested and taken inside the Burmese army’s byuha (tactical command post) since fighting broke out at the beginning of the fourth week [...]
Community Groups Demand Justice for Murdered Karen Women Activist – and Her Killer Caught
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen News | November 28, 2016 A number of concerned civil society organizations have issued a statement demanding an investigation into the murder of a young Karen women activist, [...]
Kachin IDPs Accuse NLD Government of Neglecting Them
Burma News International (BNI) | November 22, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Ngwe Pyaw Sanpya Village in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State say that the new Burmese NLD government has ignored and neglected them. [...]
Rangoon’s Returnees Scramble to Build New Lives
The Irrawaddy | November 22, 2016 The only reason 46-year-old former refugee U Aye Lwin returned to Burma was so that his six children could receive a formal education in his home country—the country he [...]
Hundreds Flee Muse Fighting to China
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 21, 2016 Fighting on Sunday in northern Shan State’s Muse District between the Burmese army and ethnic armed groups compelled hundreds of local civilians to flee across the [...]
Ethnic-Allied Forces Launched Attacks Against Burmese Army Positions
Kachinland News (KLN) | November 20, 2016 A combined force of allied ethnic troops from Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Arakan Army (AA), Ta-ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA-Kokang) today [...]
Myanmar Creates Information Committee to Handle News About Volatile Rakhine
By Min Thein Aung/ Radio Free Asia (RFA) | November 17, 2016 The Myanmar government on Wednesday formed a special information committee to release real-time news about the volatile situation in the country’s westernmost Rakhine [...]
Karen Refugee Committee Criticizes Refugee Repatriation Process
By Saw Yan Naing/ The Irrawaddy | November 16, 2016 The Karen Refugee Committee (KRC), a community-based organization that has been facilitating the needs of Burmese refugees in Thailand, has said that they feel they [...]
Karen People Demonstrate in Front of the White House and Burma Embassy Demanding Peace and Respect for Ethnic Rights
Burma Link | November 15, 2016 On November 11th, Karen people residing in the United States organised their first ever demonstration in front of the White House, demanding the U.S. Government to put pressure on [...]
Civilians Suffer As Clashes With TNLA Intensify
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 15, 2016 Civilians in northern Shan State have borne the brunt of the recent hostilities between Burmese government forces and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). Since [...]