October 2016
90 Refugees Set To Return To Karen State Next Week
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 20, 2016 Ninety residents of the Nu Po refugee camp in Thailand’s Tak Province are set to return to Burma next week in the first round of [...]
Two Villagers Detained For Alleged KIA Connections
By Thu Thu Aung / Myanmar Times | October 20, 2016 Two villagers from the Mong Si village tract of Shan State’s Kutkai township were detained on October 17 because police suspected that they were providing [...]
Villagers Fear DKBA And Government’s Militia Fighting Near Kawkareik Will Result In Displacement
By Ka Hsaw Wah/ Karen News | October 20, 2016 Soldiers from the breakaway Democratic Karen Buddhist Army clashed with the government militia, the Border Guard Force, in Htee Poe Zan village tract near Kawkareik at [...]
Government Agrees to Four Out of Eight Points Demanded By UNFC
Mizzima | October 19, 2016 The government has agreed to four out of eight points demanded by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and accepted the remaining four points inprinciple and as a result, the [...]
Daily Artillery Fire Reported in Nhkram Gidon and Lai Hpawng Outposts
Kachinland News | October 19, 2016 KIA sources said Burmese army troops fired KIA outposts almost daily with artillery and mortar fires. A civilian source who is in the area confirmed that he can continuously [...]
Landmines, Security Concerns Prevent Return For Kayin IDPs
By Ye Mon / Myanmar Times | October 18, 2016 Although the guns have fallen silent in Hlaingbwe township, Kayin State, civilians displaced by recent conflict may be unable to return home for several months [...]
NGOs Concerned By Aid Restrictions In Kachin State
By Seamus Martov / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 18, 2016 A coalition of nine local humanitarian organisations active in Kachin State released a statement on Friday voicing their concern over restrictions imposed [...]
49 Detained In Kachin State Under Unlawful Associations Act
Mizzima | October 17, 2016 Dozens of people have been charged under Myanmar’s Unlawful Association Act for allegedly having connections with an ethnic rebel group in restive northern Kachin State, according to an official Thursday, [...]
UNFC to Meet with Govt Peace Commission
By Lun Min Mang / Myanmar Times | October 14, 2016 The Delegation for Political Negotiation is meeting in Nay Pyi Taw tomorrow with the government’s peace commission, a member of the commission said yesterday. The DPN [...]
Myanmar Army Evacuates Villagers, Teachers from Hostilities in Maungdaw
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 13, 2016 Clashes between armed assailants and Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state’s volatile Maungdaw township on Thursday forced about 180 villagers, teachers and civil servants to flee and [...]