August 2016
China’s Xi Jinping Pledges Support for Myanmar’s Peace Process
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 22, 2016 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi received a pledge of support from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in Beijing an upcoming peace conference that will [...]
Holdout Armed Ethnic Groups Ready to Join Myanmar Peace Conference
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | August 19, 2016 Three of Myanmar’s armed ethnic groups issued a statement on Thursday saying that they are prepared to join in the government’s Panglong Peace Conference at the end [...]
Union Peace Conference To Be Held Every Six Months
By Aik Sai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 18, 2016 The 21st Century Panglong Conference, the government’s upcoming forum for union-level peace talks, will be held every six months and non-signatories to last [...]
Over 35,000 Mon IDPs Fear Declining Support
By Mon Htaw / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 18, 2016 Over 35,000 ethnic Mon IDPs living in New Mon State Party (NMSP) territory fear a decline in international aid and financial support, according [...]
New Report Urges Government to Address Protracted Displacement in Upcoming Panglong Conference
Burma Partnership | August 16, 2016 This past week three civil society organizations, Human Rights Foundation of Monland, Burma Link and Burma Partnership released a joint report, titled Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement in Burma, underlying [...]
HRW Urges Suu Kyi To Put Rights, Refugees On China Visit Agenda
By Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 17, 2016 A leading human rights group is calling on Burma’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to raise rights issues, including the plight of forgotten refugees stranded [...]
Ethnic Mon IDPs Concerned About Declining Aid
The Irrawaddy | August 16, 2016 Ethnic Mon internally displaced persons (IDPs) are concerned about declining aid and financial assistance, according to a recent report on IDPs in Burma. The Human Rights Foundation of Monland, [...]
New Panglong Will Be About “Opening” Not “Substance”: EAO leaders
By Sai Khuensai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 15, 2016 According to representatives of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) who were attending meetings in Chiangmai last week, prior to the meeting with [...]
Battles Rage in Resource-rich Western Kachin Region
Kachinland News | August 13, 2016 Burmese Army launched a renewed offensive against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) as NLD government seeks to drum up 21st Century Panglong Conference, a term used by Daw Aung San [...]
Our Participation at Panglong Depends on Suu Kyi: TNLA
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 11, 2016 The secretary of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has said that their participation at the upcoming 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) will depend on Burma’s [...]