July 2016
Lashio Protesters Call for End to Killings
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 19, 2016 According to Sai Pha Seng, who was present at the event, the demonstration started at 9am, and included participants from Lashio, Kutkhai, Hsenwi, Tangyan, Mongyai, [...]
The Challenge of Balancing Pragmatism and Idealism in the Karen Struggle for Political Autonomy
By Saw Greh Moo / Karen Times | July 16, 2016 The Karen resistance movement was founded based on four guiding principles laid out by Saw Ba Oo Gyi, the father of modern Karen revolution. The four principles [...]
Three Arakanese Convicted for Maintaining Links with Arakan Army
Burma News International (BNI) | July 14, 2016. Three Arakanese nationals including a social activist were convicted of maintaining links the outlawed Arakan Army. They were sentenced to two to three years of imprisonment with [...]
UN Conducts Last Call for Burmese Refugees Hoping to Resettle in US
By Saw Yan Naing / The Irrawaddy | July 14, 2016 RANGOON — The United Nation’s (UN) refugee agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is conducting a “last call” resettlement initiative for Burmese [...]
Burma Army Must be Held Accountable for Extrajudicial Killing of Seven Villagers in Mong Yaw
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | July 13, 2016 Burma Army must be held accountable for extrajudicial killing of seven villagers in Mong Yaw Interviews carried out by SHRF with local witnesses show [...]
What Is Holding Up Unification Among the Karen Armed Groups?
Karen Times | July 7, 2016 On June 17, a battalion commander from the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and twenty of his troops left their base and reunited with the Karen National Liberation Army, the [...]
Panglong II: What’s in it for Burma’s Ethnic Minorities?
By Moe Gyo / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 13, 2016 Burma’s national League for Democracy (NLD) government has announced a 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), scheduled for the end of August, to [...]
UNFC Want Involvement in Country’s Political Talks
By Saw Tun Lin / Karen News | July 12, 2016 Ku Oo Reh, leader of the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) said that UNFC needs to continue discussions with the government. The Delegation for [...]
War Continues in Burma: 19-Year-Old Shot and Killed at Checkpoint, 22-Year-Old Killed by a Landmine, and a Mother Injured by Shrapnel
Free Burma Rangers | July 12, 2016 The Burma Army is currently engaged in an escalating conflict in both northern Shan and Kachin states. The situation has left several dead, including a 22-year-old man killed [...]
As Aid Dwindles, Kachin IDPs Wait for Peace
By Htet Khaung Linn / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 8, 2016 Za Hkawng, a 70-year-old ethnic Kachin man, prepares some tea in his small bamboo hut situated on a windy mountain ridge [...]