By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | November 23, 2018 YANGON—Three government soldiers were reportedly killed on Thursday during fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in an area between northern Rakhine State’s Buthidaung Township and Chin State’s Paletwa Township. [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 9, 2018 Some of the IDPs who fled their village due to fighting between the Burma Army and Arakan Army. Chin State in western Burma borders India and Bangladesh and, though [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | November 2, 2018 YANGON — The Chin Refugee Support Committee (CRSC) has urged the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to shelve its plan to repatriate Chin refugees in Malaysia [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | October 31, 2018 Hardly has the sharp tone of the Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Laing died down, when he sabotaged the top leaders’ meeting of government-military and Ethnic Armed [...]
Chin World / BNI Online | October 30, 2018 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Chin State’s Paletwa Township have been forced to find work in nearby villages to earn a living due to food shortage caused by fighting [...]
By Salai SH Lian and Ko Thang / Frontier Myanmar | October 19, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s decision to revoke protection for Chin refugees is not informed by a sincere assessment of conditions for return in Chin State. ON [...]
By Thein Zaw (Maungdaw) / Narinjara / BNI Online | October 12, 2018 Some residents of Rakhine villages located in upper Kaladan River in Paletwa Township, Chin State at India border are preparing to leave due to food shortage. [...]
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 9, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army has called for ethnic armed organizations that have not signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord to be included in a meeting next week [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 Mon State — The Karen National Union (KNU) says it wants a summit with the state counselor and military chief tentatively set for Oct. 15 delayed and the intended [...]
Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) | September 27, 2018 (New report details current human rights concerns in Chin State, Myanmar) (Bangkok, Sept 27th 2018) — On the 13 June 2018 the UNHCR officially confirmed that Chin refugees from Myanmar were [...]