Shan Human Rights Foundations | July 11, 2017 Recent TB cases raise concern for health consequences of longstanding air pollution levels in Nam Ma coal mining area Recent tuberculosis (TB) cases among villagers living in the Nam Ma coal [...]
By Lama La Rip / Kachinland News | April 10, 2017 Needless to mention that water is a source of life for human being and all life forms, and it is in fact a universal truth. The country of [...]
Burma Link | March 20, 2017 On the banks of the Salween River, one of the largest free-flowing rivers in the world, local communities and community-based organisations gathered together on March 14th -- marking the International Day of Action [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | March 17, 2017 Maj-Gen Than Hlaing, the commander of Eastern Central Command, has accused two ethnic Shan armies – the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the Restoration Council of [...]
Statement by SSN, BRN and BEWG | March 14, 2017 Today, on the International Day of Action for Rivers, communities around the country are gathering to oppose plans by the Burmese government and global hydropower industry to build cascades of [...]
Press Statement by 313 Civil Society Organiszations | 14 December 2016 We, the undersigned civil society organizations working in Myanmar, are troubled to learn that a, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on 13 December 2016 between Noble Prince Company Limited, Sun and [...]
Shan State Farmers Network | November 29, 2016 On November 27, 2016, over 1,500 farmers from 19 townships gathered on the banks of the Namtu river in Hsipaw to demand an immediate cancellation of the Upper Yeywa dam in [...]
Transnational Institute | November 17, 2016 Civil society from Myanmar and the European Union are calling for the suspension of negotiations for an investment protection agreement between the EU and Myanmar until the European Court of Justice has ruled [...]
Karen News | November 14, 2016 Plans to build dams on the Salween River by the Burma government, China and Thailand threatens millions of villagers and animals that depend on the free flowing river for their living, food sources and as [...]
Karen Organization of the United States of America (KOUSA) | November 11, 2016 Statement on recent armed conflict and human rights abuses in Karen State, Burma On behalf of the Karen Organization of the United States of America (KOUSA), [...]