Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) has defended itself against attacks by the Burma Army, despite being a signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 13, 2018 Land-rights activists have urged the government to abolish the Vacant Land Law, saying the legislation could be used as a tool to dispossess people of their land. The law was [...]
42 Non-Governmental Organization | November 9, 2018 Humanitarian and civil society agencies working in Rakhine State in Myanmar and in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh are deeply concerned that the repatriation of refugees will commence in mid-November, according [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 8, 2018 Mon State — The family of an ethnic Palaung man who went missing in northern Shan State last month says he was found dead on Wednesday. San Mon, 32, [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | November 9, 2018 The arrest of people providing assistance to displaced communities is undermining peace efforts, Kachin civil society representatives say. Following the release of 15 people including Christian clergypersons detained by [...]
Land in Our Hands | November, 6 2018 We, LIOH, have observed the notification letter issued by the name of the Vacant, Fallow & Virgin Land Management Central Committee on 30 October 2018 with the subject “Notification to individual [...]
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | November 6, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — Three Arakanese men detained in connection with the fatal shooting of a Myanmar Army corporal were released on Monday. The three were released when [...]
Chin World / BNI Online | November 5, 2018 If political parties under the tile of the Chin Nationality in the Union Peace Process, it would be very helpful toward the Chin National Affairs, said Dr. Salai Lian Sakhong [...]
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Progressive Voice / ALTSEAN-Burma | October 18, 2018 In March 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, expressed concern that the peace process was [...]
Burma Link | October 18, 2018 Ah Ze is the General Secretary of the All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU), an organization which she joined in 2013 to empower today’s youth to work towards establishing a Federal Union in Burma. [...]