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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News [S.H.A.N] | November 7, 2018 Land owners, village headmen and parliamentarians held a meeting in southern Shan State’s Kesi Township to discuss measuring and reclaiming 5,000 acres seized by the [...]
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 [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald For News Agency (S.H.A.N.) / BNI Online | November 5, 2018 People from multiple villages fled to a monastery following clashes between the RCSS/SSA and members of the Northern Alliance of ethnic armed [...]
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 Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 1, 2018 The Myanmar Army detained 15 members of the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) in Nam San Yang village near the Chinese border on Oct. 24, the religious organization said on [...]
Burma Link | November 1, 2018 Driven by her love for Kachin people, Ah Ze always believes that she has the responsibility to empower the younger generation through education. Since 2013, she has been a member of All Kachin [...]