World Kachin Congress | September 21, 2018 1. We welcome the UN Fact-Finding Mission's full report on evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Rakhine State, and war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed against ethnic minorities in Kachin and [...]
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 20, 2018 Ethnic armed groups held a two-day meeting in Laiza, Kachin State, at the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to discuss how they could cooperate for participation in the [...]
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) / Progressive Voice (PV) / Women’s Peace Network - Arakan | September 17, 2018 (Geneva, 17 September 2018) – The United Nations and its member states must act urgently to investigate and prosecute [...]
Progressive Voice (PV) | September 16, 2018 The current crisis in Myanmar indicates widespread abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law committed by the Myanmar military in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States as well as [...]
Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 17, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The KNU Concerned Group, led by the former vice chairperson of the Karen National Union, has endorsed the report of the independent International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar [...]
Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) | September 16, 2018 We, the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), welcome the August 27 report of the UN Independent International Fact Finding Mission, which called for six top Burmese military leaders including Senior [...]
Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | September 13, 2018 On Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day, KWAT urges Burma’s government and the international community to recognize that without an end to Burma Army offensives and war crimes, the problem of [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | September 13, 2018 YANGON — Myanmar Army soldiers reportedly raided a house in Kachin State’s Hpakant on Tuesday and detained three men they claimed were insurgents extorting money for the [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have been defending northern Shan State against [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma) | September 11, 2018 ND-Burma’s biannual report on the human rights situation has found that intense conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations has been accompanied by a spike in the [...]