Statement by United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 8, 2016 The current battles in the Kachin, Shan and Karen States, in addition to injuring thousands of local people and forcing them to abandon their hearths and homes and [...]
Statement by Karen National Union (KNU) | October 4, 2016 In line with decision of the Karen National Union (KNU) 15th Congress, the Karen Armed Forces Unity committee was formed on 26-2-2016, in order to be able to unify [...]
By Naw Noreen/ Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | October 6, 2016 The Karen National Union (KNU) has called on a breakaway faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) to disband and re-join the KNU, just nine months [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | September 29, 2016 The Karen Women Organisation (KWO) called for an end to fighting between the Burma Army supported by Border Guard Forces (BGF) and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (Splinter DKBA) in ceasefire [...]
Press release by Karen Rivers Watch | September 29, 2016 Burma Army’s actions in Karen State threaten to expand fighting, endangering peace process and displaced people’s return Fighting is directly linked to Hat Gyi dam, Karen leader says YANGON, MYANMAR [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | September 26, 2016 At the end of 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi dropped her boycott of Burma’s elections. She ordered the National League for Democracy to re-register as a political party, to participate in [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 26, 2016 It looks, smells, and feels like a war zone. The highway is lined with military vehicles and 120mm artillery guns point up into the mountains where rebel troops from a [...]
Mizzima | September 23, 2016 In response to displacements following recent armed clashes in Kayin State, around 4000 people who took refuge in Myaing Gyi Ngu have received urgent assistance from the Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) together with [...]
By Lawi Weng/ The Irrawaddy | September 22, 2016 Burma Army officers tried to convince displaced ethnic Karen on Thursday to return to their villages, despite continuous daily fighting in Karen State’s Mae Tha Waw area, The Irrawaddy has [...]
Statement by Karen National Union (KNU) | September 21, 2016. Today, September 21, was designated by the United Nations as World Peace Day in 1981, and the Day has been started to be honored and celebrated at the UN head [...]