By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 3, 2017 YANGON – Fifty-six-year-old father-of-two Bran Li is a former village administrator of Gang Dau Yang village in Waingmaw Township of resource-rich Kachin State. He has been sheltering, for the [...]
Burma Link | August 16, 2017 The Karenni Earthrights Action Network (KEAN) was founded on January 15, 2012, by an alumni group from the Earthrights International (ERI) program. The organisation strives to protect and empower the local communities of [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 9, 2017 This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), codifying the individual and collective human rights of indigenous [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 18, 2017 Karen civil society organisations met with UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Sunday in Karen State where they highlighted human rights issues and other matters relating to the [...]
The Irrawaddy | July 12, 2017 Myanmar has around 1.1 million refugees and internally displaced persons, and a lack of clear policies for their future reinstatement in society carries risks of fresh conflicts, according to a policy briefing by [...]
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 [...]
Frontier Myanmar | July 06, 2017 The NLD has not only made little progress on the National Land Use Law, it has also shown little inclination to follow the policy. OF ALL the legacy challenges facing the current government, [...]
Mizzima | November 3, 2016 A new report launched today by Human Rights Watch called “‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State” documents how government officials, military personnel, local militia members, and businessmen have used [...]
Progressive Voice (PV) | November 2, 2016 This past week saw a pilot voluntary return of 68 Myanmar [1] refugees living along the Thailand-Myanmar border. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) heralded the return as a “milestone.” Unfortunately, many have questioned the readiness [...]
By Sai Aw/ Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | October 31, 2016 Some 100 representatives from civil society organizations, political parties and farmers across Shan State held a press conference today in state capital Taunggyi, demanding the current [...]