By Saw Tun Lin / Karen News | October 5, 2016 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to their former villages are being sued for trespass by the Asia World and Shwe Padonmar companies who claim the land was given to them [...]
Burma Link | October 5, 2016 The following case study is from the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was [...]
Burma Link | September 28, 2016 The following case study is from the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, and Burma Partnership, which was [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 26, 2016 Ko Kyaw Tin Aung, a protester from the nearby town of Moe Pyae, said that a multi-ethnic mix of demonstrators–Kayan (Karenni), Inn and Shan local residents–had turned out at [...]
Burma Link | September 26, 2016 The following interview was conducted as part of the research for the joint report “Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma” by Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma Link, [...]
Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | August 12, 2016 Executive Summary Recently, much attention surrounding Burma has focused on the democratic reform, 2015 elections and the future of the National League for Democracy [...]
August 6, 2016 On 12 August, 2016, Burma Link, Burma Partnership and Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFORM) will launch a new report titled, Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma. The report focuses on the [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | July 6, 2016 Farmers in south-central Myanmar’s Bago region began a protest on Wednesday demanding that the army return more than 4,000 acres of land it confiscated from them 25 years ago. Nearly 30 [...]
By Phyo Thiha Cho / Mizzima News | June 21, 2016 On a recent afternoon in May, the farmers of OhnTitbin Village Tract were tending to their betel nut and rubber plantations when a loud blast erupted at the foot [...]
By Nan Way Phyo Zar, Karen News | May 17, 2016 Villagers in Karen State are upset tunnels dug on their land for international and local telecommunication companies was done without permission. Naung Ka Myaing villagers in Hpa-an township, Karen [...]