By Yin Chai / Mon News Agency (MNA) | August 25, 2017 An ethnic armed group has set a three-month clock on deciding whether or not to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement, according to an official. The New Mon [...]
By Shaw Shar / Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 14, 2017 A leader of the Karen National Liberation Army has called for continuing the fight for ethnic autonomy, but through peaceful, political means. [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth round of formal talks [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | June 20, 2017 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) commemorates World Refugee Day and the estimated 65 million asylum-seekers and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) around the world. Despite ongoing political [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | June 5, 2017 Today, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) celebrates World Environment Day. Villagers in Mon State and Mon areas of southeast Burma/Myanmar have strong economic, social, and cultural ties [...]
Mon News Agency (MNA) / Burma News International (BNI) | May 31, 2017 At least one ethnic political party is fuming after an accord was signed last week at the closing of peace talks that were poorly attended. The [...]
By Min Thway Thit / Mon News Agency (MNA) | May 18, 2017 The Mon State government is pressuring the local ethnic armed group to swiftly sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). During a meeting this week [May 16], [...]
By Wonsa Mon / Mon News Agency | March 23, 2017 As the Wa continue to push fellow ethnic armed groups to abandon the nationwide ceasefire agreement and start negotiations anew, the movement has encountered resistance in Mon State. [...]
Today HURFOM’s Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP) releases their latest report, “Cracks in the Silence: Sexual violence against children and challenges to accessing justice in Mon State and Mon areas of southeast Burma.” Report in English and Burmese [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | March 23, 2017 RANGOON — The New Mon State Party (NMSP) is likely to sign the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) despite waning enthusiasm for the agreement in the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), [...]