By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Col. Sai Ngern, spokesperson for the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS), spoke to The Irrawaddy reporter Nyein Nyein about the armed group’s clashes with [...]
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | July 11, 2018 KHRG and Karen Rivers Watch proudly present our report “Development or Destruction: The human rights impacts of hydropower development on villagers in Southeast Myanmar” which details the social, economic, cultural, [...]
Aung Pue | September 11, 2018 Aung Pue* confronts the reality that Tatmadaw atrocities are continuing, with few repercussions. Rape...murder…torture…beatings: these and other human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) continue unabated [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | September 7, 2018 The 10 armed ethnic groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) need a united stand on building a federal union to move the peace process forward, Saw [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 7, 2018 Burma Army conscripts porters, detains elderly and children during “clearance operations” near Upper Yeywa dam site in N. Shan State; arrests, tortures villagers in S. Shan State From July 23 to [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 6, 2018 The Karen Community of Canada (KCC) will conduct international campaigns to resume aids to the refugees in Thai-Myanmar border and internally displaced persons (IDPs). [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | September 5, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The government’s Peace Commission (PC) met with three members of the Northern Alliance group of armed organizations in China on Wednesday. The meeting was agreed to in [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 1, 2018 Karen State, Burma The Burma Army 44th Division, Battalion 2, under the command of Ko Ko Win, launched attacks against the Karen of Papun District, Karen State on 30 and 31 August [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 YANGON — Ethnic signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will review the current political landscape and the peace process, said vice-chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) [...]
Karen Environmental Social Action Network (KESAN) / IPMSDL | August 21, 2018 This article is a case study conducted and written by KESAN (Karen Environmental Social Action Network) contributed for #IDWIP2018. Burma is one of the most ethnically diverse countries [...]