Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | December 16, 2016 Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military’, calling for a debate on new ways to influence Burma’s military. The commentary [...]
By Aung Zaw / The Irrawaddy | December 15, 2016. Leon de Riedmatten is no stranger to Burma. In 1999, in the heyday of the former military regime, he was head of the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | December 13, 2016 To inform the wider public, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) would like to clarify the situations regarding peace talks and military offensives on the ground. 1. As [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | December 11, 2016 Sithu Aung Myint usually produce unbiased commentary if not always. But lately he seems to be betting more on Aung San Suu Kyi’s wisdom and [...]
By Thu Thu Aung, Myanmar Times | December 8, 2016 The Shan State Hluttaw yesterday green-lit a controversial proposal to designate the new Northern Alliance-Burma as a “terrorist” organisation, in a motion put forward by a lawmaker from the [...]
by Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | December 5, 2016 A coalition of ethnic militias based in northern Shan State has called on Burma’s government forces to halt offensives on its positions and withdraw their troops from [...]
Press release by Progressive Voice (PV) | December 1, 2016 The National League for Democracy-led Government must amend problematic labor legislation and enact policies that offer greater protection and promotion of the rights of workers, particularly in the garment industry, [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | November 30, 2016 In October 2016, amid renewed violence in Rakhine state, it was reported that “dozens” of women had been raped by Burma/Myanmar army soldiers. The story shocked international media and [...]
By Mark Farmaner / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 28, 2016 In 2006 I received a phone call from a senior Burmese democracy activist in exile. In five years at Burma Campaign UK it was the first [...]
Tribal Action Group (TAG) | November 24, 2016 In this video interview, the Secretary of the Karen Women Organization (KWO), Naw K'Nyaw Paw, discusses the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and the need for unity in Burma. She discusses the [...]