Khu Oo Reh, The Irrawaddy | January 28, 2016 In 2016,the question of lifting the on-going arms embargo and related sanctions against the Tatmadaw, as the Burma Army is known, and its civilian cronies will be revisited by Western [...]
KNU (Karen National Union) Vice-President Naw Zipporah Sein | January 14, 2016 1) LAIZA SUMMIT AND FORMATION OF NCCT The efforts of the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) to negotiate a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burmese/Myanmar government began [...]
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Legal Aid Network (LAN) | January 19, 2016 A new report exposes the systematic cover-up of the Myanmar Army’s involvement in the rape-murder of two Kachin teachers in Kawng [...]
Position Statement of Palaung National Liberation Front (2/2016) | January 12, 2016 On January 12, 2016, the armed resistance against successive military dictatorships for liberation of the entire Ta’ang nationality has attained its 53rd anniversary. The Palaung State Liberation [...]
Media release by the Mon Human Rights Foundation (HURFOM) | December 1, 2015 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases ‘Burma 2015: Ballot Denied’, a report focussing on November’s national elections in Burma. Download full report in [...]
Statement by the AA, MNDAA, and the PSLF/TNLA | November 18, 2015 We, the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) honor and welcome the establishment of a [...]
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | November 12, 2015 We would like to mention that we have to put on record and express our special thanks to the government led by President U Thein Sein for [...]
Burma Link | November 3, 2015 Chit Min Lay was 24 years old when he was arrested at his home and taken to an interrogation centre, following his participation in the 1996 and 1998 student demonstrations. Chit Min Lay [...]
Burma Link | October 20, 2015 The student movement has historically played a central role in the pro-democracy struggle in Burma. Sithu Maung, a 27-year-old university student is one of the many who have paid a heavy price for [...]