‘We Can’t Wait to Get Peace Because People Are Dying… We Have to Work on the Ground to Seek Justice and Equality’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 2

Burma Link | January 30, 2019 After more than seven months’ delay, the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), taking place in July 2018, excluded discussions on contentious issues such as non-secession, self-determination, and ethnic rights. [...]

2020-05-30T23:21:08+07:00January 30th, 2019|Featured Collection, Interviews, Youth Voices|

‘When You Talk About Peace, You Have to Talk to Your Enemies, You Have to Talk with Them Even More Than Your Friends’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 1

Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and largely excluded from the [...]

2020-05-30T23:21:09+07:00January 23rd, 2019|Featured Collection, Interviews, Voices, Youth Voices|

Northern Burma Delegation Calls for Action to Hold Perpetrators of Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Accountable and Allow Aid to Displaced People

Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Human Rights Watch / Progressive Voice | November 20, 2018 A delegation of religious leaders, women’s rights activists and civil society groups representing the Kachin, Shan and Ta’ang ethnic nationalities from Burma (Myanmar) completed a [...]

2020-05-30T23:21:22+07:00November 22nd, 2018|Press Releases and Statements|

Joint Statement of the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) and Its Sister Organizations on the Vacant, Fallow & Virgin Land Management Law

United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) and its Partner Organizations | November 19, 2018 1. The Farmland Law and the Vacant, Fallow & Virgin Land Manageme nt Law were enacted in 2012 and amended with more penalties in late 2017. Now, we've [...]

2020-05-30T23:21:27+07:00November 20th, 2018|Featured Collection, Press Releases and Statements, Recommended|
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