Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | December 5, 2017 Recently, on December 1, a report from Radio Free Asia indicated that the parliament would soon debate and decide upon the designation of 135 ethnic groups categorization on whether [...]
Kaelyn Lynch/Karen News | November 21, 2017 Refugees from Burma are finding it difficult to stay, difficult to go home. In Thailand, funding cuts to refugee camps have left over 100,000 displaced people from Burma to choose between trying [...]
Karen Women's Organization (KWO) | November 6, 2017 The Karen Women’s Organization and our 60,000 members support the effort of Karen people in the United States to shed light on the plight of our people and others in Burma. We know that the [...]
Burma Campaign UK | November 3, 2017 November 2, 2017 The Honorable Rex Tillerson Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 The Honorable Steven Mnuchin Secretary of the Treasury U.S. Department of [...]
Karen Community of Canada | October 29, 2017 As the Karen Community of Canada (KCC), an organization representing ethnic Karen refugees from Burma/Myanmar, we have watched with horror as over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Burmese military atrocities over [...]
By Mark Farmaner/Karen News | October 29, 2017 This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement. The 8th of August 1988 is remembered for the nationwide protests and crackdown which followed. Troops opened fire on civilians, [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2017 YANGON — Since Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police outposts in northern Rakhine State on Aug. 25, security personnel and hundreds of militants have been killed, but undoubtedly civilians have been [...]
Burma Campaign UK | October 16, 2017 Burma Campaign UK today condemned the European Union response to ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya as absolutely pathetic and effectively giving a green light for abuses to continue. The only practical measure [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald News | October 16, 2017 The second anniversary of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) was held on 15 October 2017 in Naypyitaw at the Myanmar International Convention Center – 1, attended by State Counselor Aung [...]
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | Press release October 15, 2017 We strongly condemn the remarks of Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to American Ambassador Scot Marciel. On 11 October the General said, “Rohingya are Bengali. The Bengalis were not [...]