Burma News International/Shan Herald Agency for News | October 23,2017 Tensions are running high in Shan State, after the Tatamdaw ordered the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) to retreat from positions along the Mong Hsu-Mong Nawng highway [...]
Mizzima News | October 21, 2017 The Asia Foundation has carried out a year-long study that analyzes roots and patterns of armed conflict in Myanmar, development trends in conflict-affected areas, and impact of foreign aid on conflict and peace-building, [...]
Progressive Voice | October 18, 2017 A new report by the UN Human Rights Office based on interviews with Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh that fled the latest Myanmar[1] Army crackdown reaffirms the reports from media and human rights organizations of terrible suffering [...]
By Min Thuta/Mon News Agency | October 17, 2017 An ethnic leader is arguing that negotiations over political power sharing should take precedence over ceasefires in the current peace process. Following the October 15 feting of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement [...]
By Radio Free Asia | October 6, 2017 An ethnic armed group in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has abducted about 40 villagers from Waingmaw township in Myitkyina district, the latest incident in the multiethnic country’s ongoing struggles with rebel [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald News | October 4, 2017 With the aim to forge a common policy, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) held a stakeholders’ meeting for four days from September 27 to 30, where 15 ethnic political [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | September 21, 2017 Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation Ongoing torture, killing, arbitrary arrests during midnight raids by Burma Army in Ho Pong township Since the end of July 2017, Burma Army troops [...]
Progressive Voice Myanmar (PV)| September 21, 2017 The crisis in Rakhine State needs international action, not only to stop the campaign of terror inflicted upon innocent civilians, but also in the form of humanitarian aid for the 410,000 people [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | September 18, 2017 The Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progressive Party (SSPP) must one day unite under the same banner, according to the leader [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 18, 2017 At a public seminar in Thailand last week, Karen and Karenni officials raised concerns about the increasing pressure for refugees to return from the Thai-Myanmar border [...]