Burma Link | August 11, 2017 The decades-long struggle of Burma’s ethnic nationalities for equal rights, social justice and federal democracy, and the grave human rights abuses occurring predominantly in outlying ethnic areas, continues to receive inadequate international attention. [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 10, 2017 Amid decades of civil conflict in Burma that has most-acutely impacted the country’s ethnic minorities, the rights of indigenous people are still being violated, said Naw [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth round of formal talks [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 9, 2017 Clashes between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Tatmadaw erupted in Khay Khin and Man Wel villages, part of Namhsan Township, Shan State, on [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | August 4, 2017 Widespread arrests, torture, disappearance of civilians under high-level Burma Army operation in Ho Pong after fighting with NCA signatory RCSS/SSA During July 16-30, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops from at [...]
By Edith Mirante / The Irrawaddy | August 2, 2017 The Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s armed forces—should withdraw its bases from ethnic regions where its presence continues to be linked to human rights violations and resource grabbing. Troop withdrawal is not to [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News | July 24, 2017 When the Shan’s Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has to withhold its meeting that was planned to take place from 20 to 22 July by [...]
By Libby Hogan / DVB | July 22, 2017 UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee offered stern words for the Burmese government on Friday evening, urging it to reconsider its refusal to issue visas to a UN fact-finding mission [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 21, 2017 Gen Yawd Serk of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) says the Burmese military was not following the terms of the Nationwide Ceasefire [...]
By Ai Saw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | July 18, 2017 Representatives from a Shan civic group say they briefed Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Burma, on Saturday about ongoing human rights violations in [...]