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. [...]
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 [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 28, 2018 Mon State — The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) is accusing the Myanmar Army of torturing two ethnic Kachin men detained on their way to a football match on Monday [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | November 27, 2018 Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) joined together with Pyar Taung Region Social Development Association to launch a new report and documentary—The Attran River to Pyar Taung—on November 15th 2018 [...]
Shan Women’s Action Network | November 25, 2018 [November 25, 2018] — The Shan Women's Action Network [SWAN] is recognizing the 16 Days of Activism by addressing the challenges young girls and women face in conflict in Burma through a [...]
Karen Human Rights Group | November 25, 2018 As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KHRG calls on the government of Myanmar to take urgent action to protect the rights of survivors [...]
By Nan Way Phyo Zar / Karen News | November 26, 2018 To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women that falls on November 25, the Karen Women Organization (KWO) launched 16 days of activism with [...]
By Ashley South / Frontier Myanmar | November 23, 2018 The greatest challenge in the peace process is transforming the hearts and minds of the Bamar majority, against the spectre of populism. WHEN THE National League for Democracy-led government [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | November 23, 2018 The Myanmar Army in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State, has released six Ta’ang locals which they arrested this week, while four others remain in detention following the Ta’ang National [...]
By Myat Moe Thu / Myanmar Times | November 26, 2018 Three civilians were killed in clashes among ethnic groups in northern Shan State over the weekend, bringing to five the total number of civilian fatalities since the fighting [...]