By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | October 11, 2018 Nam Kham city Shan Youth Network liaison in-charge Sai Than Shwe has confirmed to Mizzima that Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) agreed to release detained Nan Mo [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 10, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Leaders of the ethnic armed groups signed up to Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are meeting in Thailand to decide whether to join an upcoming [...]
Lahu Women’s Organization / Pa-O Women’s Union/ Shan Women’s Action Network / Ta’ang Women’s Organization | October 10, 2018 The Lahu Women’s Organization, the Pa-O Women’s Union, the Shan Women’s Action Network and the Ta’ang Women’s Organization are very concerned about the [...]
12 civil society organizations | October 9, 2018 [Yangon – 9 October, 2018] The mandate laid out in the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law and the mindset of the current commissioners hinders the effective promotion and protection of [...]
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | October 9, 2018 MANDALAY — The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says it has sentenced an ethnic Shan woman to three years in jail for informing on the armed group’s fighters to [...]
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 9, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army has called for ethnic armed organizations that have not signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord to be included in a meeting next week [...]
Karen National Union Headquarters (KNU) | October 6, 2018 The Central Standing Committee's 5th Emergency Meeting after the 16th Karen National Union Congress was successfully held on October 5-6, 2018. 40 of the 55 members of the Central Standing [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 Mon State — The Karen National Union (KNU) says it wants a summit with the state counselor and military chief tentatively set for Oct. 15 delayed and the intended [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 YANGON—About 70 Arakanese staged a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo on Monday afternoon to demand the release of two prominent Arakan figures currently detained in [...]
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia | October 5, 2018 Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s military chief, and representatives from ethnic armed groups that have signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord will discuss basic [...]