By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 27, 2018 MON STATE — The Myanmar Army and government continue to pursue a policy of attempting to split alliances of ethnic armed groups in the north of the country, believing [...]
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | June 27, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — A civilian was shot by a military column on patrol in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township on Monday around noon. U Aung Hla Sein, 68, [...]
By Aung Myat Thu / Mizzima | June 27, 2018 The third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference will also focus on minority rights and gender equality, Zaw Htay, director general of the President’s Office, said. "In this [...]
Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | June 26, 2018 Today on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, HURFOM wishes to express solidarity with survivors of torture around the world, as well as draw attention to the [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | June 26, 2018 YANGON — The Myanmar Army and its subdivision Border Guard Force (BGF) have occupied a New Mon State Party (NMSP) outpost situated in the village of Kanalou in [...]
Ei Tu Hta Internally Displaced Person Supporting Committee | June 25, 2018 The decades-long offensives waged against ethnic nationalities by the Burmese military has created a humanitarian crisis in Burma. The overwhelming number of internally displaced people (IDPs) and [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | June 22, 2018 A diarrhea outbreak is affecting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mung Na St. Joseph RC IDP camp in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State due to contaminated drinking water and unhygienic toilets. [...]
By May Htwai / Mizzima | June 22, 2018 Some IDPs said that not all of them could get financial assistance provided by World Food Programme (WFP) as they provided this assistance based on the number of IDPs in [...]
Radio Free Asia (RFA) | June 22, 2018 The Myanmar military will not return lands seized from civilians for security or training purposes in Shan or Rakhine states or pay them compensation, the country’s deputy defense minister told the upper [...]
Arakan National Stakeholder Consultation Meeting | June 12, 2018 With the aim of facilitating domestic peace and building a federal democratic republic, an Arakan National Stakeholder Consultation Meeting had been held from June 8-12, 2018 on Thai-Burma border. Those [...]