Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | January 19, 2018 Bangkok, 19 January 2018, 15:00: On Tuesday 16 January, the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments reached agreement around the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled military violence earlier last year. [...]
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | January 19, 2018 The Burma Human Rights Network is calling for an investigation into the killing of nine ethnic Rakhine protesters in Rakhine State’s Mrauk U Township. Protests began after authorities canceled celebrations [...]
By Htun Khaing / Frontier Myanmar | January 19, 2018 Being displaced by conflict was bad enough, but now villagers in Kachin State are worried they will not be able to farm land when they eventually return home. COMPANIES [...]
Burma Link | January 22, 2018 This story is an update to the first part of Saw Hser Htoo Plaw’s story, published as part of Burma Link’s “Protracted Displacement” longitudinal interview series. Saw Hser Htoo Plaw has been the [...]
Frontier Myanmar | January 18, 2018 The government runs the risk of ceding so much control to the Tatmadaw that it simply becomes irrelevant to the peace process. THE NEXT 21st Century Panglong Union Peace Conference is supposed to [...]
Mizzima | January 18, 2018 Police have filed charges under the Section 17 (1) of the Unlawful Association Law against Dr. Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin Aung, who gave a talk to mark the 233rd anniversary of the [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | January 17, 2018 At least seven people were killed and 12 injured in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township when police cracked down on a gathering Tuesday to protest authorities’ decision to block a ceremony [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | January 15, 2018 Battles continue unabated between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese Army in southern and western Kachin state, and northern Shan state in the past week. In southern Kachin state, a Burmese army’s [...]
Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | January 16, 2018 After its central committee meeting, the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army – North (SSPP/SSA-N) released a statement that the Tatmadaw has launched over 500 military [...]
Burma Link | January 17, 2018 Ko Kya grew up amidst conflict in Hee Poe Der village in Karen National Union (KNU) 5th Brigade. The villagers had to often hide in the jungle when they heard Burma Army was [...]