Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 18, 2018 The PNLO’s Col Khun Okkar says that the fighting occurred because of a lack of communication channels, describing it as ‘attacking and defending.’ Fighting occurred between the Restoration Council [...]
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) / Progressive Voice / ALTSEAN-Burma | October 18, 2018 In March 2018, United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, expressed concern that the peace process was [...]
By Salai SH Lian and Ko Thang / Frontier Myanmar | October 19, 2018 The UN refugee agency’s decision to revoke protection for Chin refugees is not informed by a sincere assessment of conditions for return in Chin State. ON [...]
By Nan Lwin / The Irrawaddy | October 17, 2018 YANGON—Myanmar State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will make a one-day visit to Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State, on Friday to open a drug rehabilitation center, according [...]
Network Media Group / BNI Online | October 16, 2018 A KIA spokesperson says battles broke out in Myitkyina Township after government forces sent in troop reinforcements. Battles reignited between government forces and troops from the Kachin Independence Army [...]
Burma Link | October 18, 2018 Ah Ze is the General Secretary of the All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU), an organization which she joined in 2013 to empower today’s youth to work towards establishing a Federal Union in Burma. [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | October 18, 2018 The Nationwide Ceasefire-Signatory- Ethnic Armed Organizations (NCA-S-EAOs) initiated top leaders meeting involving 10 from government-military and 10 from EAOs was agreed and the government scheduled [...]
Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 16, 2018 YANGON—The government and a group of ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) concluded a two-day summit Tuesday with an agreed set of guidelines [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 16, 2018 Farmer riding motorcycle shot dead by Burma Army patrol near China’s trans-Burma oil and gas pipelines in Kyaukme, northern Shan State On October 1, 2018, at about 6 pm, a [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | October 16, 2018 (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said the Reparations Working Group [...]