Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 13, 2018 Shan State, Burma The combined forces of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) have been defending northern Shan State against [...]
By Nein Nein / The Irrawaddy | September 11, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Nai Hong Sar, the vice chairman of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), recently spoke with The Irrawaddy’s Nyein Nyein about the stalled peace process. [...]
By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 12, 2018 ‘We will never be able to go home if we wait for peace in our area,’ one village administrator said. Internally displaced people (IDPs) are [...]
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma) | September 11, 2018 ND-Burma’s biannual report on the human rights situation has found that intense conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations has been accompanied by a spike in the [...]
Aung Pue | September 11, 2018 Aung Pue* confronts the reality that Tatmadaw atrocities are continuing, with few repercussions. Rape...murder…torture…beatings: these and other human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) continue unabated [...]
Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 10, 2018 Skirmishes have broken out between the Tatmadaw and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in the KNU Brigade 5 area in the Karen (Kayin) State, Major Saw Ka Leh [...]
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | September 10, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — The Sittwe District Court ruled on Monday that prominent Arakanese politician Dr. Aye Maung and author Wai Hin Aung be prosecuted for high treason [...]
By Chan Thar / The Myanmar Times | September 7, 2018 The 10 armed ethnic groups that signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) need a united stand on building a federal union to move the peace process forward, Saw [...]
By Kyaw Myo / The Irrawaddy | September 7, 2018 YANGON—Proposals that the Union Parliament and Lower House take urgent steps to de-escalate fighting in ethnic regions in order to protect civilians were rejected for debate, said Nan Kham [...]
Speech at the 68th Karen Martyrs’ Day Ceremony Old Mae Tao Clinic, Mae Sot, Thailand Saw Michael / 12 August 2018 Karen soldiers are not the only Karen martyrs So what is a “martyr”? In my view, a “martyr” [...]