By Burma News International (BNI) | September 14, 2017 Over 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Tanai, Kachin State since June say they are too afraid of soldiers to return home. The Tatmadaw maintains an outpost near the [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency News (SHAN) | September 15, 2017 Following weeks of negative bad press stemming from the conflict in Arakan State, the Restoration Council of Shan State’s (RCSS) visit, due to the invitation of [...]
By Progressive Voice (PV) | September 13, 2017 The US Senate has proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – the annual defense budget – to normalize relations between the militaries of the US and Myanmar[1] [...]
By Sa Isue / Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | September 13, 2017 The Karen diaspora is showing increasing irritation at the Karen National Union’s ceasefire stance. The International Karen Organization (IKO) issued a statement [...]
By 85 Burma / Myanmar Civil Society and Human Rights Organisations | September 12, 2017 Yangon, 12 September, 2017 – 85 Burma/Myanmar civil society and human rights organizations in an open letter today call on the United States Congress [...]
By Thu Thu Aung / The Irrawaddy | September 12, 2017 YANGON — The International Karen Organization (IKO) has called for continued support for thousands of displaced Karen people until a “genuine nationwide ceasefire” is reached. The group issued [...]
By Free Burma Rangers | September 11, 2017 This report documents an event in July of 2017 that is one of the worst fears of many people that live in Burma/Myanmar today and yet is an all-too-common story. A family is [...]
By Nyan Hlaing Lynn / Frontier Myanmar | September 12, 2017 Frontier joined the government’s latest media trip to Maungdaw, and developments there placed further scrutiny on the government’s official version of events AROUND THE lush green paddy fields, herds [...]
Burma Link | September 11, 2017 Download this campaign memo and fact sheet as PDF. KEEP SUPPORTING CAMPAIGN International support for IDPs in the southeast is set to stop after September 2017 and it is currently uncertain how [...]
By Mizzima News | September 8, 2017 Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) Chairman Gen. Yawd Serk said that he would meet State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw to discuss clashes in Shan State. He [...]