By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 21, 2018 The men, who range in age from 19 to 23, were working on the Shan-China border to earn money for their school fees and to [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 21, 2018 A woman was killed in a mine blast in Nam-tawng Village of Pang-hseng (Kyu Koke) under Muse Township, northern Shan State at around 3 pm on September 19. The [...]
World Kachin Congress | September 21, 2018 1. We welcome the UN Fact-Finding Mission's full report on evidence of genocide against Rohingya in Rakhine State, and war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed against ethnic minorities in Kachin and [...]
By Saw Thein Myint / Karen Information Center / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 No compensation has been given to most of the villagers whose lands have been seized for development projects in southeastern Myanmar, the Karen Human [...]
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 20, 2018 Around 50 Rakhine youths staged a protest in front of Myanmar embassy in Tokyo, Japan on September 19 to demand the immediate release of Dr Aye Maung and writer Wai Hin [...]
Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 20, 2018 Ethnic armed groups held a two-day meeting in Laiza, Kachin State, at the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to discuss how they could cooperate for participation in the [...]
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) / Progressive Voice (PV) / Women’s Peace Network - Arakan | September 17, 2018 (Geneva, 17 September 2018) – The United Nations and its member states must act urgently to investigate and prosecute [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 19, 2018 A rights group has reported that the police in Nam Hpat Kar, a town in Kutkai Township near the Chinese border, have still not taken action against two men [...]
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | September 17, 2018 MANDALAY — Thousands of people protested in Shan State on Monday to demand that the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) release an ethnic Shan woman the armed group [...]
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 18, 2018 Although the Ministry of Defence has released 120 acres of land that belongs to the residents of Pyaung Seik, Pyaing Chaung, and Oke Taung Pyin villages under Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, [...]