By Hom Hurng / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | September, 4, 2018 With armed conflict on the way to Hsipaw and flooding outside Lashio, the displaced in Namtu Township are filling monasteries and makeshift camps. More than [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | September 4, 2018 The Karenni State government ordered non-governmental organizations, international non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations to provide two weeks’ notice of any meetings or workshops they planned to hold in the [...]
25 Kachin International Organizations | September 3, 2018 3 September, 2018 – We, the International Kachin Community, welcome the August 27 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Burma [Myanmar] and support its recommendations. The Fact-Finding Mission found [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | September 3, 2018 Internally displaced persons (IDPs) that were taking refuge in AG Church in Kanhla Ward in Namti, Kachin State have relocated to Myitkyina last week due to frequent flooding in [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | September 1, 2018 Karen State, Burma The Burma Army 44th Division, Battalion 2, under the command of Ko Ko Win, launched attacks against the Karen of Papun District, Karen State on 30 and 31 August [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 MON STATE — The Union Election Commission (UEC) has requested that the Arakan National Party (ANP) use the term “ethnic Rakhine” instead of “Rakhine nationality” in their statement to [...]
By Chit Min Tun / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 YANGON — Ethnic signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement will review the current political landscape and the peace process, said vice-chairman of the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) [...]
Karen Environmental Social Action Network (KESAN) / IPMSDL | August 21, 2018 This article is a case study conducted and written by KESAN (Karen Environmental Social Action Network) contributed for #IDWIP2018. Burma is one of the most ethnically diverse countries [...]
Karen Communities Worldwide | August 30, 2018 Karen communities worldwide welcomes Report of the Independent International Fact- Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM), which calls for the referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court for genocide, crimes against humanity [...]
By Nan Wai Phyo Zar / Karen Information Center (KIC) / BNI Online | August 31, 2018 Over 200 local residents fled to Myaing Gyi Ngu Camp on August 29 after clashes resumed between the Karen National Liberation Army [...]