By Win Ko Ko Latt and Thiri Min / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | March 5, 2018 About 500 farmers, workers, and political activists marched in Yangon on Monday to oppose proposed changes to the country’s public assembly law, arguing [...]
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | March 6, 2018 The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Information Chief Col. Naw Bu confirmed to Mizzima that fresh fighting was likely to erupt again as government military columns were arriving in KIA controlled [...]
Hitke Nanda Win / Myanmar Times | March 5, 2018 Social norms that discriminate against women persist among ethnic groups in Kayah State, and women’s groups are calling for an end to these prejudices. One such discrimination is the ritual [...]
Mon News Agency / BNI Online | March 5, 2018 A Karen armed group and the New Mon State Party (NMSP) clashed in the NMSP-controlled area after the Karen armed group detained Mon villagers in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region [...]
Karen News | March 2, 2018 In an effort to unify all Karen political parties, the first three Karen State based parties came together to form the Karen National Democratic Party (KNDP). The Union Election Commission had approved the [...]
By Naw Betty Han / Myanmar Times | February 28, 2018 The decision of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) on whether or not to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), would depend on the outcome of the probe on [...]
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | March 1, 2018 SHRF strongly condemns the unjust sentencing on February 26, 2018, of eight farmers from Ho Pong, southern Shan State, to prison sentences of between four and ten years. The farmers [...]
Mizzima | March 1, 2018 The Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong will be held in late April or early May, according to the 7th Joint Implementation Coordination Meeting (JICM) on the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement held in Nay Pyi Taw [...]
By Nan Hseng Phoo / Shan Herald Agency for News (Shan) / BNI Online | February 28, 2018 The Hopong Township Court has given one to ten years sentences to eight villagers for supporting and associating with the Restoration [...]
Arakan National Council | February 27, 2018 At 06:45 p.m. on February 25th, 2018, local government authorities arbitrarily arrested Mr.Naing Soe, a Central Executive Committee member and head of the Social Department of the Arakan National Council, in his [...]