Shan State Refugee Committee (SSRC) | October 31, 2017 Media release from the Shan State Refugee Committee (Thai Border) on U Zaw Htay’s offer of aid to displaced Shan U Zaw Htay, Director General of the State Counsellor’s Office, [...]
Women's League of Burma (WLB) | October 31, 2017 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is very concerned at the current deteriorating political situation in Burma, which is threatening progress towards sustainable peace and the federal democratic union demanded [...]
Karen Community of Canada | October 29, 2017 As the Karen Community of Canada (KCC), an organization representing ethnic Karen refugees from Burma/Myanmar, we have watched with horror as over 600,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Burmese military atrocities over [...]
By Annabelle Heugas / Mizzima | October 31, 2017 It is commonly reported that the ‘international community’ is outraged by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Indeed, Myanmar’s handling of the situation since its escalation in August 2017 [...]
Written by Zeyar Maw/Mizzima News | October 30,2017 The Myanmar Government and the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) based in northern Myanmar had meetings for five months but two-party talks have yet to materialize. With intervention and mediation by the [...]
By Mark Farmaner/Karen News | October 29, 2017 This month another forgotten anniversary is passing by without official acknowledgement. The 8th of August 1988 is remembered for the nationwide protests and crackdown which followed. Troops opened fire on civilians, [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint & Nyein Nyein/The Irrawaddy | October 27, 2017 YANGON – The Myanmar government will provide food supplies for internally displaced persons (IDPs) if requested, said U Zaw Htay, director-general of the State Counselor Office. Leaders [...]
Saw Khar Su Nyar/Karen News | October 28, 2017 Amid increasing quarrying projects that threaten to destroy the natural environment, residents have banded together to form a conservation network protecting mountains in Karen and Mon states. The Natural Mountain [...]
By Hein Ko Soe / Frontier Myanmar | October 27, 2017 YANGON - Ethnic minority researchers have called on the government to halt and review planned natural resource extraction projects in minority areas to avoid further conflicts with communities. [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 24, 2017 YANGON — Since Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked police outposts in northern Rakhine State on Aug. 25, security personnel and hundreds of militants have been killed, but undoubtedly civilians have been [...]