The KIO Dilemma
By Joe Kumbun / Mizzima | July 3, 2017 The civil war which continues to rage in Kachin State has been going on for six years. The conflict started on 9 June2011, and since then a ceasefire has not [...]
Unwavering Support for Myanmar’s Refugees and IDPs Still Needed
Progressive Voice | June 29, 2017 This year’s World Refugee Day – 20 June 2017 – brought into focus the pressing and at times tragic issues facing refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Myanmar[1]. With the peace process [...]
600 Villagers Hold Forest Blessing Ceremony to Oppose Coal Mining in Nam Ma
By Shan State Farmers' Network (Nam La) / Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | June 29, 2017 On June 23, 2017, about 600 people from over 30 villages gathered in Nam Ma village tract, Hsipaw township, northern Shan State, [...]
Irrawaddy, DVB Journalists’ Hearing Set for 11 July
Libby Hogan / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 28, 2017 A hearing for three journalists accused of consorting with a rebel Palaung group has been set for 11 July. The Irrawaddy’s Lawi Weng and DVB’s Aye Nai and Pyae [...]
Defending Lawi Weng
By Aung Zaw / The Irrawaddy | June 28, 2017 At The Irrawaddy’s office, it is not uncommon for Lawi Weng to bring local snacks or homemade liquor to generously share among colleagues after returning from reporting trips to [...]
Burmese Troops Overrun TNLA Base in Namhsan
By Paing Soe / DVB | June 28, 2017 Two local Palaung villagers were killed and hundreds have fled their homes in recent days as shells rained down during an assault by Burmese government forces on a nearby base [...]
Panglong Spirit and the Right to Secession
By Sithu Aung Myint / Frontier Myanmar | June 25, 2017 The contentious issue of non-secession need not be an obstacle to a final agreement to emerge from the Union peace conferences. ONE OF the most debated topics at [...]
Palaung Villagers Flee as Burmese Army Detains 300
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | June 26, 2017 Burmese government forces stand accused of detaining more than 300 ethnic Palaung villagers in northern Shan State, and compelling hundreds more to flee their homes. Thaw [...]
Ethnic Armed Organizations Prepare to Mobilize Their Bargaining Positions
By Sai Wansai / Kachinland News | June 21, 2017 As the debate over the success or failure of the third Union Peace Conference (UPC), which is now renamed Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC–21CP), in relation [...]
‘Refugee Youth Need to be Included in Advocacy’: Julia Mayerhofer, Secretary General of APRRN
Burma Link | June 23, 2017 Julia Mayerhofer joined the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) in 2011 and is currently the Secretary General. Julia’s passion and interest to work with refugees goes back ten years when she was [...]