November 2013
Negotiated surrender in Burma?
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch, November 11, 2013 There is now a high stakes confrontation underway in Burma. One side, the military dictatorship’s side, is pushing for a national ceasefire, followed by some form [...]
Nationwide Ceasefire Except Tatmadaw Has the Right to Attack (Ceasefire Without Political Dialogue is Zero)
Kanbawza Win / Kachinland News, November 5, 2013 In Burma, we will soon witness the inking of a nationwide ceasefire by all the armed ethnic armies with much pomp and ceremony in Naypyidaw attended by [...]
October 2013
Only One Side of the Story of Reform in Burma
Khin Ohmar / The Irrawaddy, October 17, 2013 The statement by Burma’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wunna Maung Lwin, on 13 September at the 24th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, on the [...]
Listen To Us – Stop Ignoring Our Concerns
Zoya Phan / Karen News, October 12, 2013 A number of international governments, organisations and individuals try to squeeze the current situation of the Karen people into a narrow, restrictive and simplistic narrative that is [...]
September 2013
Time to End Sexual Violence In Burma
Zoya Phan / Democratic Voice of Burma, September 17, 2013 For too many people in Burma, the sound of gunfire and mortar bombs is a familiar one. For decades the Burmese army has relentlessly attacked [...]
The Future Must be Federalism in Burma
Burma Partnership, September 16, 2013 Preliminary peace talks between the alliance of ethnic non-state armed groups, the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the Burma government in Chiang Mai, Thailand, over the weekend of 8-9 [...]
Burma’s Draft Association Law: A Smokescreen for Further Repression?
Khin Ohmar / Democratic Voice of Burma, September 6, 2013 One of the main hopes for Burma’s recent political reforms has been for a vibrant, open and flourishing civil society – a vital component of [...]
Dr. Cynthia Maung: How Foreign Donors Can Help Bring Peace to Burma
Eliza Villarino / Devex, August 29, 2013 Encouraged by Myanmar’s reform efforts, international donors have begun to shower the Asian country with aid. But not everyone appears to be benefiting from the growing interest of [...]
August 2013
Whose Guns Are Silent?
Burma Partnership, August 19, 2013 As President Thein Sein once again claimed success in the peace process, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, was denied [...]
A New Burma Democracy Movement
The failure of the pro-democracy movement Roland Watson / Dictator Watch, August 3, 2013 View as PDF I’ll begin with an obituary. The Burma pro-democracy movement is dead. Of course, some people might disagree. Instead, [...]