December 2016
Leon De Riedmatten: ‘You Cannot Talk About Nationwide Ceasefire If You Don’t Include Everyone’
By Aung Zaw / The Irrawaddy | December 15, 2016. Leon de Riedmatten is no stranger to Burma. In 1999, in the heyday of the former military regime, he was head of the International Committee [...]
Burma Army Tortures Three Farmers, and Shoots One Farmer in Mong Yen, Northern Shan State
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | December 6, 2016 Three villagers tortured for speaking loudly On November 13, 2016, three villagers, including a 16-year-old boy, were badly beaten by Burma Army troops of LIB [...]
Multiple Fronts! – Fighting Is Everywhere in Northern Burma
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 30, 2016 Fighting from 22nd – 24th of November Clashes (Incidents of fighting) – 40 Burma Army Jet (Attack) – 9 Burma Army Helo (Attack) – 10 Burma Army Jet (Recon) [...]
November 2016
Why Must We Lobby Suu Kyi to Respect Human Rights?
By Mark Farmaner / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 28, 2016 In 2006 I received a phone call from a senior Burmese democracy activist in exile. In five years at Burma Campaign UK [...]
DVB Debate: How to End Hate Speech?
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | November 25, 2016 Burma’s enthusiastic embrace of social media has given an unprecedented platform to extremist groups, allowing them to spread misinformation and even incite violence within fractured racial and [...]
2016 Crackdown on the Rohingya
A Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | November 21, 2016 On 9th October border guard police posts on the Burma Bangladesh border were attacked by armed men, and police officers were killed. In [...]
Is There A Hidden Hand In the Postponement of the KNU Congress?
Karen Times | November 10, 2016 At its Central Executive Committee meeting on November 10, leaders and representatives of the Karen National Union decided to postpone its upcoming congress, slated to be held some time [...]
Briefing Paper: Challenges to Repatriation
Network For Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND Burma) | November 9, 2016 The Burma Army has targeted and attacked ethnic groups for nearly 20 years, thus leading them to flee their country and seek refuge in [...]
Burma Army Attacks Kachin at Gidon Mountain – Photos and Video
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | November 5, 2016 Since August 16, 2016 the Burma Army has been attacking the Kachin as they try to hold Gidon Mountain. Gidon Mountain is important to the Kachin because [...]
National-Level Political Dialogue: The eighth UPDJC meeting a step forward?
By Sai Wansai/ Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 2, 2016. The much awaited Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting from 28 to 29 October in Naypyitaw was hailed as a step [...]