October 2016
Karen National Union Update
By Ronald Watson/ Dictator Watch | October 28, 2016 The annual meeting of the KNU Central Committee begins on October 31st, and lasts a week. Since this is also the year for the organization's Congress, [...]
Finalizing Incomprehensible Framework For Political Dialogue: Is UNFC to be blamed?
By Sai Wansai/ Shan Herald Agency for New (SHAN) | October 25, 2016 As the war in Kachin and Shan States has been going on and off for a few years, with a newly exploded [...]
Ongoing Militarisation in Southeast Myanmar
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | October 20, 2016 This detailed commentary examines ongoing militarisation in southeast Myanmar from 2014 to 2016. It includes villager's perspectives on military presence in and near villages; ongoing rotation [...]
Burma Army Provokes Fighting with Shan NCA Signatory, Shells Civilian Areas
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | October 12, 2016 Burma Army provokes fighting with Shan NCA signatory, shells civilian areas, displacing 2,000 in Mong Kung SHRF condemns the Burma Army’s provocation of fighting with the Restoration [...]
Update Report: Gidon Post Bombarded by Burma Airforce
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | October 7, 2016 Gidon Post, Kachin State, Northern Burma FBR raw footage: Burma airforce jets bombard Gidon post (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7EzlJql0Ss) The Burma Army attack against Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Gidon Post [...]
September 2016
“Prison Conditions in Burma and the Potential for Prison Reform” Report by AAPP
Report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) | September 26, 2016 Executive Summary As Burma emerges from decades of authoritarian rule and international isolation, the issue of human rights and human rights abuses [...]
War of Escalation in Kachin State: Why Are the Guns Not Silent?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 28, 2016 Actually, the Union Peace Conference (UPC) or 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is supposed to bring all warring parties into an atmosphere of [...]
The Burma Deal
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | September 26, 2016 At the end of 2011, Aung San Suu Kyi dropped her boycott of Burma’s elections. She ordered the National League for Democracy to re-register as a political [...]
How Would the DKBA-BGF Conflict Undermine Short-Term Karen Unity but Help the KNU Long-Term Unity Goal
By Saw Thoo Lei & Eh K'Lu / The Karen Times | September 12, 2016 DKBA Troops Preparing for Assaults on Burma Army and BGF On September 1, leaders of the Democratic Karen Buddhist [...]
Aftermath of 21st Century Panglong: Positive Symbolism Throws the Door of Earnest Negotiations Wide Open
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | September 4, 2016 The Union Peace Conference – 21st Century Panglong (UPC-21CP), held from 31 August to 3 September, was supposed to be Aung San Suu Kyi’s [...]