October 2018
Waingmaw Townships Has More IDPs Than Gov’t’s List
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | October 12, 2018 There are more internally displaced persons (IDPs) on ground in the list of the IDP camps in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State than the IDPs' list [...]
‘Deadlock-Breaking’ Peace Talks Switched from Mount Popa to Nay Pyi Taw
By Ye Mon / Frontier Myanmar | October 11, 2018 YANGON — The location of peace talks between military and civilian leaders and the leaders of ethnic armed groups party to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, aimed [...]
Three Arakanese Youth Activists Held in Rakhine
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 11, 2018 YANGON – Three Arakanese, one from the Arakan National Party (ANP) and two township representatives of the Arakan Youth Conference (AYC), have been arrested by [...]
TNLA Agrees to Release Nan Mo Hom
By Zeyar Maw / Mizzima | October 11, 2018 Nam Kham city Shan Youth Network liaison in-charge Sai Than Shwe has confirmed to Mizzima that Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) agreed to [...]
Armed Groups Meet to Decide Peace Summit Attendance
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | October 10, 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Leaders of the ethnic armed groups signed up to Myanmar’s Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) are meeting in Thailand to decide whether [...]
The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Must Be Reinvigorated for Better Human Rights Promotion and Protection
12 civil society organizations | October 9, 2018 [Yangon – 9 October, 2018] The mandate laid out in the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Law and the mindset of the current commissioners hinders the effective [...]
TNLA Gives Shan Woman 3-Year Jail Term
By Zarni Mann / The Irrawaddy | October 9, 2018 MANDALAY — The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) says it has sentenced an ethnic Shan woman to three years in jail for informing on the [...]
Wa Army Wants Non-Signatories to Myanmar Peace Accord Invited to Meeting with State Counselor
Wai Mar Tun / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | October 9, 2018 Myanmar’s largest non-state army has called for ethnic armed organizations that have not signed the government’s nationwide cease-fire accord to be included in [...]
Karen Armed Group Wants Summit with State Counselor, Military Chief Delayed
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 Mon State — The Karen National Union (KNU) says it wants a summit with the state counselor and military chief tentatively set for Oct. 15 [...]
Scores of Arakan Protesters Rally Outside Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | October 8, 2018 YANGON—About 70 Arakanese staged a protest in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Tokyo on Monday afternoon to demand the release of two prominent Arakan [...]