Press Release: Fighting Breaks Out In Northern Rakhine State Following Increased Tensions
By Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | August 25, 2017 London, United Kingdom – At around 1:20AM civilians in Maungdaw reported to a loud explosion to BHRN which was followed by gunfire to the north [...]
Latest Burma Army War Crimes in Kachin State Highlight Urgent Need to End Military-to-Military Ties with Burma
Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | August 21, 2017 On August 11, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops entered Kasung village, in Mogaung township of Kachin State, shooting indiscriminately at civilians. One villager was killed, [...]
UNFC Briefing Paper: The Status of the Delegation for Political Negotiation Talks with the Peace Commission and the Way Forward
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | August 20, 2017 The UNFC’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) and the government’s Peace Commission (PC) held their sixth round of talks at the National Reconciliation and Peace Center [...]
ND-Burma Update Finds Continued Impunity for Human Rights Violations
ND-Burma | August 15, 2017 ND-Burma’s update (English Burmese) has found that grave human rights violations such as killings and torture are ongoing in conflict areas. Sadly, impunity for abuses continues to be the norm: [...]
70th Anniversary of Nagaland Independence Day: 14th August 2017
Adino Phizo / Naga National Council (NNC) | August 15, 2017 Dear Naga People, Seventy years ago, the Nagas asserted their inherent right of independence on the 14th August, 1947, at that time of change [...]
The Sixth DPN-PC Meeting: Progress Made But Agreement Elusive
Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC) | August 14 2017 ENAC News Brief No. 231 The Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and the Peace Commission (PC) of the Government [...]
Press Release By Kachin Civil Society Organisations
Kachin Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) | August 10, 2017 Appeal for the immediate release of Kachin farmer Nlam Bawk Naw, arbitrarily arrested on the Ledo Road by the Burma Army on June 20, 2017 Kachin [...]
KHRG: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2017
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 9, 2017 This year marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), codifying the individual and collective [...]
Statement of Central Committee 6 – Monthly Meeting Position Statement No. (7/2017)
By Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) | August 7, 2017 1. The Palaung State Liberation Front’s (PSLF/TNLA) Central Committee (CC) 6- monthly meeting was held for four days, from July 27 to 30. The CC meeting [...]
Position Statement on Current Political Development and Assistance to Refugees
Karen National Union Concerned Group (KNU CG) | July 31, 2017 1. The consultation meeting on providing assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugees organized by Mutraw District Executive Committee held on July [...]
Urging Local Populations to Maintain Restraint for Avoiding Provocations by Myanmar Tatmadaw | Statement Number (6/2017)
Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA) | July 23, 2017 We, the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA), earnestly urge the local populations to be expressly cautious in their living and daily life’s activities in order to [...]
Joint Statement: Myanmar Authorities Must Immediately Release and Drop Charges Against Three Detained Journalists
Joint statement by 68 civil society organisations | July 14, 2017 We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the arrest, detention and prosecution of six people, including three journalists, under the 1908 Unlawful Associations Act in [...]