Killing, Disappearance, Land-mine Death During Burma Army Offensive in Central Shan State
Situation update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | December 28, 2015 This update documents further incidents of abuse against civilians committed by Burmese government troops during their offensive in central Shan State since [...]
UNFC Annual Federal Council Meeting Statement
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | December 12, 2015 The UNFC annual federal council meeting was successfully held from December 7 to 10, 2015. The departments submitted their annual activity reports, which [...]
PSLF/TNLA Condemns RCSS/SSA’s Act of Military Aggression Conjointly with Tatmadaw
Statement by the PSLF / TNLA | December 10, 2015 We, the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA), strongly condemn the RCSS/SSA’s act of military aggression, with the help of Myanmar Tatmadaw, by entering into Ta’ang [...]
Hundreds Attend Ceremony to Honor Farmer Killed by Burmese Government Troops at Gold Mine in Eastern Shan State
Press release by the Shan State Farmers’ Network | December 8, 2015 Over 300 farmers from different areas of Shan State attended a ceremony yesterday to honor Loong Sarm, a farmer who was shot and [...]
Stop Killing Rohingyas in Arakan
Joint Press Release by Rohingya organisations | December 9, 2015 We the undersigned Rohingya organizations strongly condemn the killing of a 25 year old Rohingya youth namely Maung Maung on 7 December by Border Guard [...]
Burma 2015: Ballot Denied – Disenfranchised Voters in Kyar Inn Seik Gyi Township, Karen State
Media release by the Mon Human Rights Foundation (HURFOM) | December 1, 2015 Today the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) releases ‘Burma 2015: Ballot Denied’, a report focussing on November’s national elections in Burma. [...]
International Community Must Break Its Silence on Naypyidaw’s War Crimes in Central Shan State
Press release by Shan Community Based Organisations | November 26, 2015 Shan community organizations are today holding a press conference in Bangkok to urge the international community to break its silence on the war crimes [...]
Sexual Violence by Burmese Government Troops Continues Despite Ceasefires in Shan State: SHRF
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women | November 25, 2015 The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has documented eight cases of sexual [...]
“Stop All Forms of Violence to End Violence Against Women”: Women’s League of Burma
Statement on Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the Women's League of Burma (WLB) | November 25, 2015 By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, at the 83rdsession [...]
Burma Army Shelling and Aerial Bombing of 6,000 Civilians in Mong Nawng Town Are War Crimes
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | November 20, 2015 The Shan Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the Burma Army shelling and aerial bombing of Mong Nawng town in central Shan State between November [...]
Joint Statement of AA, MNDAA and PSLF/TNLA Regarding the Building of Stability and Peace by NLD After Establishing Government
Statement by the AA, MNDAA, and the PSLF/TNLA | November 18, 2015 We, the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) honor and welcome [...]
UNFC Statement on 2015 General Election Result
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | November 12, 2015 We would like to mention that we have to put on record and express our special thanks to the government led by President [...]