Naypyidaw Must Immediately Stop Its Attacks in Central Shan State and Let Communities Return Home
Statement by Shan Community Based Organisations | November 6, 2015 Shan Community Based Organisations (CBOs) strongly denounce the current military offensive by Naypyidaw in central Shan State, which has caused civilian injury and displaced over [...]
Naypyidaw’s Escalated Offensive in Central Shan State Displaces over 6,000
Update by the Shan Human Rights Foundation | November 3, 2015 The SHRF strongly condemns the escalated attacks in the past week by the Burma Army against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) [...]
Myanmar Military Cronies and Thai Companies Must Immediately Suspend Illegal and Destructive Coal Mining at Ban Chaung, Dawei District
Press release | October 30, 2015 Despite plans by the Myanmar Ministry of Mines to investigate a controversial coal mining project in the remote Ban Chaung area of Dawei District, mining operations have resumed last [...]
Women’s League of Burma: Statement on the Death of Rape Victim Htay Htay San
Women's League of Burma (WLB) | October 25, 2015 Htay Htay San, aged eight, youngest daughter of Aung Hla Sein and Khin Htwe Yee (deceased), was raped at her house in Danyawaddy (A) Quarter of [...]
If Naypyidaw Wants Peace, It Must Stop Its Military Advances into Shan Ceasefire Territories
Statement by Shan Community Based Organisations | October 15, 2015 Shan Community Based Organisations (CBOs) are gravely concerned at the current offensive by Naypyidaw troops against Shan ceasefire territories in four townships of central Shan [...]
KNLA Position with Regard to Ceasefire
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), General Headquarters, Kawthoolei | October 14, 2015 The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) is a Karen national revolutionary resistance army formed by the Karen National Union (KNU) for the liberation [...]
A Non-Inclusive Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement Will Not Bring Peace: Statement by the Women’s League of Burma
Statement by the Women’s League of Burma | October 13, 2015 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is gravely concerned that the government’s planned signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on October 15 with [...]
Statement on New Mon State Party’s Stand on the All-Inclusive Policy
Statement by 22 Mon organisations | October 12, 2015 We, Mon communities in overseas, strongly support the New Mon State Party (NMSP) on its all-inclusive policy in signing the Nationwide Cease-fire Agreement (NCA). On September [...]
KNDO Statement on NCA
Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO), General Headquarters Kawthoolei | October 12, 2015 The Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) has closely followed the development regarding the peace process of Burma/Myanmar, starting with the call for nationwide [...]
UNFC Statement on Tatmadaw Current Offensives in Ethnic Areas
Statement by the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) | October 10, 2015 U Thein government is making preparations for holding a grand ceremony of signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with 8 organizations, in Naypyidaw [...]
Institutional and Structural Governance Reforms Must Go Hand-in-hand With the 2015 Elections to Achieve Ethnic Equality
Press release by Burma Partnership | October 9, 2015 [Rangoon – 9 October 2015] As Burma prepares for the much anticipated 2015 elections, what must not be forgotten is the much needed fundamental, structural and [...]
Kawthoolei Armed Forces Disagrees about the NCA Signing
Statement by Kawthoolei Armed Forces (KAF) | October 8, 2015 KAF disagrees with the 3 Karen groups, KNU, DKBA, and KNU/KNLA PC as representing ALL Karen when signing the NCA with the Burmese with their [...]