On This World Refugee Day, Voices of Refugees Must Be Heard and Respected
Progressive Voice | June 20, 2018 As the global public observes World Refugee Day, it is more important than ever to honor the strength and courage of refugees throughout the world, including refugees from Myanmar[1], [...]
Karen Global Action in Ottawa: A Rally for Peace in Burma/Myanmar
Karen Community of Canada (KCC) | June 18, 2018 On this day, hundreds of Karen from across Canada are gathered on Parliament Hill to stand up for human rights in their home country of Burma [...]
Statement Supporting Karen Global Action for Peace in Burma/Myanmar
Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) | June 18, 2018 The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) fully supports Rallies for Peace in Burma organized by Karen communities in Canada, the United States, Australia, and around the [...]
Joint Statement – Burma: ASEAN Must Take Immediate Action to Address the Worsening Conflict and Humanitarian Situation in Burma’s Kachin State
By 25 Civil Society Organisations | June 13, 2018 We, the undersigned solidarity and democracy activists and civil society organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region express our grave concern over the [...]
Enough Is Enough! World Must Act to End Burma Army’s Devastating War on Kachin
Kachin Affairs Global Action Network | June 9, 2018 Seven years ago today, civil war resumed in the Kachin region. Between June 9, 2011 and April 30, 2018, over 3,800 battles were fought between the [...]
Burma Dismiss The Charges Against Kachin Peace Protesters
Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) | June 4, 21018 The Burma Human Rights Network is calling on authorities to dismiss charges against three Kachin protesters accused of defamation following mass protests between April 30th and [...]
EU Must Reveal Which Members Are Training The Burmese Military
Burma Campaign UK | May 31, 2018 Burma Campaign UK is today calling on the EU to reveal which EU members are providing training to the Burmese military, and publish details of that training. When [...]
Humanitarian Situation Update in Kachin State – 14th to 28th May 2018
Joint Strategy Team (JST) | May 29, 2018 Since series of armed clashes have been intensified again between Government Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Kachin Independence Organization/Army (KIO/KIA) from the beginning of April 2018, over 7,000 [...]
Statement on Informal Meeting Between Delegation Led by KNU President Gen. Saw Mutu Say Poe and Tatmadaw Delegation Led by Chief of Defense Services Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing
Karen National Union (KNU) | May 17, 2018 On May 17, 2018, an informal meeting was held at the Yangon Region Military Command between the 9-men delegation led by KNU President Gen. Saw Mutu Say [...]
Myanmar: Drop Defamation Cases Against Kachin Anti-War Protest Organizers
Fortify Rights and Kachin Women's Association of Thailand (KWAT) | May 21, 2018 (YANGON, May 21, 2018)-The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges against three ethnic-Kachin human rights defenders, said [...]
Speech of NNC President, Ms. Adinno Phizo on 67th Anniversary of Naga Plebiscite
By Adinno Phizo / Naga National Council (NNC) | May 17, 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen, Today is the Naga Day of the 67th Anniversary of Naga Voluntary Plebiscite which took place with great enthusiasm by [...]
Statement: Calling for the Government and Military to End the Violent Crackdown Against Peaceful Demonstrators and Stop the War in Kachin State
Karen peace Support Network (KPSN) | May 17, 2018 1. KPSN stands with the STOP WAR and Peace Movement in calling for the government and military to end military offensives in Kachin and Northern Shan [...]