Kachin National Organisation (KNO) | August 22, 2017 London: The Kachin National Organisation has received a second reply from the International Criminal Court (ICC) case reference OTP-CR-293/16 on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, regarding war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by [...]
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, at least two injured, [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | August 22, 2017 The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) said it has been prevented from delivering sacks of rice to ethnic Lisu people living in a camp [...]
By Sai Aw / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | August 21, 2017 The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has said that it has decided to withdraw from the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) ethnic alliance. [...]
By Tsadoi La / Kachinland News | August 20, 2017 Members of the Hpakant-based Myusha Zinlum Hpung (MZH), one of the several Kachin humanitarian groups assisting Kachin state’s internally displaced peoples(IDPs), were reportedly stopped and harassed for several hours [...]
By Stella Naw / The Irrawaddy | August 18, 2017 Two events indicating the prospect of peace and conflict were simultaneously taking place on Aug. 11, 2017. One was a meeting between the Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN), the [...]
By Tsa Doi La / Kachinland News | August 13, 2017 A surprise attack on civilians at Kasung village, just a few miles west of Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina by Burmese army troops on August 11 forced villagers to [...]
Burma Link | August 11, 2017 The decades-long struggle of Burma’s ethnic nationalities for equal rights, social justice and federal democracy, and the grave human rights abuses occurring predominantly in outlying ethnic areas, continues to receive inadequate international attention. [...]
By Nmang Gam / Kachinland News | August 10, 2017 Warning: Graphic Image Two Kachin civilians, Hpau Kap Naw Let and Labang Naw Bawk of Lam Braw Yang village, have been killed by Burmese army’s 381st Light Infantry Regiment [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | August 9, 2017 CHIANG MAI, Thailand – The government Peace Commission and the ethnic coalition the United Nationalities Federal Council’s Delegation for Political Negotiation (DPN) will meet for their sixth round of formal talks [...]