Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | August 13, 2018 MON STATE — The Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) said two Kachin men shot dead by government soldiers in January were Kachin Independence Army personnel killed in battle, contradicting claims by [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | August 8, 2018 The second informal meeting between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) has been fruitless again, according to reports received by the K.N.G The two delegations met in [...]
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM‐ASIA) / Progressive Voice / Equality Myanmar | August 3, 2018 (Bangkok, 3 August 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM‐ASIA), together with Equality Myanmar and Progressive [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | August 4, 2018 Kachin State and Northern Shan State 16-31 July Clash Summary by Township Hpakant – 3 clashes, 3 attacks (1 artillery, 2 remote mine) Danai – 4 attacks (3 artillery, 1 small [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | August 2, 2018 The Border Guard Force (BGF) beat up two youth pastors with the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) in Sadon area, Kachin State on Monday (July 31) after the pastors tried [...]
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 24, 2018 In the midst of an ongoing civil war in northern Burma, some are on a different “front lines,” of sorts — facing legal consequences for protesting the conflict, or otherwise [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | July 30, 2018 Kachin State and Northern Shan State July 1-16 Total Military Actions Total: 18 clashes – 9 troop-on-troop and 9 one-sided attacks Danai – 4 clashes, 2 attacks Hpakant – 3 clashes, [...]
Karen Communities Worldwide | July 30, 2018 Karen communities worldwide join the call from Kachin and other ethnic people of Burma for the United Nations Security Council to refer Burma to the International Criminal Court. As long as members [...]
Free Burma Rangers (FBR) | July 26, 2018 Kachin State and Northern Shan State, Burma TNLA Medics Brutalized and Killed According to a Kachin Independence Army (KIA) report, the Burma Army captured, tortured, raped, and killed six Ta’ang National Liberation [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | July 25, 2018 Mon State — A 43-year-old woman was killed after stepping on a landmine while picking mushrooms in northern Shan State’s Kutkai Township on Tuesday, setting off an explosion that [...]