By Edith Mirante / The Irrawaddy | August 2, 2017 The Tatmadaw—Myanmar’s armed forces—should withdraw its bases from ethnic regions where its presence continues to be linked to human rights violations and resource grabbing. Troop withdrawal is not to [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | August 2, 2017 Karen activists and aid workers are trying to drum up last-minute support for a shelter of internally displaced persons, before it runs out of funding [...]
Karen National Union Concerned Group (KNU CG) | July 31, 2017 1. The consultation meeting on providing assistance to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and refugees organized by Mutraw District Executive Committee held on July 25, 2017 was attended [...]
By Karen News | July 28, 2017 Karen refugee youth took part in a politics, peace and management bootcamp this week. Over 70 people attended the three-day training, which was held at the Mae La refugee camp on the [...]
By Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy | July 20, 2017 LOIKAW, KAYAH STATE – Ethnic language teachers prefer curriculums based on their own languages to textbooks translated from Burmese, educators in Loikaw, Kayah State told The Irrawaddy. The former quasi-civilian [...]
By Naw Noreen / Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) | July 18, 2017 Karen civil society organisations met with UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee on Sunday in Karen State where they highlighted human rights issues and other matters relating to the [...]
The Irrawaddy | July 12, 2017 Myanmar has around 1.1 million refugees and internally displaced persons, and a lack of clear policies for their future reinstatement in society carries risks of fresh conflicts, according to a policy briefing by [...]
By S'Phan Shaung / Karen News | July 12, 2017 Over 1,000 signatures have so far been collected on a petition against building a coal-fired power plant in Karen State, according to local activists. Saw Aung Than Htwe from [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | July 07, 2017 On Karen armed forced day this week, one ethnic armed group leader sounded a cautionary note, instructing soldiers to recall that a ceasefire is not the [...]
Karen Information Center (KIC) / Burma News International (BNI) | July 06, 2017 More than 60,000 Myanmar workers have returned from Thailand over the past two weeks amid an exodus sparked by new labor regulations. Over half of the [...]