By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) | November 8, 2016 The 25 October refugee repatriation, involving some seventy refugees, who left Thailand’s Tham Hin and Nu Po camps to return home voluntarily to Yangon (Rangoon), [...]
Network For Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND Burma) | November 9, 2016 The Burma Army has targeted and attacked ethnic groups for nearly 20 years, thus leading them to flee their country and seek refuge in foreign countries. Among these people, [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 7, 2016 The Karen Youth Organisation (KYO) ran a short course at a ‘Youth Empowered Society Camp’ to train youths on how to effectively participate in the peace process. The six-day course was [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | November 7, 2016 The Karen political community in the Rangoon region has criticised a proposal by some Karen National Union (KNU) leaders to postpone the 16th KNU Congress. The last KNU Congress was held [...]
Mizzima | November 3, 2016 A new report launched today by Human Rights Watch called “‘The Farmer Becomes the Criminal’: Land Confiscation in Burma’s Karen State” documents how government officials, military personnel, local militia members, and businessmen have used [...]
By Ye Mon/ Myanmar Times | November 2, 2016 Myanmar refugees repatriated from Thailand last week say they already have regrets about their return following a disagreement with the government over the cost of their living quarters. Last week [...]
By Karen Information Centre (KIC)/ Burma News International (BNI) | November 1, 2016 People displaced from the Mae Tha Wor area of Karen State by fighting are too scared to return home because they fear being interrogated by the [...]
By Ronald Watson/ Dictator Watch | October 28, 2016 The annual meeting of the KNU Central Committee begins on October 31st, and lasts a week. Since this is also the year for the organization's Congress, held every four years, [...]
The release of this documentary comes just after the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)’s first anniversary (October 15, 2016). It aims to inform a wide audience how the path towards a long lasting peace in Burma continues to be threatened [...]
By Ka Hsaw Wah/ Karen News | October 25, 2016 The Karen State government is now making arrangements for the first return of 96 residents – 19 families – who have been living in refugee camps on the Thai border. [...]