‘We Can’t Wait to Get Peace Because People Are Dying… We Have to Work on the Ground to Seek Justice and Equality’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 2
Burma Link | January 30, 2019 After more than seven months’ delay, the third session of the 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), taking place in July 2018, excluded discussions on contentious issues such as non-secession, [...]
‘When You Talk About Peace, You Have to Talk to Your Enemies, You Have to Talk with Them Even More Than Your Friends’: Khun Oo, General Secretary of the PYO — PART 1
Burma Link | January 23, 2019 Despite the years-long peace process and the October 2015 signing of the ‘Nationwide’ Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), Burma’s civil society organizations continue to be significantly underrepresented in peace negotiations and [...]
‘We Need More [International Support] in Kachin State’: Ah Ze, General Secretary of AKYU — PART 2
Burma Link | November 1, 2018 Driven by her love for Kachin people, Ah Ze always believes that she has the responsibility to empower the younger generation through education. Since 2013, she has been a [...]
‘Not Only Do They [Burma Army] Aim Their Weapons Against Civilians, They Also Rape the Women’: Ah Ze, General Secretary of AKYU — PART 1
Burma Link | October 18, 2018 Ah Ze is the General Secretary of the All Kachin Youth Union (AKYU), an organization which she joined in 2013 to empower today’s youth to work towards establishing a [...]
“Development Projects Should Not Go Ahead Unless There Is Political Settlement”: Ting Oo, Executive Director of Arakan Rivers Network
Burma Link | August 16, 2018 In the spirit of August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Burma Link presents you with this feature interview with Ting Oo, Executive Director of Arakan [...]
Gen Yawd Serk: ‘the Peace Process Has Stalled Because of the Tatmadaw’
Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N) | July 26, 2018 SHAN speaks to the RCSS/SSA leader about his decision not to attend the third session of the Union Peace Conference this month. At the third [...]
“The ethnic people need to stand in unity. Especially, the EAOs need to stand firmly on the aim and expectation.” — Interview with KNU’s Former Vice-Chair Naw Zipporah Sein
By Banyar Aung / Mon News Agency / BNI Online | July 31, 2018 Banyar Aung, the editor of the Mon News Agency, interviewed Naw Zipporah Sein, spokesperson of the KNU Concerned Group and former [...]
‘The Burma Army Killed Him [Saw O Moo] – At Least the Government or the Army Should Commit to Not Do This Again’: Paul Sein Twa, Executive Director of KESAN
Burma Link | May 28, 2018 Paul Sein Twa is the Executive Director of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community based non-profit organisation that works to improve livelihood security and to [...]