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January 22, 2015
| KNG
Extremely graphic photos of the bloodied and naked bodies of two Kachin volunteer teachers, who were allegedly raped and murdered by the army in...
January 22, 2015
| KNG
Burma army forces blocked a delegation of church leaders and prominent businessmen from visiting villagers trapped by the fighting in Kachin State's...
January 22, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Following a study of Want Wam Village-Tract in Kyethe Township, Southern Shan State the Tai Youth Network (TYN) issued a statement saying that the...
January 21, 2015
| S.H.A.N
Mining companies wanting to build a coal mine in Mongkung Township, Southern Shan State will abide by the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan...
January 21, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Following villagers’ complaints U Khin Maung Oo, the Prime Minister of Karenni State is negotiating with the Burma Army about them using land in Daw-...
January 21, 2015
| S.H.A.N
The number of clashes between the Burma Army and the SSA had dropped to a third of last year’s figure according to the annual report submitted to the...
January 21, 2015
| KIC
The United Nation High Commission for Refugees and the Thai Ministry of Interior are planning a joint exercise to verify refugee populations in the...
January 21, 2015
| KIC
Dr. Cynthia Maung, founder of the Mae Tao Clinic on the Thai-Burma border has been announced as the joint winner of the South Korean POSCO TJ Park...
January 21, 2015
| KIC
The New York based Human Rights Watch called on the Burmese government to amend citizenship law, claiming it “fuels repression” and denies basic...
January 20, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Five farmers who led and were involved in a ploughing protest in So-Hlar-Ku village, Phruso Township, Karenni State in May were prosecuted by the...
January 20, 2015
| Translated by BNI
The National League for Democracy (NLD) and the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA), an alliance of ethnic political parties met to discuss three...
January 20, 2015
| KNG
Troops from the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) armed wing have clashed repeatedly with government forces in both Kachin and northern Shan...
January 19, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Valuable timber and body parts of endangered animals from the forests of Shan State were seized in Muse Town, Northern Shan State on 10 January...
January 19, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Three ethnic Karenni political parties have combined in an alliance to compete the 2015 election according to a statement issued by them on 12...
January 19, 2015
| KNG
Following the recovery of four bodies, two men and two women, from a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin State on 8th January the authorities made a list of...