News
January 13, 2015
| Translated by BNI
The Voice of Arakan newspaper was warned by the authorities that it must change the word Arakan in its English title to Rakhine when it went to...
January 9, 2015
| Narinjara
Narinjara has learnt that members of Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) met with ex-political prisoners and their families in...
January 9, 2015
| Translated by BNI
S.H.A.N. has learnt that ethnic Wa hill tribe people living in mountainous areas east of the Thanlwin River in Northern Shan State controlled by the...
January 8, 2015
| Translated by BNI
About 300 villagers have been protesting after the army commandeered farmland for artillery target practice at Daw-Ta-Ma Gyi Village-Tract, in...
January 8, 2015
| Kaladan Press
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members arrested two Burmese citizens and seized 70,000 Yaba tablets, worth Taka 21 million from...
January 7, 2015
| KIC
Burmese authorities have arrested a Kachin man, Brang Shawn, after he alleged his daughter was shot and killed by the Burma Army, leading to...
January 7, 2015
| KIC
The Dawei Special Economic Zone is threatening local peoples’ way of life, according to a report by the Tavoyan Women’s Union.
January 7, 2015
| KNG
The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) held a New Year's prayer service at the group's Laiza headquarters on 3rd January. The usual Christmas and...
January 7, 2015
| KNG
A massive fire destroyed over 100 houses and supplies of food aid at the Shing Chyai Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in eastern Kachin...
January 7, 2015
| IMNA
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has announced that it will back locals in objecting the proposed coal-fired power plant in Aunden Village, Ye Township...
January 6, 2015
| Kaladan Press
The Bangladeshi authorities are considering building a barbed wire fence along the border with Burma to prevent Yaba smuggling and Rohingyas from...
January 6, 2015
| Translated by BNI
S.H.A.N has learnt from local sources that at least 500 head of cattle are illegally sold to China every day at Mant-Wane Village, in Mansi Township...
January 6, 2015
| Narinjara
The Arakan Police has drawn up a list of over 100 individuals whom they suspect took part in communal violence and arson that erupted in Kyouk Taw...
January 6, 2015
| Translated by BNI
Chin State residents are calling for a law to protect rhododendron trees, the state plant and flower, from being chopped down or set on fire.
January 6, 2015
| Translated by BNI
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) announced that there are still landmines in six townships in Mon State at a press conference held...