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May 21, 2014
| S.H.A.N
On 5 May, Sai Ai Keng, chairman of village level Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) from Pengtao tract, Kengtung, township was detained...
May 20, 2014
| Mizzima
Aid organisations are seriously concerned about a deteriorating humanitarian situation in southern Kachin and northern Shan states and have warned it...
May 20, 2014
| Mizzima
The potential impact of the decision by the United States to extend some sanctions against Myanmar has been dismissed by presidential spokesperson U...
May 20, 2014
| Mizzima
The position held by the Tatmadaw under the 2008 Constitution was tantamount to violating Buddhist principles, the leader of the opposition National...
May 20, 2014
| S.H.A.N
According to a paper released by the Legal Aid Network (LAN) on May 16th, the Wa are the only non-Burman ethnic group that has enjoyed the right of...
May 19, 2014
| Kaladan Press
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) has appointed Tan Sri Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar, a former Foreign Minister of Malaysia, as the...
May 19, 2014
| KIC
More human rights NGO’s are speaking out against land confiscation in Burma by companies, the army, and other individuals and entities connected to...
May 19, 2014
| KNG
The UN office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Friday that “an increase in insecurity and the displacement of thousands...
May 19, 2014
| KIC
A number of regional human rights organisations have hit out at land confiscation in Burma by companies and individuals with links to the government.
May 19, 2014
| KNG
With little more than two weeks before the start of the new academic year schools in internally displaced person (IDP) camps near the Burma-China...
May 19, 2014
| KIC
A report released yesterday by the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) said the preliminary ceasefire between Burma’s government and the Karen National...
May 19, 2014
| KIC
Karen National Union (KNU) delegates led by Vice-Chairperson Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein met with Aung San Suu Kyi (Daw Suu) to discuss the peace process...
May 19, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali, urged the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Chief in...
May 19, 2014
| KNG
A UN report entitled “Children and Armed Conflict” that will be officially released later this month concludes that Burma's military is still using...
May 17, 2014
| KIC
A Karen National Union (KNU) delegation led by its Vice Chairperson Padoh Naw Zipporah Sein made a historic political tour to Karen communities in...