News
April 30, 2014
| Mizzima
Armed ethnic groups cannot accept conditions set by Defence Services Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing for a national ceasefire...
April 30, 2014
| Mizzima
Delegates at the Arakan National Conference in Kyaukphyu have called for Rakhine State to receive a 50 percent share of all revenues from oil and gas...
April 30, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Burmese military is clearly involved in the drug production and trade in Burma but convincing the international community would be the most...
April 29, 2014
| Mizzima
A failure to end communal tensions in Rakhine State could adversely affect Myanmar’s democratic transformation, Minister of the President’s Office U...
April 29, 2014
| Mizzima
MP and member of the Farmland Investigation Commission is calling for changes in handling land disputes which he says will make the process faster...
April 29, 2014
| IMNA
The United Nationalities Federation Council (UNFC) issued a strongly-worded statement condemning the ongoing government offensives against ceasefire...
April 28, 2014
| S.H.A.N
Burma watchers who are expecting the next round of talks on the 1st week of May are in for some disappointment, as more consultations among the armed...
April 28, 2014
| KIC
Burma Campaign UK, a human rights advocacy organisation, has called for Burma’s President to release the country’s remaining political prisoners and...
April 28, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Rohingyas living in Australia recently met with governmental heads to discuss the human rights situation in Arakan state during an open forum.
April 28, 2014
| Kaladan Press
Over 35 Rohingya from Maungdaw Township were recently assaulted by a group of Rakhine extremists, according to Hashim.
April 26, 2014
| S.H.A.N
The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) has marked its golden jubilee celebration at its headquarters Wanhai, Kesi township,...
April 26, 2014
| Mizzima
A key alliance of ethnic groups has condemned recent Tatmadaw offensives in Kachin and northern Shan states and warned they could jeopardise...
April 26, 2014
| KIC
Today marked World Malaria Day, and while the global community celebrated significant declines in moratlity rates from malaria since 2000, a new drug...
April 25, 2014
| Mizzima
A Yangon court has sentenced two Muslim clergymen to eight years years’ in prison over a fire in a mosque dormitory a year ago that claimed the lives...
April 25, 2014
| KIC
Human rights organisations are expressing grave concerns over the fate of a prominent ethnic Karen activist who disappeared after reportedly being...