Join our mailing list for latest news and information about Burma.
Resources (827 found)
Medical Crisis for Political Prisoners of Letpadan Case
There has been a significant deterioration in the health and well-being of 53 students and supporters who have been detained without bail for nine months at Thayawaddy prison. Their criminal trial has now dragged on for nine months. If convicted, they could face up to ten years in prison […]
• • •UNFC on NCA and Internal Peace
Burma/Myanmar, after receiving independence on January 4, 1948 from the British colonialists in accordance with the Panlong Agreement, was accompanied by the civil war. Since the rulers of successive eras have tried to end the civil war, in disregard of the Panlong Agreement, they have not met with any success, up to this day, and people of all the nationalities have to continue to suffer the malicious caprices and dreadful consequences of war […]
• • •Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
Despite the so-called democratic transition taking place since 2010, Burma remains constitutionally under the control of the Armed Forces. However, our national democratic icon, democratic forces, some ethnic armed organizations, many NGOs — especially GON¬GOs – and most of the international community are siding with or exercising a policy of appeasement with the power holders, without scrutinizing whether the source of their pow¬er emanates from the genuine will of the various ethnic nationalities and/or indigenous peoples […]
Government Troops Attack Ta’ang Village in Lashio, Killing two Villagers, one Mentally Disabled
On January 4, 2016, Burma’s Independence Day — celebrated with military parades in Naypyidaw and Yangon — government troops attacked a Ta’ang village in Lashio township, northern Shan State, killing two villagers, including one who was mentally disabled […]
• • •A Brief NCA History, the NCA’s Flaws and Failings
The efforts of the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) to negotiate a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Burmese/Myanmar government began in November 2013 at the Ethic Armed Organizations Conference in Laiza, Kachin State, where the 16 Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) established their Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) […]
• • •No Women, No Peace: Gender Equality, Conflict and Peace in Myanmar
This briefing explores the gender dimensions and gender impact of conflict in Myanmar. Such information is relatively scarce, and there has long been a need for a deeper understanding of the intersections of gender, ethnicity and other identities in peace-building and democratisation […]
• • •Killing, Disappearance, Land-mine Death During Burma Army Offensive in Central Shan State
This update documents further incidents of abuse against civilians committed by Burmese government troops during their offensive in central Shan State since early October 2015. SHRF has documented the killing of a displaced farmer on November 13, and the disappearance of another, near Mong Ark, Mong Hsu township […]
• • •Burmese Government Troops must Withdraw to Allow IDPs to Return Home in Central Shan State
Shan community groups are calling for pressure on Naypyidaw to withdraw troops from areas occupied during their recent offensive in central Shan State, so that displaced villagers can return home without fear of persecution […]
• • •Finding on Process of Observing General Election 2015 by Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters
(1) Brief presentation – Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters in cooperation with allied associations had observed the process of election held on 8th November within the regions of Shan, Rakhine, Kayar, Ayarwady, Yangon, Pao and Danu self administrative regions […]
• • •The 2015 General Election in Myanmar: What Now for Ethnic Politics?
Despite huge challenges, election day in Myanmar passed almost entirely peacefully. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy triumphed in polls that were regarded by domestic and international observers as remarkably free from irregularities […]
• • •
All posts