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Press Conference Launch of MYPO Report on Salween River Dams
September 10, 2016
The Mon Youth Progressive Organisation (MYPO) has released a report analysing the potential damage to six townships in Mon and Karen States when...
September 9, 2016
The New York based human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has called on the US Government to retain ‘key sanctions’ in order to keep pressure...
EAO Leaders at the Union Peace Conference
September 9, 2016
Ethnic armed organisation (EAO) leaders who attended the first Union Peace Conference (the 21st Century Panglong Conference) believe that the genuine...
KNU Meeting About Union Peace Conference
September 8, 2016
After attending the Union Peace Conference (the 21st Century Panglong Conference) from 31 August to 3 September KNU members met with local youths,...
September 8, 2016
Armed clashes broke out in Karen State between splinter Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) forces and government backed militia.
September 8, 2016
Ethnic leaders have warned that now is not the time to give up arms, in reaction to a speech calling for disarmament by the Burmese Commander-in-...
Nan Khin Aye Oo
September 7, 2016
The Kayin People’s Party (KPP) said that the public should have the right to elect state chief ministers in a paper submitted to the Union Peace...
September 6, 2016
Representatives for the media covering the Union Peace Conference (also known as the 21st Century Panglong Conference) have criticised the Burmese...
September 2, 2016
In a motion submitted to the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong yesterday, Karen armed groups requested for the government to adhere to...
September 2, 2016
The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a splinter group of Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, has threatened to take action against the Burma Army...
September 2, 2016
Karen community based organisations have condemned the Asia Highway project for displacing local communities who had the “misfortune of standing in...
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September 2, 2016
A statement by the Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) has criticised Burmese Government plans to dam the Salween river, questioning the economic...