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Hai Pa Refugee Camp
February 5, 2016
Shan IDPs Need Resettling
About 1,500 people displaced by fighting now staying in Hai Pa IDP (internally displaced persons) camp in Mong Hsu Township, Central Shan State...
Protesters hold pictures of their abducted relatives during a protest in Mongwi village in Namkham Township. (Photo: S.Y.)
February 1, 2016
Calls for TNLA to Release Civilian Prisoners from Namkham Township
Over 250 residents protested in northern Shan State’s Namkham Township on Wednesday demanding the release of twelve civilians who were allegedly...
SNA soldiers (Photo: The Shanni Nationalities Army / Facebook)
January 25, 2016
Red Shan Form Armed Organisation
Following recent calls for their own state the Red Shan of northern Burma announced that they have formed an armed group called the Shanni...
Volunteer teachers Maran Lu Ra, 20, and Nan Tsin, 21, were sexually assaulted and murdered in their home northern Shan State one year ago. No one has been charged or arrested for the crime. (Photo: KWAT)
January 20, 2016
Report on Burma Army Cover-Up of War Crimes against Ethnic Women
A report examining war crimes of sexual violence against ethnic women, and their “systematic cover-up” by the Burma Army was released by the Kachin...
January 20, 2016
More RCSS/SSA-S and TNLA Clashes and Trespass Accusations
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) fought again on the morning...
From left to right: Dr. Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong of the Chin National Front (CNF), Lt.-Gen. Yawd Serk of the RCSS/SSA-S, Gen. Mutu Say Poe of the Karen National Union (KNU), and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi of the NLD attend the opening ceremony of the Union Peace Conference on January 12, 2016. (Photo: KNU-HQ)
January 18, 2016
RCSS/SSA-S Leadership Delegation Visits Switzerland
A leadership delegation from the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) flew to Switzerland on 15 January for a ten-day...
January 18, 2016
Ethnic Groups Demand Self-Administrated States
Ethnic Pa-O, Shan-ni, Ta’ang and Wa representatives demanded self-administrated states at the Union Peace Conference in Naypyitaw last Thursday, 14...
General Thein Sein presiding over the National Convention, 2004-2007 (Photo: AFP)
January 14, 2016
NCA Non-Signatory Groups Can Address Peace Conference
Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) non-signatories, who have been designated as ‘special invitees,’ will be permitted to address the first Union...
January 11, 2016
SNLD Leaders Will Not Attend Political Dialogue
Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) party leaders have decided not to attend Burma's national political dialogue due to start on 12...
January 8, 2016
Election Commission to Investigate SNLD Complaint of USDP Vote Rigging
The National Union Election Commission (UEC) received a Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) complaint of voter fraud against the Union...
January 5, 2016
Burma Army Break NCA by Attacking RCSS/SSA-S
New Year's Eve saw the first Burma Army attack against forces from an ethnic armed organisation (EAO) that signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement...
Ma Htung works in ENAC’s Thailand office. (Photo: Simma Francis)
January 4, 2016
Interview with Ma Htung of the Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Centre (ENAC)
The Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center (ENAC) was founded in 2013 to support Burma’s political dialogue through the development of inclusive policy...