News

March 25, 2015
On Sunday morning just days after an unprecedented meeting in Naypyidaw last week between senior representatives of the Kachin Independence...
U Than Htike Thu and U Sun Moe Tun in a Police Van
March 25, 2015
The editor and the news editor of the Yangon based Myanmar Post Journal were sentenced to two months imprisonment under section 500 of the defamation...
Map of Arakan State
March 13, 2015
A new political party in Arakan State called the ‘Arakan Patriotic Party, APP’ has registered with the election commission in Naypyidaw.
Mining Company Trucks Being Blocked by Villagers in Namhkam Township on 26 February
March 13, 2015
A bomb blew up a truck loaded with silicon mineral stone in Aung Myittar Ward, Namhkam Township, Northern Shan State at 7.20pm on 10 March according...
Federal Affairs Seminar Loikaw
March 13, 2015
Sun Phyo Tun – Political parties and civil society groups (CSOs) jointly held a federal affairs seminar at the Hotel Loikaw in Loikaw Town, the...
Loikaw Town
March 12, 2015
Men from villages in Loikaw Township, Karenni State dare not sleep at home because they are scared they will be taken away and forced to work as...
Roadside Where Police Stopped RCSS/SSA Convoy
March 11, 2015
Representatives of the Restoration Council of Shan State / Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA) were detained by police whilst returning to Taunggyi, Shan...
Copy of the Letter to the President Supporting the Coal-Fired Power Plant
March 11, 2015
Misleading facts have been released regarding signatures in favor of the Toyo-Thai Company’s proposed coal-fired power plant in Ain Din Village;...
March 11, 2015
Representatives from the Burmese government's Union Peace-Making Working Committee (UPWC) and their counterparts from the Nationwide Ceasefire...
NMSP Members with Young Apprehended Drug Users
March 11, 2015
The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has arrested more than 30 drug using youths from Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat and Mudon Townships in the first week of...
March 11, 2015
Traditionally the Karen people believe nature has its own spirits. The Karen people place great importance on these spirits and depend on them for...
March 11, 2015
The Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) has issued a report documenting a series of shootings, murders, tortures that they said happened in Shan...