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August 29, 2016
The UNFC has announced that it will attend the upcoming Burma peace conference. I have previously presented reasons for boycotting the conference,...
August 29, 2016
Thirteen Arakanese lawmakers of Arakan State Parliament on Friday appealed to the Speaker to hold an emergency meeting to discuss about the formation...
Representatives of allied armed groups (Photo: Myanmar ..line)
August 29, 2016
The three allied ethnic armed groups, the Arakan Army (AA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance...
August 27, 2016
The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) has decided that it will attend the upcoming Union Peace Conference (also called 21st Century...
August 27, 2016
The Karen People’s Party announced that policies decided at the last Karen National Union (KNU) meeting will be adhered to during its party’s...
Khaing Myo Htun. Photo: Earth Rights International
August 27, 2016
A Myanmar court denied bail to human rights activist Khaing Myo Htun on 25 August. Earth Rights International (ERI) said in a statement that it...
August 27, 2016
Due to the current state of politics, the Mon Affair Union (MAU) will be re-formed with respective members representing the diverse Mon population.
August 26, 2016
The Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a major political party in the country, selected U Aung Kyi Thein as Mon State’s USDP Chairman at...
Members of the Shan Literature and Culture Association from Sagaing Region meet with southern Shan State branch in Taunggyi. (Photo – Noon Mo)
August 25, 2016
Ethnic Shan from northern Burma are visiting their southern kin in Shan State capital Taunggyi to learn about cultural and literary works.
Participants of a recent workshop in Karen State discussed strategies for returning internally displaced populations.
August 25, 2016
A workshop by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) about the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was held in Karen...
About 60 community leaders from Ho Pang, Kunlong, Lashio, Tangyan and Hsenwi protest against the Naung Pha dam, August 21, 2016 (Photo-SHRF)
August 25, 2016
A controversial Chinese dam project in Shan State has been given the go-ahead, as local human rights organisations warned that the development could...
August 25, 2016
A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale was felt in Indo-Myanmar border area on Tuesday morning.