News

June 29, 2015
Human rights watchdog, Freedom House issued a statement condemning the contempt of court charges filed against 17 journalists in Burma saying that...
June 29, 2015
Abducted Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officer Abdul Razzak was handed over by the Burma Border Guard Police (BGP) to a BGB team on 25 June, at about...
Cover photo of Touching the Fire film
June 26, 2015
The documentary Touching the Fire won the Aung San Suu Kyi Award for the best national documentary at the Human Rights Human Dignity International...
June 26, 2015
In an exclusive interview with Karen News, the International Non-Government Organisation, PU-AMI, outlined its plans to protect refugees on the Thai...
June 26, 2015
Representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) met Karen community based organisations (CBOs) on 23 June to discuss...
Abdur Razzak in Burmese Custody
June 26, 2015
The Burmese Border Guard Police (BGP) will only release the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) guard they abducted if Bangladesh takes in 544 boat-people...
June 25, 2015
Compared to last year Mon State has seen a rise in dengue hemorrhagic fever, which severely affects children.
Mi Than Shin, chairwoman of the Woman’s Party (Mon) (photo: IMNA)
June 25, 2015
The Woman’s Party (Mon) will contest 15 constituencies in the forthcoming 2015 general elections, and it has already elected its representatives for...
June 24, 2015
The start of the regional wet season has seen an increase in dengue fever cases coming to Mae Tao Clinic located in the Thai-Burma border town of Mae...
June 23, 2015
Maungdaw, Arakan State: Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, the prices of essential items, including rice, chickpeas (sona), beef, onion, sugar,...
Nai Kasauh Mon (left) and Nai Hongsar (right)
June 23, 2015
Several diverse topics were discussed at the second annual Mon literature talk held at Mon Hall, in Thanbyuzayat Town, Mon State, on 15 and 16 June.
Camp Fumigation (Photo-SI)
June 22, 2015
The threat of a dengue virus outbreak this coming wet season means that Thomas Viger, the Thailand program coordinator for Solidaritès International...