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July 4, 2016
A state-level Joint Ceasefire Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) responsible for overseeing that signatories of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA)...
July 4, 2016
The All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) has sent a letter to the President opposing the issuing of household documents to migrant workers, a...
July 4, 2016
The use and sale of illicit drugs in Karen State is a new obstacle that needs to be overcome, said a state-level MP calling for an anti-drug program...
July 4, 2016
An elementary school headmaster in northwestern Shan State has been accused of land grabbing by residents from Kutkai Township’s Loi Kung village,...
July 4, 2016
During a visit to the United States earlier this month, Christian leaders from the Kachin community informed American government officials in...
A number of Buddhist people living in the area staged a demonstration at Baishari Bazar after U Maung Shwe Lon was murdered
July 4, 2016
As Bangladesh witnesses escalating violence engineered by Islamist militants, the Buddhist people continue living in the country in endless fear. The...
Yanghee Lee (C), the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, visits Aung Mingalar Muslim quarter in Sittwe of Rakhine State, western Myanmar, 23 June 2016. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
July 4, 2016
Ms Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, made a statement at the end of her 12-day visit to Myanmar on Friday.
July 4, 2016
The latest state-level Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC-S) was established yesterday, June 30, in Mon State’s capital city of Mawlamyine.
July 4, 2016
Civil society organizations (CSOs) from around Mon State will hold a forum in the state capital this weekend to prepare for the upcoming 21st Century...
Kachin Christian leaders in the USA
July 4, 2016
During a visit to the United States earlier this month, Christian leaders from the Kachin community informed American government officials in...
Gen. Mutu Say Poe and Lt.-Gen. Yawd Serk at the EAO PPST meeting in Chiang Mai
July 4, 2016
An all-inclusive summit for all ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) will be held at Maijayan in Kachin State before the 21st Century Panglong...
July 1, 2016
The YOPETV programme, which means “YOungPEople”, will give voice to young people and reflect their real-life situations. It will also provide...