In February 36 people were arrested, 28 by the Kachin Independence Army, while eight civilians were arbitrarily arrested by authorities for alleged bombings in Sittwe City, Arakan State. Nine people were charged in February five under the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act and four under charges related to Section 58 (a) and (i) of […]
Seeking Justice in Burma Two new groups sign nationwide ceasefire, one citing intense government pressure The New Mon State Party and Lahu Democratic Union signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), bringing the total number of signatories to 10. The New Mon State Party said it had faced government and military pressure to sign, including increased militarisation of their […]
[metaslider id=”3055″] ND-Burma held its 33rd Network meeting in Pyin Oo Lwin 10-13 March. The meeting brought together 26 people from across the country, representing ND-Burma’s 13 members as well as partner organisations and those that have applied for membership. Participants updated each other on their activities over the last 6 months, spoke about challenges […]
GENEVA (12 March 2018) – Experts of the UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar called on Myanmar authorities Monday to stop dismissing reports that serious human rights violations have been committed in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states. “The body of information and materials we are collecting is concrete and overwhelming,” the three experts of the Independent […]
ND-Burma held its 4th Reparations Workshop in Yangon 5 – 7 March. Participants examined reparations programmes in Peru, Chile and South Africa, and held a detailed discussion on what kind of programme would best serve Burma’s many victims of human rights violations, as well as national reconciliation. Participants continued to stress the importance of reparations […]
Activism & Agency: The Female Experience of Political Imprisonment March 8th is International Women’s Day, and in celebration of women around the world, and to acknowledge the strength and #FemaleFortitude of female political prisoners,
The European Union Delegation in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar have issued the following statement in relation to the conflict in Kachin State. “Decades of conflict in Kachin state have displaced families, disrupted development, caused despair and left communities divided. During a three-day visit to Kachin State from 21 to 23 […]
Burma has bulldozed the remains of Rohingya Muslim villages to make way for refugee resettlement, not to destroy evidence of atrocities, an official leading reconstruction efforts in the troubled northern state of Rakhine said on Monday. Last week, New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had analysed satellite imagery showing Burma had flattened at least […]
20 February 2018 Myanmar: Independent investigation into military killing of four Karenni men essential for truth and justice The Myanmar authorities must ensure an independent, impartial and effective investigation into the killing of four ethnic Karenni men by Myanmar soldiers in December 2017, Amnesty International said today. The current military investigation into the deaths cannot […]
An organisation representing former political prisoners says they are not receiving the health care support they deserve from the government and is lobbying MPs to change the situation. By HTUN KHAING | FRONTIER FORMER POLITICAL prisoners have launched a campaign calling on the National League for Democracy government to provide care for thousands of former […]