“Without identifying the wound, how can we heal the wound?” ND-Burma sits down with surgeon, writer, human rights activist and former political prisoner Ma Thida (Sanchaung) to discuss the need for a reconciliation law, why development is not enough to relieve grievances, and how five decades of dictatorship have made everybody into a criminal. This […]
4 May 2018 We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State,
Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust – HART UK Published on May 10, 2018 SUBSCRIBE 3 Baroness Cox highlights the intensified fighting currently happening in Kachin and Shan States in North East Burma, that is displacing thousands while trapping thousands more in conflict zones
By VICTORIA MILKO | FRONTIER YANGON – At least eight protestors were arrested during a peaceful protest calling for an end to violence in Kachin State and across the country, in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on Saturday evening. The organisers, who planned to march from Tamwe to the city’s downtown area, were informed earlier in the week […]
Secret footage and eyewitness accounts shine new light on a brutal campaign by the Myanmar military against
Seeking justice in Burma April 2018 Fighting escalates in Kachin, 6,800 newly displaced Fighting between the Burmese military and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) intensified during April, with the UN estimating that some 6,800 people became newly displaced.
CHAN THAR 07 MAY 2018 Ex-political prisoners have sought the help of the government in the rehabilitation of thousands of so-called prisoners of conscience who were incarcerated for decades for fighting for their beliefs and for the return of democracy in Myanmar. “The organisations helping ex-political prisoners can’t reach the whole country. There were many incidents […]
Statement by the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand UN Security Council must act to end ongoing crimes against humanity in northern Burma We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed that the UNSC delegates […]
A delegation composed of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations/ representatives from immediate neighbours of Myanmar including current ASEAN Chair, and Member States of the United Nations Security Council arrived Nay Pyi Taw in the afternoon of 30 April 2018. During their stay in Nay Pyi Taw, the delegation paid a courtesy call on State […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Tuesday at a sharply escalation in hostilties in Kachin state, citing reports of the army using aerial bombings, heavy weapons and artillery fire on civilian areas near China. FILE PHOTO – Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in […]