Latest News
Burma Army-SSA stand-off in Tachilek (SHAN)
Myanmar’s Allure Is Complex (Wall Street Journal)
Lives at risk in Myanmar on expected HIV, TB-funding gap–MSF (AlertNet Reuters)
Devotees celebrate Buddhism and hope at Myanmar shrine where festival was banned 20 years (Washington Post)
Tantalized but Cautious, Filmmakers Capture Myanmar (New York Times)
Burma keeps civil war while promising reforms (Asian Tribune)
Asean MPs on migrant labourer inspection tour (Mizzima)
Civil servant wage hike approved amid controversy (DVB)
Banned festival resumed at Shwedagon Pagoda (Mizzima)
Burmese narco-battalion fights KIA in Shan State (Kachin News Group)
Burma ‘needs more funds to fight Aids’ (BBC)
Where is Burma’s ‘war on methamphetamine’? (DVB)
Shwe Mann departs on official China tour (Mizzima)
First priority cease-fire, then dialogue: KNPP (Mizzima)
SSA-South Reports Renewed Fighting with Burma Army (Irrawaddy)
Talk of a Power Struggle in Naypyidaw (Irrawaddy)
KNU Calls for Govt Troops in Ethnic Areas to Withdraw (Irrawaddy)
Clinics Turn Away HIV, TB Patients in Burma (VOA)
Let the flowers bloom, but not bullets (Waging Nonviolence)
Myanmar’s Allure Is Complex (Wall Street Journal)
Lives at risk in Myanmar on expected HIV, TB-funding gap–MSF (AlertNet Reuters)
Devotees celebrate Buddhism and hope at Myanmar shrine where festival was banned 20 years (Washington Post)
Tantalized but Cautious, Filmmakers Capture Myanmar (New York Times)
Burma keeps civil war while promising reforms (Asian Tribune)
Asean MPs on migrant labourer inspection tour (Mizzima)
Civil servant wage hike approved amid controversy (DVB)
Banned festival resumed at Shwedagon Pagoda (Mizzima)
Burmese narco-battalion fights KIA in Shan State (Kachin News Group)
Burma ‘needs more funds to fight Aids’ (BBC)
Where is Burma’s ‘war on methamphetamine’? (DVB)
Shwe Mann departs on official China tour (Mizzima)
First priority cease-fire, then dialogue: KNPP (Mizzima)
SSA-South Reports Renewed Fighting with Burma Army (Irrawaddy)
Talk of a Power Struggle in Naypyidaw (Irrawaddy)
KNU Calls for Govt Troops in Ethnic Areas to Withdraw (Irrawaddy)
Clinics Turn Away HIV, TB Patients in Burma (VOA)
Let the flowers bloom, but not bullets (Waging Nonviolence)
Latest News on Armed Conflict
Burma Army-SSA stand-off in Tachilek (SHAN)
Burmese narco-battalion fights KIA in Shan State (Kachin News Group)
First priority cease-fire, then dialogue: KNPP (Mizzima)
SSA-South Reports Renewed Fighting with Burma Army (Irrawaddy)
KNU Calls for Govt Troops in Ethnic Areas to Withdraw (Irrawaddy)
Burmese narco-battalion fights KIA in Shan State (Kachin News Group)
First priority cease-fire, then dialogue: KNPP (Mizzima)
SSA-South Reports Renewed Fighting with Burma Army (Irrawaddy)
KNU Calls for Govt Troops in Ethnic Areas to Withdraw (Irrawaddy)
Press Releases
Release of Political Prisoners in Burma Welcomed, Remaining Ones Should Be Released
More than 50,000 people call on Secretary Clinton to demand an end to atrocities, freedom for all political prisoners in Burma
Secretary Clinton Urged to Prioritize Securing An End to Burmese Army’s Crimes against Humanity by 12 Human Rights Organizations and One Individual in the United States
Clinton should prioritize Burmese Army’s increase in mass atrocities, violence against women during trip to Burma
Americans Demand President Obama Show Global Leadership in Ending Crimes against Humanity in Burma
More than 50,000 people call on Secretary Clinton to demand an end to atrocities, freedom for all political prisoners in Burma
Secretary Clinton Urged to Prioritize Securing An End to Burmese Army’s Crimes against Humanity by 12 Human Rights Organizations and One Individual in the United States
Clinton should prioritize Burmese Army’s increase in mass atrocities, violence against women during trip to Burma
Americans Demand President Obama Show Global Leadership in Ending Crimes against Humanity in Burma
Statements
Ceasefires Are Not Peace: KNU Lays Out Crucial Steps to Achieve Lasting Peace in Burma (Karen National Union)
Women’s League of Burma urges all parties to work together towards genuine and long-lasting peace in Burma
Supporting Assessment Missions in Burma by International Financial Institutions (US Department of State)
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar By Tomas Ojea Quintana, 5 February 2012
Statement of KNU CC 2nd Emergency Meeting (Karen National Union)
Women’s League of Burma urges all parties to work together towards genuine and long-lasting peace in Burma
Supporting Assessment Missions in Burma by International Financial Institutions (US Department of State)
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar By Tomas Ojea Quintana, 5 February 2012
Statement of KNU CC 2nd Emergency Meeting (Karen National Union)
Reports
Burma’s NHRC: An Empty Gesture (Burma Partnership)
Freedom of Expression and Opinion in Burma: Still a Long Way to Go (Burma Partnership)
Ceasefire Talks and Ongoing Conflict Update from the Field (Free Burma Rangers)
MYANMAR: Donor aid begins to flow(IRIN)
All the information I’ve given you, I faced it myself’: Rural Testimony on abuses in eastern Burma since November 2010 (KHRG December 2011)
Freedom of Expression and Opinion in Burma: Still a Long Way to Go (Burma Partnership)
Ceasefire Talks and Ongoing Conflict Update from the Field (Free Burma Rangers)
MYANMAR: Donor aid begins to flow(IRIN)
All the information I’ve given you, I faced it myself’: Rural Testimony on abuses in eastern Burma since November 2010 (KHRG December 2011)





