May
21
2018
Myanmar: Drop Defamation Cases Against Kachin Anti-War Protest Organizers
By Fortify Rights and Kachin Women's Association of Thailand
May
17
2018
ၿငိမ္းခ်မ္းစြာဆႏၵျပေတာင္းဆုိသူမ်ားအေပၚ အၾကမ္းဖက္ ႏွိမ္ႏွင္းျခင္း ႏွင့္ ကခ်င္ျပည္နယ္အတြင္းရွိ စစ္ပဲြမ်ားအား ရပ္တန္႔ေပးရန္...
By Karen Peace Support Network
May
17
2018
May
17
2018
Engel Burma Sanctions Bill Clears Foreign Affairs Committee
By Foreign Affairs Committee
May
16
2018
The Long Haul Ahead for Myanmar’s Rohingya Refugee Crisis
By International Crisis Group
May 22, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Grassroots Democracy Must be allowed to Take Root
Last week, Progressive Voice and Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD) released a briefing paper outlining how local level democracy is restricted by legislation that excludes portions of the population and extends the centralized control that the Myanmar[1] Army... Read more ►
May 16, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Youth Speak Out, Myanmar Cracks Down
Over the first half of May 2018, authorities in Myanmar[1] have made different attempts to suppress increasing peaceful anti-war protests, including a violent crackdown on May 12 in Yangon. At least 30 protesters and organizers have been charged with criminal offenses so far... Read more ►
May 9, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Broadening the Scope: The Need to Take a Holistic Look at Myanmar’s Conflicts
While much attention was on the visit of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to Myanmar and Bangladesh last week, the Myanmar[1] Army was heavily shelling civilian areas in Kachin State, and blocking civilians from seeking refuge. In response, approximately 5,000 peop... Read more ►
May 2, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
International Accountability Needed to End Decades Long Impunity and Abusive Tactics of the Myanmar Army
As representatives of the UN Security Council (UNSC) visit Bangladesh and Myanmar[1], calls from within Myanmar grow for the Council to take concrete steps toward accountability for the Myanmar Army, including referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Kachin and Ka... Read more ►
April 26, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
The Dignity of Speaking Out – Support Those Who Risk their Lives to Tell the Truth in Myanmar
In a shocking twist in the trial of the two Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo for alleged violations of the Official Secrets Act, prosecution witness Police Captain Moe Yan Naing testified that he had been ordered by Police Brigadier General Tin Ko Ko to “trap”... Read more ►
April 11, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Childhood Interrupted – Myanmar Must Do More to Protect Children from Conflict and Abuses
On March 28, 2018, a Yangon court sentenced a former child soldier, Aung Ko Htway, to two years in prison with hard labor for giving an interview to the media outlet Radio Free Asia in July 2017 about his abduction into the Myanmar Army at age 14, and subsequent harsh traini... Read more ►