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‘Slow genocide’: Myanmar’s invisible war on the Kachin Christian minority

114-year-old Supna Hkawn Bu is carried on her grandson’s back to safety. Photograph: Zau Ring Hpra When Tang Seng heard gunshots close to his village in Myanmar, he had a choice: carry his grandmother away from the fighting on his…

Myanmar riot police break up anti-war protest in Yangon

YANGON (Reuters) – Riot police in Yangon used batons on Saturday to break up a protest in support of victims of fighting in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin, arresting several of the organizers. Authorities had refused permission for…

Eight arrested in Yangon protest for end to Kachin violence

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…

Two Kachin activists to be charged under peaceful assembly law

By HEIN KO SOE and CLARE HAMMOND | FRONTIER YANGON – Police in Myitkyina have told two Kachin student activists they will be prosecuted for leading a public demonstration calling for safe passage for around 1,500 civilians…

Activist Jailed for Streaming Anti-Conflict Drama on Facebook

By SALAI THANT ZIN 8 May 2018 PATHEIN, Irrawaddy Region — A local court in Pathein on Monday sentenced a human rights activist to three months in prison for broadcasting live on Facebook a drama deemed to be critical of the Myanmar Army…

U.N. Myanmar rights envoy calls for halt to violence in Kachin 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…

Press Release : Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor

Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor PRESS RELEASE (1th May 2018) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor in the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, met members…

State Counsellor receives UN officials

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…

Myanmar’s media freedom at risk

Today, FEM publishes a new reporton media freedom based on a nationwide survey of 200 journalists. This survey, carried out nationwide by a coalition of organisations between December 2017 and April 2018, measures journalists’ opinions…

Myanmar violence: Thousands flee fresh fighting in Kachin state

Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between the army and ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar’s northernmost state. Some 4,000 people have been driven from their homes since early April, according to the UN. It comes as a longstanding…