Storm victims in Shan State need urgent helps
It is reported that a series of heavy storms has swept dozens of villages in Kunhing Township, southern Shan State, which turned many houses, monasteries and schools to debris. The storm first hit the Kunhing Township on 30 April, then 10 and 12 May, altogether 3 times which swept a total of 75 houses, said [...]
The Shan State Army has asked the government of China to give momentary housing for the refugees who were forced to leave their homes because of the heavy fighting between the Burmese military forces and the Shan State Army, SHAN news reported. According to Lt-Col Zawm Mong, SSA commander said: “On humanitarian grounds, we would [...]
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Karen Human Rights Group has published a report last March 4 that land grabbing incidents soar high to 50% in Eastern Myanmar last year, Myanmar Times news reported. Comprising the report “ Losing Ground: Land Conflicts and Collective Action in Eastern Myanmar were actual interviews to more than 800 respondents and written testimonies conducted by [...]
Continue reading …Myanmar continues serious human rights abuses in Kachin and Rakhine states
February 18, 2013 No Comment
Grave human rights abuses continuously happen in Burma even if various reforms on democracy are undertaken by the present government headed by President Thein Sein, BBC report said. UN official Tomas Ojea Quintana who paid an official 5- day trip to Burma disclosed that the Burmese military are still engaged in arbitrary arrests and torture [...]
Continue reading …As Nambiar visited Kachin’s refugee camps Myanmar allows UN to deliver aid
February 6, 2013 No Comment
Myanmar government has allowed the entry of United Nations representatives to the war stricken Kachin State to provide humanitarian aid in that region. The announcement was made after the U.N.’s special advisor came to visit refugee camps in Kachin State last Tuesday. Among the lists of those who went to visit the camps in the [...]
Continue reading …White phosphorus caused the severe burns to protestors in copper mine crash
February 1, 2013 No Comment
A team of independent investigators revealed that a white phosphorus was the real cause of the severe burnings sustained by monks and other demonstrators who held a rally against a mining project in north western Myanmar wherein police authorities were held responsible for the crackdown incident, AP news report said. This unfortunate incident has recorded [...]
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The report made by Shan Human Rights Foundation for the month of January and was published yesterday revealed that as visitors and tourists flocked in Shan State, Myanmar authorities are doing illegal activities such as extorting money from these people, SHAN news reported. During year 2012, extortion activities had increased immensely. It usually occurs at [...]
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Thailand will not make a temporary shelter such as camps for the Rohingyas as disclosed by the National Security Council (NSC), said news report from The Nation. According to NSC Secretary General Lt. Gen Paradorn Pattanathabutr there are approximately 1,400 Rohingyas that are presently held in different parts of the southern provinces. The Thai immigration [...]
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Australia and the United Kingdom will work together to deliver basic schooling for more than 160,000 children in Myanmar and training for 7,000 teachers and school staff. Speaking from London, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Australia would contribute $15 million and the UK £3.7 million (AUD$5.8 million) over four years to the Myanmar Education Consortium [...]
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Despite moves towards political reform, children continue to be recruited and used as soldiers by armed forces and armed groups in Myanmar, a report published by Child Soldiers International said today. ‘Chance for Change – Ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Myanmar’, shows that nearly a decade since international engagement on the [...]
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