ND-Burma says it has accounted for 98 human rights violations between January and June this year, already more than 84 throughout last year.
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Sea gypsies fight for access to ancestral shrines
Nomadic fishermen on Thursday urged the Thai government to help resolve a dispute over access to ancestral shrines on land taken over by developers, following violence in which dozens were…
'Lisu people want to be free from the threats of armed groups'
Lisu National Development Party lawmaker Lar Mar Lay discusses his party’s priorities as he enters Burma’s lower house.
Burma army pledges to cooperate with Suu Kyi on peace
The ability for Suu Kyi’s party to guide a politically-autonomous Burmese army through the next stages of a tense peace process remains one of the significant questions on the eve…
Peace summit begins without chief combatants or civil society
As soldiers, rebels and politicians gather for Burma’s Union Peace Conference, an alliance of over 600 civil society groups has labelled the event a sham.
NLD majority poses threat to minority politics
“The upsurge of support for the NLD among the indigenous peoples is interesting, considering ethnic politics is concentrated largely in extra-parliamentary politics, that being the armed struggle.”