Burma Constitutional Conference held in London,discussion is in Burmese.U Aung Htoo, the General Secretary of Burma Lawyers' Council discussion on "2008 Constitution" The international community, as well as the majority of people in Burma, has an expectation to transform the country from the rule of dictatorship to democracy by peaceful means, including political dialogue. The National League for Democracy (NLD)has repeatedly called for unconditional dialogue, based on principles of mutual...
Discuss Formation of a Burman State
State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi
Press conference revealscall for army to withdraw
Discuss Formation of a Burman State
In the past, the Burma Army was opposed to federalism, but not anymore—they accept it nowMore
The Union Peace Conference as it is now called -- previously dubbed the 21st Panglong
Planned "Panglong" peace summit at the end of August...More
We do not have demands and offers. Everyone has a responsibility to make the country more developed..
We have to ask by what means some groups can participate in the review of the framework dialogue without signing the nationwide ceasefire agreement..More
Kachin civil society groups call for army to withdraw
The attack prompts the question from civilians whether the Tatmadaw (Burma Army) wants peace or not...More
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Burma Constitutional Conference (Videos)
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2008 Constitution . Burma . Burma Constitutional Conference . NEWS . VIDEO
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Friday, August 12, 2016
Learning to share A bout low hanging fruits
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21st Century Panglong . Aung San Suu Kyi . EAO's . Ethnic . NCA . NEWS . UNFC
Day Four. Friday, 5 August 2016
A person with sweet mouth but sour bottom
One ought not live with such in the same house
(Shan proverb)
Has the peace process proceeded in strikes since the new NLD
government took over? That’s the question the workshop tries to answer
today.
First, the positive developments:
It has promised a federal democracy plus amendment of the military drawn charter
It...
Friday, August 5, 2016
Myanmar Must Free Political Activist
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ALP . earth rights . ERI . NEWS
Khaing Myo Htun, a member of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) and prominent environmental activist, was arrested last week.contact: Hanna Hindstrom, Myanmar Campaigns Coordinator at ERI (English)Email: hanna@earthrights.orgTel: +95 (0)9976301937Oo Kyaw Thein, Bertha Legal Fellow at ERI (Burmese, Rakhine, English)Email: ookyaw@earthrights.orgTel: +95 (0)9421720170August 04, 2016, Yangon, MyanmarThe...
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Ethnic Armed Group Leaders Discuss Formation of a Burman State
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The Mai Ja Yang ethnic armed groups summit, pictured on its second day, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy)
MAI JA YANG, Kachin State — On the second day of a summit in Mai Ja Yang, Kachin State, ethnic armed group leaders discussed a draft constitution which proposes a single Burman state within a federal union.
Currently, Burma is made up of seven ethnic states—named...
Free Khaing Myo Htun
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@EarthRights International
"Fear, rights, and the truth is very interconnected. But to overcome the fear, we must know firstly our rights. One day when we know the truth and rights, we will no more have fear." - Khaing Myo Htun
EarthRights School Myanmar 2006 alumnus Khaing Myo Htun co-founded Natural Resource for the People in...
Myanmar rebels hold rare meet as Suu Kyi yearns for peace
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EAO's . EAOs Meeting . Mai Ja Yang . NEWS
Flags of ethnic armed groups
MAI JA YANG (MYANMAR) (AFP) - Leaders of Myanmar rebel armies held talks in a war-hit border town Wednesday, state media reported, as they prepare for a major peace conference with a government desperate to end insurgencies that have plagued the country.Myanmar has been racked for half a century by ethnic rebel wars in its resource-rich frontier states, leaving...
Saturday, July 23, 2016
Myanmar's peace process looks precariously poised
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State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi, centre, listens to
members of the Union
Peace Dialogue Joint Committee during a meeting in
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in May. (EPA photo)
Tomorrow's critical talks between Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi and representatives of the armed ethnic groups, who have yet to sign the national ceasefire agreement (NCA), could put paid to the planned...
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