GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY MUST BE ALLOWED TO TAKE ROOT.....STATEMENTS AND PRESS RELEASES: Civil Society, Solidarity Activists Express Alarm over Escalation of Conflict in Burma?s Kachin State; Urge ASEAN to Act Decisively on Humanitarian Crisis By Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) and the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict ? Southeast Asia...Burma Army Targets Kachin Christian Mission School By Christian Solidarity Worldwide...Myanmar: Violence and Unlawful Charges against Anti-war Protesters Alarming for Myanmar?s Civic Space By FORUM-ASIA...Press Briefing notes on Myanmar By Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...The United States Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Rohingya and other Vulnerable People in Burma and Bangladesh By USAID...CSO?s Statement on the Violent Unlawful Crackdown and Arrest of Public Peace Movement On 12 May 2018 By 390 Civil Society Organizations...ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးလှုပ်ရှားမှုများအား ဥပဒေနှင့်မလျော်ညီဘဲ အကြမ်းဖက်ဖြိုခွဲခြင်း၊ ဖမ်းဆီးခြင်းများနှင့်စပ်လျဉ်း၍ အရပ်ဘက်အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၏ သဘောထားထုတ်ပြန်ချက် By 390 Civil Society Organizations.....REPORTS: Increased Burma Army Attacks in Muthraw District Force Karen to Resist By Free Burma Rangers...The Long Haul Ahead for Myanmar?s Rohingya Refugee Crisis By International Crisis Group...Urgent release on the Humanitarian Situation in Northern Shan State, Myanmar 14 May 2018 By Joint Strategy Team...Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs: blocking access to refuge, using as human shields and minesweepers, indiscriminate shelling, looting By Kachin Women Association Thailand...မန်မာ့တပ်မတော်သည် ကချင် စစ်ဘေးရှောင် ဒုက္ခသည်များအပေါ် စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှုများ ကျျူးလွန်နေသည်။ ဒုက္ခသည်များနှင့် တွေ့ဆုံမှုများကို တားဆီးထားခြင်း၊ လူသားဒိုင်းနှင့် မိုင်းရှင်း ကိရိယာအဖြစ် အသုံးပြုခြင်း၊ လက်နက်ကြီးများပစ်ခတ်မှုနှင့် လုယက်မှုများ By Kachin Women Association Thailand.....RELATED POSTS: United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: 2018 Annual Report ? Burma Chapter...Human Rights Watch?s World Report 2018: Burma Events of 2017...United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Burma Chapter ? 2017 Annual report...2017 in History as Watershed Year for Human Rights Situation in Myanmar...Myanmar Must Act to Prevent Violence Against Women in Conflict and Provide Justice for Victims.