Statement by the Women’s League of Burma | June 16, 2016 The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) is seriously concerned at the Tatmadaw’s recent new offensives and ongoing impunity for war crimes, which are undermining the government’s new peace [...]
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | June 13, 2016 As the Kachin Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and over a hundred Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), local and international, called for peace and an end to the military offensives [...]
Kachinland News (KLN) | June 10, 2016 Thursday marks the 5th anniversary of the renewed war in Kachin region. Kachin communities around the world held prayer services and ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary. Hundreds of IDPs living at temporary camps [...]
By Moe Myint/ The Irrawaddy | June 10, 2016 MYITKYINA, Kachin State — All Aike Yoon wants is to go home. But he can’t. The 40-year-old is currently living in Thagara Monastery, which serves as a makeshift internally displaced [...]
Aung Moe Myint / Radio Free Asia (RFA) | June 08, 2016 Ethnic leaders in Shan and Kachin states announced their support on Wednesday for the Myanmar government’s upcoming Panglong Conference, State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi’s ambitious plan [...]
Joint statement by 130 solidarity organizations worldwide | June 09, 2016 Although much of the world has expressed excitement over Myanmar’s political transition, communities throughout Kachin and northern Shan states have been living with severe human rights abuses and displacement for [...]
Burma Partnership | June 08, 2016 On 1 June, 2016, representatives from various political parties and civil society organizations in Shan State gathered in attempt to build consensus among the region’s diverse ethnic groups before the launch of the [...]
Statement by Jinghpaw Wunpawng Amyu Sha Hpung / Kachin National Organization | June 08, 2016 The KNO strongly urges the Government of Pakistan to stop selling JF-17 fighter jets to the Burmese military. Instead, we ask that they seek [...]
By Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy | May 25, 2016 Two civilians have claimed they were beaten by Burma Army troops under the suspicion of being Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State. Zaw Awng and Naw Seng, [...]
Kachinland News | May 18, 2016 Burmese army’s fighter jets and helicopters pounded KIA’s 27th Battalion positions for two consecutive days. Two attack helicopters fired rockets today on a KIA position at Bum Chyang in Mansi Township at around [...]