Burma Partnership, June 17, 2014 As we pass the marking of the third year of the conflict in Kachin and northern Shan State between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army, it is difficult not feel pessimistic. [...]
Karen News, June 9, 2014 Burma’s military is engaging in systemic torture against civilians in its ongoing war in Kachin State, now in its third year, and committing “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity,” a leading human rights watchdog [...]
Press statement by KWAT, June 9, 2014 KWAT is very concerned at the recent escalation of attacks by the Burma Army in southern Kachin and northern Shan State, which have caused fresh displacement and suffering. These systematic operations to [...]
KLN, May 24, 2014 A group of Kachin civil society organizations on Friday released a statement demanding Burmese Army to withdraw its troops from all Kachin conflict areas. 17 Kachin CSOs that include religious, health, civil rights, women’s rights, [...]
Burma Link, April 28, 2014 Kachin National Organization (KNO) has received information of a serious case of arbitrary arrest and torture of seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from the IDP camps in southern Kachin State, committed by the Burma [...]
Press release by the Kachin National Organization, April 16, 2014 Kachin National Organization condemn Burma Army committing sexual violence and still using rape as a weapon of war We strongly condemn Burma Army continues committing sexual violence and still [...]
KLN, April 4, 2014 About 1000 troops from Burmese army’s Magway-based 88th Light Infantry Division (LID) and Theinni-based 16th Military Operation Command (MOC-16) on Wednesday arrived near Man Win Gyi village in Kachin-Shan border and surrounded the village which hosts thousands of Internally [...]
Andrew D. Kaspar / The Irrawaddy, March 24, 2014 RANGOON — Burma’s military continues to target civilians in its operations against rebel armed groups in the country, according to a report released Monday by a US-based human rights institute, [...]
Free Burma Rangers, February 9, 2014 | Kachin State, Burma The Burma Army continues attacks in Nam Lim Pa area in their attempt to drive out the Kachin people and control this part of Kachin State. The Burma Army continues [...]
Kachinland News, September 19, 2013 Two Nhka GA villagers, a Christian deacon Lahkreng Hkaw Duk and another young man Yung Hpa Hkyen, were tortured and killed by Burmese government soldiers. Local residents say they found the bodies of two [...]