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Six years since resumption of Civil War in Kachin

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9th June 2017 Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week.  Thousands of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled, again, from their IDP camps, which they had called home for five years, as conflict spreads toward the Sino-Burmese border. […]

Without Justice there can be no Peace

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Civil society expectations from the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference Today the Government will host the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in Naypyidaw. As civil society organizations (CSOs) have been barred from the Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC)-led political discussions between the Government, Tatmadaw and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), ND-Burma […]

Ongoing Impunity (continued Burma army atrocities against Kachin people)

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Continued Burma Army atrocities against the Kachin people. No political improvement since ceasefire agreement on 24 February 1994. Kachin participating in democratic reform process by attending National Convention, polled referendum in KIO control areas and attempted to participate in 2010 election and by- election However….. on 9 June, 2011, Burma Army launched a full-scale attack […]

UN Human Rights Council Decides To Urgently Dispatch An International Fact Finding Mission To Burma/Myanmar

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(Geneva, 24 March 2017) – Today, in a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution to urgently dispatch an international fact finding mission to look into gross human rights violations in Burma/Myanmar. This comes after numerous calls by UN experts and civil society for an International Commission of Inquiry (COI) into allegation of […]

ND-Burma Statement on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims

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On the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims ND-Burma calls on the NLD-led government and ethnic armed organizations to publicly acknowledge that grave human rights abuses have been committed by all parties and continue to be perpetrated in the context of Burma’s […]

Statement from the Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand

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24th February 2017 The Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border from 20-23 February 2017. 43 members attended the Congress, including staff from inside Burma, and three observers. During the four days of the Congress, programs and project activities and Secretariat activities from 2015-2016 […]

ND-Burma 2016 Report Finds Dramatic Increase Human Rights Violations

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8 February 2017For Immediate Press Release ND-Burma today releases its 2016 report on the human rights situation in Burma/Myanmar, which shows a dramatic increase in the number of human rights violations committed. Some of the key findings in the report include: The Irrawaddy has published an article summarising the findings, which you can find here: ‘Burma […]

Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma

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The enduring, constitutionally entrenched power of the military and the elevation of Buddhism as the de facto state religion are key factors in understanding violations of religious freedom currently affecting Christian communities in Burma. Many of the discriminatory policies and practices instituted under the military regime continue today. The renamed Ministry of Religious Affairs and […]