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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
SUMLUT HTU Ra’s normally sunny face turns serious when asked how her family has coped with the disappearance of her sister, Sumlut Roi Ja, who was taken away by Tatmadaw soldiers almost exactly five years ago. “It affected her husband and her daughter the most. He went into a depression, but now, after a long time, […]
Date: 2016 November 15 Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) documents ongoing, widespread Burma Army abuses in Kachin areas of northern Burma over the past year, since the National League for Democracy (NLD) was voted into power. “A far cry from peace” […]
This report provides an update of the security situation in Kachin areas of northern Burma during the past year, since the November 2015 elections. Despite hopes that the new government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) would move the peace process forward and bring an end to fighting, Burma Army offensives in the […]
09 September 20016 On this occasion of the 17th anniversary of KWAT’s founding on September 9, 1999, we wish to express our grave concern at the escalating conflict in our Kachin homelands due to spreading Burma Army offensives. Over the past six months, since the new NLD government came to power, we have seen expansion […]
At the same time as Thein Sein’s government is engaging in public relations maneuvers designed to make it appear that reform is taking place, its army is perpetrating atrocities against the Kachin people on a widespread and systematic basis. Seven months after the November 2010 elections and four months after the convening of parliament which, […]
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Legal Aid Network (LAN) A new report exposes the systematic cover-up of the Myanmar Army’s involvement in the rape-murder of two Kachin teachers in Kawng Kha village, northern Shan State, exactly one year ago. “Justice Delayed, Justice Denied” by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) […]
The Burmese military has ruled and waged civil war within the territory of the union of Burma for many decades. As a result, Kachin and non-Burman ethnicities have been enduring severe hardship, such as impoverishment, and lack of access to health and education. In 1994, a ceasefire agreement was signed between the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO/A) and the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), but did not lead to any political negotiation. Instead, the SPDC took advantage of the agreement to start large-scale extraction of natural resources from the territory of Kachin State.
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