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Statement by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)June 9, 2015 The international community must start pressuring the Burmese government to stop its attacks against ethnic peoples The conflict situation in northern Burma has worsened during 2015. Despite the Burmese government’s claims to be promoting peace, they have continued their military build-up in Kachin and northern […]
This report, based on interviews with Kachin drug users, their family members, drug sellers, and community leaders in eight townships of northern Burma, paints a disturbing picture of the drug crisis in Kachin areas. It shows how the renewed conflict against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since June 2011 is fuelling drug production and worsening […]
KWAT team is happy to share our 7 year activity report (2007-2013) with you all. This report is a comprehensive compilation of KWAT’s goals, accomplishments, activities, and roles within society from 2007-2013. Since its formation in 1999, KWAT has been active in Thailand, Kachin State, and in Northern Shan State in Burma for the past […]
Despite ongoing peace negotiations with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), in early September2013 Burmese government troops raided the village of Nhka Ga, near Putao in northern Kachin State, accusing the villagers of supporting the KIA. They detained and tortured ten villagers, shot three men to death, andraped the wife of one of the detainees. The […]
The Burmese government’s renewed war against the Kachin has exponentially increased the risk of human trafficking along the China-Burma border. New documentation by KWAT indicates that large-scale displacement, lack of refugee protection and shortages of humanitarian aid have become significant new push factors fuelling the trafficking problem. Burma Army offensives against the Kachin Independence Army […]
About 60,000 Kachin villagers fleeing Burma Army attacks and persecution, who are sheltering in Kachin-controlled territory along the China-Burma border, have received almost no international aid since conflict broke out in June 2011. Data compiled from local relief groups shows that international aid agencies, including the UN, have provided only 4% of basic food needs […]
This report provides an update of atrocities committed by the Burma Army against civilians since it broke its 17-year ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) one year ago. It highlights the particular suffering of women during the conflict, who have been forced to be porters, used as sex slaves, gang-raped and killed. Since the […]
Shayi Shanan Nsen Munghpawm Myen Mungdan kata, anhte Jinghpaw Wunpawng buga ginra e ya yang, Myen Hpyen gumshem ni gaw, Mung chying sha ni hpe, amyu shamyit lailen hte gasat gala nga ma ai. Num ni hpe roi rip, la num nnga porter shaga adup kayat, kahtawng wan nat dusat yam nga ni hpe kashun kashe rai ma […]
Shayi Shanan Nsen Shinggyim wuhpawng hta chye chyang kung hpan hpaji chye ai ramma shayi shadang sha ni law htam wa yang sha, myu sha ni rawt jat wa na re. Dai majaw, anhte KWAT ni hku nna, ramma shayi shadang sha ni grau atsam rawt jat wa lu na matu, Internship Program hpaw nna, sharin […]
Shayi Shanan Nsen Simsa ngwi pyaw ai ngasat ngasa lam hpe myit mada nna, wuhpung wuhpawng ni hta myu shayi ni a ahkaw ahkang madang tsaw ai hte shang lawm lu na matu, anhte KWAT ni hku nna, dang di lu ai daram shakut nga ai ten rai nga mali ai. 2011, February 10th -12th ya laman, […]
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.
Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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