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Since June 2021, the military regime has continued deploying thousands of troops against resistanceforces in northern Burma, deliberately targeting local populations for collective punishment, including shelling,shooting, arbitrary arrest and torture. The escalated offensives and ongoing climate of impunity for military rapehave heightened vulnerability of local women to sexual violence.Deliberate shelling of civilian areas has taken […]
We, the undersigned 521 Myanmar, regional and international civil society organizations, call on the UN Security Council to urgently convene a meeting on the escalating attacks in Chin State, and address the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian, human rights and political crisis in Myanmar. We call for the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to consolidate […]
This briefing paper will provide an overview of the devastating humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, focusing on Kachin, Karen, Shan, Karenni, Chin, and Rakhine States, covering the nearly seven month period since the coup d’état attempt by the Myanmar military on 1 February, 2021. The attempted coup has severely compounded the existing humanitarian crises, straining the […]
2 August 2021 Today, six months and a day since the Myanmar military launched its coup d’etat, 462 civil society organizations (CSOs) made formal submissions to the E.U., U.K., U.S. and Australia demanding sanctions on the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE). Sanctions should allow gas production to continue, but require revenues to be paid […]
After ten years of long-suffering in IDP camps following the NLD-led government initiative with the collaboration of different civil society groups and international NGOs, the hope of IDPs in Kachin state to go back to their home has been revitalized. However, the hope was fragmented, and they came into uncertainty again to return to their […]
6th July 2021 The 11th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held during 24-25-26 June 2021. During the congress, KWAT’s work in 2019 and 2020 was reviewed, organizational policies were upgraded, and a work plan for the coming 3 years was drawn up. KWAT is committed to working towards genuine peace and […]
6th July 2021 The 11th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held during 24-25-26 June 2021. During the congress, KWAT’s work in 2019 and 2020 was reviewed, organizational policies were upgraded, and a work plan for the coming 3 years was drawn up. KWAT is committed to working towards genuine peace and […]
This briefing paper provides an update of human rights violations by the regime’s security forces in urban andrural areas of Kachin State and Muse District of northern Shan State during April and May, 2021.Due to the previous deadly crackdowns, anti-coup protests have mostly been small flash mobs, but the security forces have continued to use […]
Ten years ago today, the Burma Army violated a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) by attacking KIA positions along the Taping River east of Bhamo, Kachin State. The attack displaced thousands of innocent civilians and deepened distrust. Over the last decade, a civil war has prevented Kachin people from feeling safe […]
9 April 2021 To: ICRC, IFRC and Partners of Myanmar Red Cross Society Subject: Open Letter from Myanmar CSOs Regarding the Myanmar Red Cross Society’s Attendance at the Murderous Junta’s Armed Forces Day Celebration Violating Principles of ICRC and IFRC Dear ICRC Members, IFRC Members and International Partner Countries, We, 407 Myanmar civil society organizations, […]
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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