Network Statements – Page 4 – Kachin Women’s Association

Network Statements

Statement by the World Kachin Congress on the 8th anniversary of the resumption of civil war

June 9, 2019

Date: June 9th, 2019 Eight years ago today, the Burma Army…

MNHRC Must Take Stand on Extrajudicial Killings of Rakhine Villagers

May 14, 2019

14 May 2019 By CSO Working Group on MNHRC Reform We, the…

Statement of the 10th Congress of Women’s League of Burma

May 2, 2019

(2 May 2019) – The Women’s League of Burma (WLB)…

Wold Kachin Congress deplores unjust sentencing of Kachin civil society leaders, calls for sanctions against the real criminals – the Burma Army

December 8, 2018

Screenshot December 08, 2018 The World Kachin Congress…

YOU CANNOT IGNORE US: Victims of human rights violations in Burma

October 16, 2018

Screenshot (Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of…

International Kachin Community Supports Fact-Finding Mission’s Call to Refer Burma to the ICC

September 3, 2018

3 September, 2018 – We, the International Kachin…

UN must act urgently on recommendations by the International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar

August 27, 2018

(Bangkok/Geneva, 27 August 2018) – Asian Forum for…

The UN Must Establish a Mechanism towards Accountability for Gross and Systematic Human Rights Violations in Myanmar

June 28, 2018

28 June 2018 Yesterday at the 38th session of the UN…

Enough is enough! World must act to end Burma Army’s devastating war on Kachin

June 9, 2018

June 9, 2018 Seven years ago today, civil war resumed…

Myanmar: Drop Defamation Cases Against Kachin Anti-War Protest Organizers Trial against three protesters continues today

May 21, 2018

(YANGON, May 21, 2018) – The Government of Myanmar…

About Us

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.