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Network Statements

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

March 24, 2017

On the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning…

ND-Burma 2016 Report Finds Dramatic Increase Human Rights Violations

February 8, 2017

8 February 2017For Immediate Press Release ND-Burma today…

New report exposes systematic cover-up of Myanmar Army involvement in Kachin rape-murder case

July 19, 2016

Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)…

Ongoing Tatmadaw offensives and impunity for war crimes undermine new Panglong peace initiative

June 16, 2016

Date: 16th June, 2016Statement by the Women’s League of Burma The…

Second Consultation Meeting of Border-Based Democracy Activist and Ethnic Civil Society Organizations Regarding Their Role and Work in Burma During the Transition

May 11, 2016

For Immediate Release11 May, 2016 By the Organizing Committee…

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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.