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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…

Burma’s Covered Up War: Atrocities Against the Kachin People

August 14, 2016

At the same time as Thein Sein’s government is engaging in…

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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.

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