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Kachin women expose ongoing Burma Army abuses under NLD government

November 15, 2016

Date: 2016 November 15 Press release by the Kachin Women’s…

A Far Cry From Peace: Ongoing Burma Army Offensives and Abuses in Northern Burma Under the NLD Government

October 15, 2016

This report provides an update of the security situation in…

KWAT’s 17th anniversary denouncing escalating Burma Army offensives to seize control of Kachin State’s natural resources

September 9, 2016

09 September 20016 On this occasion of the 17th anniversary…

Mr. Ung Sau Tu Ja murdered by the Burmese Military

June 13, 2016

The Death Documentary of Mr. Ung Sau Tu Ja murdered by the Burmese…

The 4th anniversary of the renewal of war in Kachin areas

June 9, 2015

Statement by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)June…

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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.