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No justice for ongoing Burma Army crimes in northern Shan State

January 7, 2020

In the State Counsellor’s speech at the International Court…

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…

Recent defamation case in Phakant highlights urgent need to bring the Burma Army under civilian control

September 8, 2017

September 8, 2017 Since the founding of the Kachin…

ND-Burma 2016 Report Finds Dramatic Increase Human Rights Violations

February 8, 2017

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

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…

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)…

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.