KWAT
Urgent call for safe passage of ethnic villagers trapped by Myanmar Tatmadaw offensives throughout...
30 April 2018
From April 11 to 28, 2018, due to fierce offensives by the Myanmar Tatmadaw, people from Tanai township, Awng Lawt village, Kamaing...
Kachin Communities Worldwide Demand United Nations Security Council Urgently Refers Burma to the International...
23rd April 2018
The Burma military broke the ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Organisation in 2011. Since then, residents of the Kachin region have endured...
State terror in the Kachin hills
In late 2012, the Burma Army intensified military operations against strongholds of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). This culminated in a massive offensive on...
Myanmar: Drop Criminal Defamation Charges Against Kachin Activist
News Release
Decriminalize defamation laws, uphold right to freedom of expression
(YANGON, November 14, 2017)—The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges...
Recent defamation case in Phakant highlights urgent need to bring the Burma Army under...
September 8, 2017
Since the founding of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) on September 9, 1999, we have been working to promote and protect...
Latest Burma Army war crimes in Kachin State highlight urgent need to end military-to-military...
Date: August 21, 2017
Press release by KWAT
On August 11, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops entered Kasung village, in Mogaung township of Kachin State,...
Appeal for the immediate release of Kachin farmer Nlam Bawk Naw, arbitrarily arrested on...
Date: 8th August, 2017
Press release by Kachin CSOs
Kachin CSOs are calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Kachin farmer Nlam Bawk...
Six years since resumption of Civil War in Kachin
9th June 2017
Children born on the day civil war reignited in Kachin State are now starting their first grade in school, this week. Thousands...
Without Justice there can be no Peace
Civil society expectations from the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference
Today the Government will host the second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference...
ND-Burma Statement on the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross...
On the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims ND-Burma calls on...
