The Unresolved Year-Long Case of the Two Female Teachers of Kawng Hka
19 January 2016
Maran Lu Ra (age 20) and Tangbau Hkwan Nan Tsin (age 21) started working as Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) volunteer teachers in Kawnghka Village, Muse Township, Northern Shan State, in June 2014....
Myanmar: UN Security Council must act to end ongoing crimes against humanity in northern...
4 May 2018
We welcome the UNSC delegation’s historic visit to Burma from April 30 to May 1, 2018, which highlighted the large-scale displacement from northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed that the UNSC...
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 various forms of human rights violation as well as denial...
Kachin Women’s Peace Forum urges an immediate end to Myanmar Tatmadaw offensives in Kachin...
Date: October 1, 2016
The Kachin Women’s Peace forum was held for two days, from September 28 to 29, 2016, in City Park Royal Restaurant, Myitkyina, Kachin State. The forum was attended by 110 women leaders, including...
Challenges to Repatriation
The Burma Army has targeted and attacked ethnic groups for nearly 20 years, thus leading them to flee their country and seek refuge in foreign countries. Among these people, are the Karen, who fled...
NEW THREATS FROM THE AIR
Date: 1st June, 2022Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
New report maps out SAC war crimes in northern Burma
A new...
NOWHERE TO RUN: DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN MYANMAR
This briefing paper will provide an overview of the devastating humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, focusing on Kachin, Karen, Shan, Karenni, Chin, and Rakhine States, covering the nearly seven month period since the...
The UN Must Establish a Mechanism towards Accountability for Gross and Systematic Human Rights...
28 June 2018
Yesterday at the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee, proposed an international mechanism towards accountability...
Statement by the World Kachin Congress, a network of Kachin communities and organizations around...
April 25, 2020
1. The World Kachin Congress (WKC), a network of Kachin organizations and communities around the world, expresses its deep concern over the Burma Army’s military campaign...
KWAT’s 17th anniversary denouncing escalating Burma Army offensives to seize control of Kachin State’s...
09 September 29016
On this occasion of the 17th anniversary of KWAT’s founding on September 9, 1999, we wish to express our grave concern at the escalating conflict in our Kachin homelands due to spreading...
