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 of IDPs from a total of over 120,000 have fled,...
Myanmar: Drop Defamation Cases Against Kachin Anti-War Protest Organizers Trial against three protesters continues...
(YANGON, May 21, 2018) - The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges against three ethnic-Kachin human rights defenders, said the Kachin Women’s Association of Thailand (KWAT) and Fortify Rights today. The...
Myanmar: International Kachin Community Supports Fact-Finding Mission’s Call to Refer Burma to the ICC
3 September, 2018 – We, the International Kachin Community, welcome the August 27 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Burma and support its recommendations. The Fact-Finding Mission found evidence of “genocidal...
September briefing
As the monsoon season in Myanmar comes to an end, there has been an increase in air and ground offensives against ethnic minority people. In the middle of September, 6 Burmese Army...
END MILITARY JUNTA’S CRIMES TO HALT MASS DISPLACEMENT: SUPPORT LOCAL RESPONDERS FOR EFFECTIVE HUMANITARIAN...
End military junta’s crimes to halt mass displacementSupport local responders for effective humanitarian assistance
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day, we call on the United Nations,...
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...
MYANMAR: END IMPUNITY AND VIOLENCE AGAINST ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES
(Geneva/Bangkok/Yangon, 11 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD), Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Progressive Voice (PV), call on the...
Statement: Selection Process of New Commissioners for the MNHRC Must be Transparent and Inclusive
25 July 2019
We, the 24 organizations of
the CSO Working Group on MNHRC Reform, call on the Selection Board to engage in
a public, transparent and...
