Statement of the Ninth Conference of Women’s League of Burma

Date: March 20, 2017 The Ninth Conference of the Women’s League of Burma, held from March 16 to 18, 2017, was attended by 67 people, including representatives from member organizations, members of the Advisory Board,...

Enough is enough! World must act to end Burma Army’s devastating war on Kachin

June 9, 2018 Seven years ago today, civil war resumed in the Kachin region. Between June 9, 2011 and April 30, 2018, over 3,800 battles were fought between the Kachin Independence Army and the Burma...

While people of Myanmar demand sanctions on junta run gas enterprise, Chevron and Total...

CSO Statement 2 August 2021Today, six months and a day since the Myanmar military launched its coup d’etat, 462 civil society organizations (CSOs) made formal submissions to the E.U., U.K., U.S. and...

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...

Burma Army commits war crimes against Kachin IDPs: blocking access to refuge, using as...

May 15, 2018 Urgent update by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)  Contrary to claims by Burma Army commanders that they have not targeted civilians in their recent offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), interviews...

Joint Statement On World Refugee Day, end the ongoing armed conflict, human rights violations...

19 June 2020 Ahead of 20 June, 2020 World Refugee Day, we the 123 undersigned civil society organizations call for an immediate end to the ongoing armed conflict, human...

Open letter to President

Zawgyi version အိတ္ဖြင္႔ေပးစာ ရက္စြဲ ။     ။ ၂၆၊ ၆၊၂၀၂၀ သို႔ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတ ဦးဝင္းျမင္႔ ႏိုင္ငံေတာ္သမၼတရံုး၊...

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...

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REJECT UN SPECIAL ENVOY’S PROPOSAL OF “POWER SHARING”

Civil Society organizations reject UN Special Envoy’s proposal of “power sharing” Raise alarm at her misinterpretation that the “military are in control” 247 civil...

Statement on the 10th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand

10th March 2019 The 10th Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border during 25-26 February 2019. 45 KWAT members attended the congress, including staff...