Statement from the Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
24th February 2017
The Ninth Congress of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) was held in a liberated area near the Thai-Burma Border from 20-23...
REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BURMA [January to December 2016]
2016 has seen a dramatic increase in the number of human rights violations with 154 being recorded over the course of the year....
ND-Burma 2016 Report Finds Dramatic Increase Human Rights Violations
8 February 2017
For Immediate Press Release
ND-Burma today releases its 2016 report on the human rights situation in Burma/Myanmar, which shows a dramatic increase in...
Pawns In Their Game: The Military’s Blocking of Aid to IDPs in Kachin and...
“They have received no aid since October and have barely any food left. They are trying to cook their tiny amounts of rice with...
Burma at the Brink: Religious Freedom Violations Threaten its Future
Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma highlights the pervasive and longstanding persecution and discrimination Christians face that have persisted, often unreported, for generations.
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Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma
The enduring, constitutionally entrenched power of the military and the elevation of Buddhism as the de facto state religion are key factors in understanding...
More than five years after a woman disappeared while in Tatmadaw custody, a Kachin...
SUMLUT HTU Ra’s normally sunny face turns serious when asked how her family has coped with the disappearance of her sister, Sumlut Roi Ja,...
Rape: The Burma Army’s unpunished weapon of war
In October 2016, amid renewed violence in Rakhine state, it was reported that “dozens” of women had been raped by Burma/Myanmar army soldiers. The...
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...
A Far Cry From Peace: Ongoing Burma Army Offensives and Abuses in Northern Burma...
This report provides an update of the security situation in Kachin areas of northern Burma during the past year, since the November 2015 elections....
