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Pawns In Their Game: The Military’s Blocking of Aid to IDPs in Kachin and...

KWAT - December 16, 2016

“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

KWAT - December 16, 2016

Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma highlights the pervasive and longstanding persecution and discrimination Christians face that have persisted, often unreported, for generations. Read the...

Hidden Plight: Christian Minorities in Burma

KWAT - December 16, 2016

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...

KWAT - December 2, 2016

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

KWAT - November 30, 2016

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

KWAT - November 16, 2016

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...

KWAT - November 15, 2016

This report provides an update of the security situation in Kachin areas of northern Burma during the past year, since the November 2015 elections....

Kachin women expose ongoing Burma Army abuses under NLD government

KWAT - November 15, 2016

Date: 2016 November 15 Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) documents ongoing, widespread...