Update on the Human Rights Situation in Burma (January – June 2018)
ND-Burma’s bi-annual report finds human rights situation deteriorating across the country
ND-Burma documented 45 cases of human rights violations across four states and regions over...
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...
UN must act urgently on recommendations by the International Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar
(Bangkok/Geneva, 27 August 2018) – Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Progressive Voice, Equality Myanmar, Kachin Women’s Association Thailand, and Rohingya Women’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Urgent call for safe passage of ethnic villagers trapped by Myanmar Tatmadaw offensives throughout...
30 April 2018
From April 11 to 28, 2018, due to fierce offensives by the Myanmar Tatmadaw, people from Tanai township, Awng Lawt village, Kamaing...
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...
