Rangers Help Lead Villagers to Safety as Burma Army Enters Nam Lim Pa IDP Camp, Takes Rice Rations and Fires at Villagers
Free Burma Rangers, 11 December 2013, Mansi Township, Kachin State, Burma
On 21 November 2013, Burma Army soldiers from Battalion 47, 56, 240, 276, and 319 – all under the command of Military Operations Command (MOC) 21 – were transporting and storing arms and ammunition at the Nam Lim Pa clinic.
Message for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), November 25, 2013 On this day, 25th November 2013, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KWO is launching a 16-Day Campaign calling for the [...]
A Global Campaign to Reform Burma’s Constitution
Go to Use Your Liberty campaign on Indiegogo A Global Campaign (with film and book) to Reform Burma’s Constitution that Enshrines Dictatorship Vancouver, BC, Canada (November, 18, 2013) American investigative journalist Alan Clements recently returned [...]
UNFC Statement on Current Situation
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), November 12, 2013 1. The UNFC puts on record and honors the Laiza Conference of the Ethnic Armed Resistance Organizations, sponsored by the KIO, a member organization [...]
Kachin organisations in Australia not to attend events welcoming Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Kachin Association of Australia, 11 November, 2013 We, the Kachin organisations in Australia, are aware that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is scheduled to visit Australia this month and meet with Burmese community [...]
Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villagers; Rapes of 15-Year-Old Kachin Girl and 29-year-old Kachin Mother
Free Burma Rangers, November 7, 2013, Kachin State, Burma
In This Report: Attacks in Mung Ding Pa and Nam Lim Pa, with hundreds of new IDPs held hostage in a church; Rape of 15-year-old Kachin Girl; Summary of Burma Army Attacks and Activity in Kachin State in October; Kachin mother raped; 2 children injured during attack on 15 October.
Call to End the War Against Civilians in the Kachin Region of Burma
Kachin Alliance, November 1, 2013 Today, members of the Kachin community living in the United States held a demonstration to demand an end of the war against civilians in the Kachin region [...]
Burmese Army atrocities in Kachin State undermining the peace process
Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), October 31, 2013 New documentation by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) exposes recent atrocities by Burmese government troops against Kachin civilians, despite ongoing peace negotiations. KWAT’s [...]
Villagers confined after Burma Army shelling of Shan ceasefire group near Thai border
Shan Human Rights Foundation, October 31, 2013 Ethnic Padaung villagers of Ho Ha, in Ho Mong township, southern Shan State, were confined in their village for three days after Burmese Army soldiers [...]
Burmese Army Attack and Loot Kachin IDP Camps
Kachin National Organization, October 23, 2013 On the morning of Tuesday 22nd October, the Burmese Army launched an offensive at Namlim Pa and Mung Ding Pa village tracts in Mansi Township, Southern Kachin [...]
Statement by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) on land and natural resource management
Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), October 23, 2013
The Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) organized a workshop on land and natural resource management on 18-20 October, 2013 at a location on the Thai-Karenni border. 48 participants from 16 local civil society groups attended the workshop and agreed to the following points:
56 political prisoners freed in 12th Presidential release
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), October 9, 2013 Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) welcomes the October 8th release of 56 political prisoners. It is essential to continue to recognize the [...]