Kachin Youth Demonstration Leading Committee | May 6, 2018 On 30th April. Public demonstration participated by over 8000 individuals demanded Kachin State Government to end the siege on Kachin IDPs who are caught in the locations of military operation. However, [...]
By Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | May 4, 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 northern Rakhine State, but we are disappointed [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | May 2, 2018 Some 5,000 Kachin villagers, who abandoned their homes one month ago due to the proximity of armed clashes between Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence army [...]
Kachinland News | April 30, 2018 A Kachin youth group’s plan to establish a protest camp in front of the An Daw Shin monastery at Yan Gyi Awng Quarter in Myitkyina was thwarted by State government authorities on Monday [...]
Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 30, 2018 Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). The [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | April 30, 2018 YANGON — The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) chief has issued a letter of encouragement to Kachin people who have been displaced by clashes. The letter dated April 28 [...]
Kachinland News | April 26, 2018 It is learned that a BA jet fighter attacked KIA 1st Brigade and 4th Battalion HQ on April 25, around 3:30 pm. Clashes occurred when BA troops marching up from Mile 16 Zup [...]
Kachinland News | April 25, 2018 Kachinland News conducted a phone interview with Col. Nhpang Naw Bu, head of KIO Information Department, on April 24, 2018. KLN: The Burma Army’s offensive in the western region has intensified after April 11. What [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | April 25, 2018 A Kachin woman has gone into hiding after accusing the Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw) of killing two of her family members, apparently fearing detention by the military, according to [...]
32 Kachin Organisations | April 23, 2018 The Burma military broke the ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Organisation in 2011. Since then, residents of the Kachin region have endured various forms of human rights violation as well as denial [...]