In late 2012, the Burma Army intensified military operations against strongholds of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). This culminated in a massive offensive on the KIA headquarters at Laiza on the China-Burma border starting in mid-December.
“The Tavoyan Women’s Union was founded in 1995 in order to fight the injustices being carried out against people living in the Tanintharyi region of southern Burma. Here, land grabs happen frequently and serve to enrich the military and their cronies – the Tavoyan people are rarely sufficiently compensated and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) bring […]
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By NAN LWIN HNIN PWINT 18 October 2017 An ethnic Kachin woman in faded clothes, carrying a small baby, entered the compound of the Myanmar Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 319 in Kachin State’s Mansi Township. She came to attend a military court hearing and to seek justice for her late husband who was killed before she […]
The Council adopted the following conclusions on Myanmar/Burma: “1. The humanitarian and human rights situation in Rakhine State is extremely serious. There are deeply worrying reports of continuing arson and violence against people and serious human rights violations, including indiscriminate firing of weapons, the presence of landmines and sexual and gender based violence. This is […]
Seeking Justice in Burma September 2017 Crisis in Rakhine Since the beginning of the latest military „clearance‟ operations in northern Rakhine State, news from Burma has been dominated by allegations of grave human rights violations against the local Muslim community by the Burmese military. The UN human rights chief has called the operations a “textbook […]
28 SEPTEMBER 2017 Veronica Collins, ND-Burma Abuses reportedly being carried out in Rakhine are the same as have been documented across the country – especially in ethnic nationality areas – since 2004, writes Veronica Collins of the Network for Human Rights Documentation in Burma. At a recent democracy forum held in Burma’s capital Nay Pyi […]
Aileen Thomson reflects on commemorations of the pro-democracy struggle. [This week’s posts on Tea Circle represent the start of our forum on the “Saffron Revolution,” during which we will feature submissions by those analyzing, debating, and reflecting upon the impact of Myanmar’s 2007 demonstrations, 10 years on. We will continue to accept submissions through the coming weeks, so if you […]
From 9 to 14 September, ND-Burma and its Reparations Working Group held an advanced training session on transitional justice in Yangon. Members of the Reparations Working Group examined how other countries have provided redress to victims of human rights violations and discussed what actions the Burmese government will have to take in order to finally […]
September 8, 2017 Recent defamation case in Phakant highlights urgent need to bring the Burma Army under civilian control Since the founding of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) on September 9, 1999, we have been working to promote and protect the rights of women and children in Kachin areas of Burma. Unfortunately, […]