Kachin civilians are increasingly targeted by the vaunted Burmese army in retaliation for their impotent campaign to wipe out the Kachin Independence Organization and its military wing KIA. Daily accounts of Burmese army burning down villages, raping the Kachin women, bombing innocent civilians, arresting and torturing local residents are reported from local sources. As another […]
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KIO urges UN to send observers
On behalf of Kachin Independence Organization’s central committee, Chairman Lanyaw Zawng Hra sent a letter (To Mr. Ban Ki-moon) to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on May 15, 2012. In the letter, Lanyaw Zawng Hra highlighted Burmese government’s ongoing conflicts with ethnic nationalities in Burma’s border regions. As troop buildups continue and fighting intensifies, big and […]
Burmese Army increases its use of airstrikes in Kachin war
Burmese Army’s Russian-made Mi-24 assault helicopter has fired rockets on Jik Loi village and Rit Pan village on May 14 at 5 pm. At least one civilian house in Jik Loi and one house in Rit Pan have been damaged by rockets fired from a large helicopter gunship, said local villagers. Two cows have been […]
A new wave of IDPs flee Pangwa
Local sources say newly arrived Burmese Army soldiers committed widespread human rights abuses such as rapes, interrogations, and tortures against Pangwa township residents. Heavy fighting causes massive displacement of about 600 villagers from Pangwa, Hpare, Man Hpwi, Lagyawm and Dang Gaw villages towards an IDP camp located at border post no. 6 on May 11, […]
Brig-Gen Zeyar Aung threatens to eliminate Kachin Independence Organization
As the Kachin Army struggles through the eleventh month in its fight against Burmese government Army, there are no signs of abating armed conflict in Kachin State. Fighting continues between Kachin Independence Army and Burmese Army in areas close to Kachin administrative capital Laiza and Headquarter Pa Jau. Though KIO repeatedly asked Burmese government to honor […]
Rape as weapon: Unveiling a travesty of reform
On May 13th, many parts of the world will celebrate and honor mothers for their lives, love and sacrifices. On that day, many people will pause to remember those women who have indispensably enabled and shaped their lives. The Mother’s Day, thus, is also a day sensible to cherish the womanhood that gives birth (literally) […]