“Human Rights Situation Deteriorated as Fighting Intensified in Kachin State”

Burma's human rights situation in January 2013 remained poor, in large part, due to the intensified fighting in Kachin State.  In January 2013, the Burmese military admitted that it had launched an aerial assault against the strongholds of the KIO/KIA. 
According to a member organization of the ND-Burma, there are over 25,000 refugees being sheltered in close proximity to the aerial attacks.  Reports of civilian causalities have also been received.

Kachin refugees fleeing from the ongoing armed conflict

17 June 2011

Kachin women denouncing offensive by the Burmese Army and atrocities against Kachin people

We, the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), strongly denounce the Burmese military’s offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), and atrocities against civilians including rape, murder and abduction of young men.