Two 15 year old girls raped by Burma Army soldiers in Kachin state last week: and I am supposed to keep quiet about it?

December 10, 2013 · stevegumaer Academics and diplomats are largely in agreement: they generally say, now is the time to stop criticizing the Regime in Burma; now is the time to focus on the positive steps that have been made and draw a patient breath, believing that a better future stands up to greet the children of current victims of oppression and violence. They promise that at the rate of change we are witnessing,...[Readmore]

Latest Clashes in Nam Lim Pa village Mansi Township, Kachin State

  17 Nov 2013 Severely shooting in Nam Lim Pa village, Mansi Township starting from 7:00 AM this morning on the 17 November 2013. A total of more than 2300 existing IDPs, students, the new IDPs coming from Kaung Lwin (aka Gawng Run) and Saga Nam Hkum villages needed to fled the village and running to different directions. Injured, trapped and killed are unknown. On the 16th November 2013 evening around 4:30 PM, Myanmar Government troops...[Readmore]

Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villagers; Rapes of 15-Year-Old Kachin Girl and 29-year-old Kachin Mother

[image: Free Burma Rangers] <http://www.freeburmarangers.org>www.freeburmarangers.org [image: FBR - Love one another] Burma Army Attacks Kachin Villagers; Rapes of 15-Year-Old Kachin Girl and 29-year-old Kachin Mother *7 November 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* - ...[Readmore]

Laiza Ethnic Armed Organizations Conference Statement

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URGENT PRESS RELEASE- BURMESE ARMY ATTACK AND LOOT KACHIN IDP CAMPS

URGENT PRESS RELEASE - BURMESE ARMY ATTACK AND LOOT KACHIN IDP CAMPS ....[Readmore]

Burmese military has granted license to Kill and permission to fire Kachin Civilian to its ... the burmese military aggression and Brutality against Civilian ...

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Kachin state is severely under fighting again for 2 days.

By: Khon Ja The native village of my Dad and mine, Nam Lim Pa, Mansi Township, Kachin state is severely under fighting again for 2 days. We have a family house there, half of the villagers are cousins and close relatives and the rest are friends. The villagers from Nam Lim Pa, Awng Ja, Nam Hpu, Maing Hkawng have to run away again for the second time during the resumed conflict in Kachin. How can I sleep peacefully, and work peacefully...[Readmore]

This is an Honor for All of Us’

Lahpai Seng Raw, co-founder of the Rangoon-based Metta Development Foundation, sits with her son Brang Lai in front of their home. (Photo: The Irrawaddy) My first role model was the late Maran Brang Seng, who was chairman of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). He encouraged me to become involved in work to improve the situation of destitute Kachin communities along the borderlands of northern Myanmar. Today, I thank him and the...[Readmore]

Bawk Ja, the Candidate of Kamaing Kachin State was arrested by police at Mohnyin

Bawk Ja, the Candidate of Kamaing in Election 2010 against Minister Ohn Myint, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, the person who sue Yuzana Company for land grabbing in Hugaung Valley in Kachin State was arrested by police at Mohnyin, Kachin State, this evening. She will be send to Myitkyina tomorrow. ေဒၚေဘာက္ဂ်ာ၊ ၂၀၁၀ ေရြးေကာက္ပြဲတြင္ ေမြးျမဴေရးႏွင့္ ေရလုပ္ငန္း၀န္ၾကီးဌာန ၀န္ၾကီး ဦးအံုးျမင္႔၊ ယုဇန ကုမၼဏီအား ဟူးေကာင္းေဒသတြင္ ေျမသိမ္းမႈျဖင္႕...[Readmore]

Kachin update- China’s involvement with Burmese Army reinforcement and BA attacked the KIA position

Dear Friends, This letter is to provide an update on the situation in Kachinland to the stakeholders who have been involved in the Kachin peace process. We have received very disturbing news reports that Chinese security forces are helping reinforcement and ration supply to a Burmese military outpost in Mu Bum close to Loije and Nongdaofenchang, Dehong, Yunnan, China. This is not the first time we have received such a report. The Embassy of the...[Readmore]

A State of Anxiety

Posted By Min Zin Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 4:05 PM Share I visited Burma for the first time in 16 years last December. Back then I felt relative optimism about our country's political transition -- despite its deepening poverty, the ongoing war against the Kachin ethnic group, and sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims. The release of hundreds of political...[Readmore]

KIO( Kachin )turns military headquarter into a boarding school

By KLN Published on July 10, 2013 Opening ceremony of a boarding school was held at Hpung Mai hall in Laiza on July 9 at 9 am. The combined boarding school which accommodates 1725 middle and high school students is located at Alen Bum, the former KIA’s military headquarter, in Laiza. 107 teachers and school staffs are currently serving at the boarding school. The school is administered by KIO’s education department and funded by KIO, NGOs...[Readmore]

Burma’s supreme seat of power

More Sharing ServicesShare Comments (0) By KO HTWEPublished: 3 July 2013 Kachin farmer Dau Lum holds a picture of his wife, who was abducted by the Burmese military more than 20 months ago. (Photo by Edward Chung Ho) A 17-year ceasefire between the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and Burma’s military unraveled in dramatic fashion...[Readmore]

Burma army and KIA battle in southern Kachin state

=============================== (KNG) Clashes between the Burma army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) broke out in the Bhamo district of southern Kachin state earlier this week. Two separate clashes took place at the abandoned Du Hku village located in an area controlled by KIA Battalion 27 (under KIA 3rd Brigade) on June 18 and 19 when government troops from Infantry Battalion No. 240 entered KIA territory, according to Salang...[Readmore]

Kachin peace marchers departed for Laiza from Myitkyina on June 21 carrying a Buddha statue and a Christian cross made of bullet shells collected during their journey to Laiza.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Kachinlandnews Portal at Laiza, Kachin State Religious symbols made of bullets departed for Laiza By KLN Published on June 21, 2013 Kachin peace marchers departed for Laiza from Myitkyina on June 21 carrying a Buddha statue and a Christian cross made of bullet shells collected during their journey to Laiza. The group included 6 monks and 37 Buddhists and Muslims laymen, said a source in Myitkyina. The...[Readmore]

Kachin Global Day of Action in USA....

Kachin Alliance's photo. Federalism is key to genuine peace Statement by 60 organisations, 07 Jun 2013 60 Kachin community organisations and Burma campaign groups worldwide in 21 countries will take part in a Global Day of Action today to mark the 2nd anniversary of military attacks by the Burmese government against the Kachin Independence Army and Kachin civilians breaking a 17- year ceasefire. It has been two years now since the...[Readmore]