Myanmar’s Military Bombs 60 Churches in Kachin State, Replaces Them with PagodasJuly 6, 2018 — ICC Note: American pastor Bob Roberts who recently traveled to Kachin State in Myanmar reports that Myanmar’s military has bombed 60 churches in the last 18 months, replacing 20 of...
Kachin: A Heaven or Hell of Dreamers’ DreamsJune 29, 2018 — [vc_custom_heading text="" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="By ICC’s Myanmar Correspondent" font_container="tag:h6|text_align:left" use_theme_fonts="yes" css=".vc_custom_1530296559276{margin-bottom: 22px !important;}"][vc_single_image image="96388" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center"] 06/29/2018 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – Beautiful, lush, and deadly, Kachin State sits nestled between the glorious...
Church Concerned About End to Humanitarian Aid in Kachin StateJune 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Church aid workers in Kachin state are concerned that the Myanmar military’s warning to the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) to stop humanitarian aid will prevent other groups from helping...
Myanmar’s Ethnic Groups Ask Australia for HelpJune 19, 2018 — ICC Note: Over five hundred migrants from Myanmar gather in Perth to call on Australia and other western governments to take action to help protect their ethnic minority groups. Chin (mostly...
Kachin Baptist Convention Halts Aid to IDPs after Threat by Burmese ArmyJune 18, 2018 — ICC Note: The Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) has been helping internally displaced Kachin after the tatmadaw (Burmese army) resumed its offensive against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in 2011. However, tatmadaw...
Kachin IDPs and Their Sense of Desperation Seven Years After Civil WarJune 14, 2018 — ICC Note: Seven years after Tatmadaw (Burmese army) and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) interrupted a ceasefire agreement, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached 150,000. Many live in...
Seven Years of Ongoing Conflicts Affect 150,000 Kachin LivesJune 13, 2018 — ICC Note: On June 9, 2011, the Burmese army Tatmadaw broke the ceasefire agreement between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the government and led an offensive in Momauk. Seven years...
Kachin Catholic Church Damaged by Burmese ArmyJune 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Holy Family Catholic Church in conflict-torn Kachin State was damaged by Myanmar’s military on May 30. The soldiers fired at random and left bullet holes in the church building...
State Department Reports on Intensified Violence Against Ethnic Minorities in MyanmarMay 30, 2018 — ICC Note: In State Department’s religious freedom report released on May 29, Myanmar’s military campaign to eliminate or drive away its ethnic minorities has intensified. Fighting between the government and rebels...
Myanmar’s Churches Become Shelters for Thousands of Kachin IDPsMay 15, 2018 — ICC Note: More than thousands of internally displaced Kachin have taken refuge in churches as a result of the Burmese military’s ongoing offensive against ethnic rebel groups. The situation is worrisome...
Myanmar’s Invisible War on the Kachin Christians is Taking PlaceMay 14, 2018 — ICC Note: While the world zooms in on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, there are more than 6,800 Kachin Christian villagers forced to flee mortar and heavy weapon attacks from the...
Kachin State Evacuates IDPs Trapped by Armed Conflicts in Northern MyanmarMay 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Authorities in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state evacuated 133 IDPs who have been trapped by intensified fighting between Myanmar’s army and Kachin armed group on May 7. The rescued IDPs...
Thousands Gather to Demand Rescue of Displaced Kachin IDPsMay 1, 2018 — ICC Note: About 5000 people gathered in Myitkyina, the capital of northern Myanmar’s Kachin state to demand the government to rescue thousands of displaced Kachin IDPs trapped in forests amid latest...
Renewed Fighting Sends Thousands in Northern Myanmar FleeingApril 29, 2018 — ICC Note: According to a UN official, the renewed fighting between Burmese army and ethnic insurgents in Northern Myanmar has sent more than thousands of people fleeing. In the past...
Dozens of Kachin CSOs Call on UN to Refer Myanmar to International Criminal CourtApril 26, 2018 — ICC Note: Human rights violations against civilians and the denial of humanitarian assistance by government forces in Myanmar, are the reasons why 32 ethnic Kachin civil society organizations call on...
Myanmar Churches Take in Fleeing Kachin VillagersApril 24, 2018 — ICC Note: Two Catholic churches and a Baptist church in Namti town became shelters for hundreds of fleeing civilians in Myanmar’s restive Kachin State. More than 900 Kachin IDPs were rescued...
