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...
Hundreds More Kachin IDPs Fleeing After Shelling Hits Their VillageApril 23, 2018 — ICC Note: Latest clashes between the Myanmar army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Mogaung township, Kachin state, have resulted in 800 more people fleeing to nearby town in...
Thousands of Kachin IDPs Told to Return Home Amid Conflicting AccountsApril 20, 2018 — ICC Note: Kachin state minister Khet Aung told more than 2000 displaced Kachin villagers forced to leave their homes that they can return home, while the army from both sides...
Myanmar NGO Asks State Leader to Rescue Displaced VillagersApril 19, 2018 — ICC Note: More than 2000 majority Christian ethnic Kachin villagers were forced to leave their homes when a clash between the Burmese army and Kachin Independence Army (KIA) broke out....
Two Kachin Pastors in Myanmar Released As a Result of AmnestyApril 18, 2018 — ICC Note: Two Kachin pastors who were jailed in January 2017 for assisting foreign journalists documenting a bombed church have been released, thanks to the amnesty announced yesterday by Myanmar’s newly...
UN Official Calls for Humanitarian Access to Myanmar’s Restive StatesApril 10, 2018 — ICC Note: A UN official has called for unrestrained access for humanitarian aid to enter several states of Myanmar which have suffered ongoing armed conflicts. She said restrictions on humanitarian...
Armed Ethnic Minority Group Will Launch New Offensives Against Burmese ArmyApril 6, 2018 — ICC Note: The Kachin Independence Army is planning to launch new offensives on April 10 against the Myanmar military in Kachin state. The majority Christian ethnic minority group has been rocked...
Thousands of Chin Flee Religious Persecution in Myanmar, Resettle in TexasMarch 29, 2018 — ICC Note: Chin, the majority Christian ethnic minority group in Myanmar has suffered from religious persecution and racial discrimination for decades. Thousands of them have fled their country to seek life...
Myanmar President Htin Kyaw Resigns Due to Ill HealthMarch 21, 2018 — ICC Note: A close friend and confidante of the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw has resigned today due to ill health. His post would be...
Myanmar and Its Burmanization of Ethnic Minority GroupsMarch 18, 2018 — ICC Note: For decades the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin and other minority groups in Myanmar have been put through a process they call Burmanization — an informal system in which...
Police in Myanmar Probe Killing of Two Christian Kachin RefugeesMarch 14, 2018 — ICC Note: The bodies of two Kachin refugees living in Mansi township were recovered last Thursday and police are investigating. Both victims are reported to have exit wounds in their...
Myanmar Inspects Grave Where Two Missing Kachin IDPs Could Be BuriedMarch 11, 2018 — ICC Note: More than a month after two Kachin IDPs were abducted by the Myanmar army, a grave has been identified that allegedly contains the bodies of the victims. Local authorities...
