Three Kachin IDPs Released By the Army, Two Still Missing

February 20, 2018 — ICC Note: The Myanmar Army released three Kachin IDPs after forcing them to work as porters in Mansi township, but two other people who have been missing for two weeks have...

Christian Civilians Detained by Burma Army in Kachin State

February 8, 2018 — ICC Note: Free Burma Rangers reports that last December there were several cases of the Tamadaw (Burmese military) detaining or harassing Christian civilians in the mostly Christian Kachin State. The...

Kachin Catholic leaders in Myanmar Hopeful for a Ceasefire

January 12, 2018 — ICC Note: Kachin Catholic leaders in Myanmar are hopeful that Pope Francis’ recent visit to the country will help push for a ceasefire between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority...

Hundreds of Kachin and Shan displaced amid fresh clashes

January 5, 2018 — ICC Note: Renewed fighting in conflict-torn Kachin and Shan states have displaced more than 1000 Christian-majority Kachin and Shan people. Myanmar’s military have launched assaults on several positions across Kachin...

Myanmar’s other ethnic atrocity not to be ignored

December 28, 2017 — ICC Note: While the international community has joined forces in condemning the atrocities committed against Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar by the military, the largely Christian ethnic group Kachin has...

Laiza in the spotlight: Myanmar’s rebel capital for Christian Kachin people

December 9, 2017 — ICC Note: Kachin state continues to fear attacks from the Burmese army as they push forward with the goal of establishing an autonomous homeland for the Kachin people, a tiny...

The Rohingyas not the only group hoping for an intervention from Pope Francis

December 1, 2017 — ICC Note: While the issue of Rohingyas took the center stage of Pope Francis’ recent visit to Myanmar, sadly they are not the only religious group in Myanmar heavily persecuted...

Rohingya not the only group persecuted in Myanmar, Christian minorities are as well

October 3, 2017 — ICC Note: Even though Rohingya Muslims are known to be the largest persecuted group in Myanmar, Buddhist nationalist movement also affects other ethnic minorities around the country. Myanmar’s military regime...

Tanai IDPs in Myanmar face looming food shortages, aid workers say

September 29, 2017 — ICC Note: Kachin Internally displaced persons (IDP) who fled from Tanai Township’s gold and amber mining village due to fighting between government troops and independence army will soon face a...

Burmese Soldiers Confess to Killing Three Kachin Refugees

September 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Three Burmese soldiers charged with murder as they confess their responsibility for killing three Kachin refugees (mostly Christian ethnic minority) in town of Mansi. The three victims were...

Myanmar Military Stops Aid Group From Delivering Aid to Kachin State Refugees

August 22, 2017 — ICC Note: Last June, fighting between Burmese government soldiers and the Kachin Independent Army (KIA) forced thousands of people to flee the seven wards that comprise the Tanaing gold and amber...

Burma Seeks Peace with Ethnic Rebels – Will it Lead to an End of Persecution?

July 20, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Peace is the ultimate goal for the infant democratic government of Myanmar as the country has faced rebel conflict since its independence in the late 1940's from the...

Burmese Christian IDPs Risk Imprisonment and Sex Trafficking to Find Work in China

June 14, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Ethnic Kachin Christians have faced persecution and hardship for decades. The military has targeted various Christian villages and have committed unspeakable acts against men, women, and children throughout...

Ethnic Burmese Lawmaker has Opportunity to be First Christian Vice President in History

March 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: As Myanmar continues the process of forming its new government, presidential nominees are being selected by each house of parliament. In the latest round of nominations Henry Van...

Ethnic Karen Christian Selected to lead Upper House in Myanmar’s New Government

February 3, 2016 — ICC NOTE: An Ethnic Karen Christian lawmaker has been selected from Augn San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party to be the speaker of Myanmar's House of Nationalities. The...

Peace in Ethnic Myanmar Shaky According to Christian Population

January 6, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Myanmar has waged civil war after civil war since their independence from Britain in 1948. The military controlled government has grappled with many ethnic armies representing the outlying...