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Kachin IDP kids tell their stories with images
“In the end, we should be aiming to make this the last generation in Burma who has to live with war.”
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“In the end, we should be aiming to make this the last generation in Burma who has to live with war.”
One hundred and twenty kilometres from Lashio, Burmese forces are bombing the positions of the Shan State Army-North in the town of Mongshu.
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More than 1,000 villagers, who fled their homes to avoid being caught in the crossfire of armed conflict are running out of food in their temporary shelters.
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The Burmese government believes that 69 have now been killed as floodwaters have swept 12 states and regions of the country over the past month.
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DVB speaks to IDPs in Man Wain Gyi camp, where because on ongoing fighting, they have all but given up hope of going home any time soon.
Three Kachin IDPs serving jail terms for unlawful association have been found guilty of further crimes.
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Musicians and activists united in Rangoon on Sunday for a series of concerts benefitting Kachin war refugees.
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After more than two years of displacement, the prospect of returning home remains a distant dream for many Kachin refugees.
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A prominent Karen NGO has hit out at a Japanese report recommending further special economic zones be delineated across southeast Burma.
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Tomas Ojea Quintana met with protest as he arrived in western Burma’s Arakan State on Friday during his last visit to the country as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma.
TBC says only 3.4 percent of the December camp population returned to Burma versus 6 percent who were resettled to third countries.
Villagers taking refuge in displacement camps in war-torn Kachin and Shan states are in desperate need of reliable shelter as the monsoon season commences in northern Burma
The United Nations refugee agency has released a report that coincides with World Refugee Day, that says there are now more refugees in the world than there were nearly 20[…]
A time lapse of Maijayang’s Pakahtawng camp in Kachin state. There are 2457 people living in the camp – the children are from northern Shan state and were sent to[…]
The United Nations humanitarian coordinator Ashok Nigam spoke to DVB about the IDP camps, aid and citizenship in Arakan state.
About 800 internally displaced residents who have been forced to flee amid fighting between government forces and the KIA, now have to relocate again due to flooding in Kachin state
Nearly 200 families told to leave homes as Burmese army relaunches its ‘four cuts’ strategy aimed at isolating insurgent groups
June 17, 2009 (DVB), Burma has the world's third largest population of stateless persons according to the UN refugee agency, while at the same time Burmese refugees were last year[…]
Rosalie SmithMay 27, 2009 (DVB), Government spending on healthcare in Burma ranks among the lowest in the world, eclipsed by the wealth of public money that lines the pockets of[…]
Rosalie SmithMay 27, 2009 (DVB), Government spending on healthcare in Burma ranks among the lowest in the world, eclipsed by the wealth of public money that lines the pockets of[…]