“Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”
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Mass rally in Myitkyina for IDPs recently displaced by Kachin conflict
Thousands in Kachin State’s capital Myitkyina joined a rally on Monday demanding safe passage for displaced civilians trapped amid clashes between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
More Kachin villagers flee as clashes intensify
“Local villagers are simply too afraid to stay in homes close to the fighting, because they can hear and feel the constant blasts of heavy artillery fire.”
Shelling of village sends hundreds more fleeing in Kachin
Clashes between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army around a village in Kachin State have sent more than 800 people fleeing in the latest bout of fighting to affect…
Military urges IDPs in Tanai to return home after recent fighting
The military has announced in Kachin State’s Tanai town that civilians who abandoned their homes to avoid clashes between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army must return, saying KIA…
An estimated 2,000 Kachin villagers flee to jungle as clashes hit Tanai Township
The committee noted that a 22-year-old man was killed on 11 April and his father wounded when Burmese military aircraft attacked the area.