“Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”

“Unless both sides stop fighting and allow these people to go home, [the Kachin IDPs] are facing a dire situation.”
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).
“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.”
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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.