Union Army should be under civilian jurisdiction, say Maijayang delegates
The non-binding agreement was reached in the Kachin State town following debate on DDR and SSR in a future federal union.
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Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process
17 ethnic delegations meet in Maijayang to plan for 21CPC
A Karenni leader stressed that delegates would aim to reach mutual agreements on behalf of all ethnic armed groups that are working towards a federal system.
In Kachin’s IDP camps, women struggle to be heard
New research has found that in camps for the internally displaced in Kachin State, women’s needs struggle to be heard as the conflict in northern Burma enters its seventh year.
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Ethnic leader calls on Suu Kyi to include all armed groups in NCA
Ahead of talks with the government, UNFC vice-chairman Nai Hongsa reiterates the ethnic bloc’s demands.
Suu Kyi overstretched, says new report
A new report by a Brussels-based think tank says that Burma’s “undisputed political leader” has a strong tendency “to concentrate power in her own hands and delegate little.”
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For Kachin rebels, educating IDPs is part of the struggle
As efforts to expand education opportunities in rebel-controlled parts of Kachin State grow, many hope the peace process will bring lasting solutions.
Ethnic leaders agree on 8 principles for a federal Burma
The eight principles are: sovereignty; equality; self-determination; establishment of a genuine federal union; protection of ethnic rights, democratic rights and basic human rights; gender equality; a multi-party democratic system; and secularism.
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Muslims excluded from ethnic youth conference
Two Muslim youths say they weren’t permitted to take part in an ethnic youth conference in Panlong, Shan State, because they didn’t represent any of Burma’s ethnic groups.
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‘Door still open’ to non-ceasefire groups, says top general
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, says non-ceasefire groups are welcome to join future peace talks, as armed groups push for more inclusive negotiations.
Burma’s supreme seat of power
More than 20 months after witnessing government forces violently abduct his wife, a farmer turned refugee from Burma’s Kachin struggles to move forward
Dinner time in Pakahtawng camp
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[…]
Life in Kachin’s IDP camps
Photojournalist Ryan Libre takes a look at daily life in the Kachin IDP camps in Maijayang, northern Kachin state. The children’s parents sent them to the camp to escape the[…]
Displaced persons in desperate need of food: report
After fleeing from the violence at the frontlines of Kachin state’s civil war, local citizens displaced along the Chinese border are finding themselves challenged to meet even basic standards of living
Kachin groups invite Suu Kyi to visit camps for displaced
In an open letter to Aung San Suu Kyi, 23 Kachin organisations have asked the democracy icon to travel to Maijayang to visit camps that house people displaced by the ongoing fighting in Kachin state
Fighting continues in Kachin state as peace talks held
The Kachin Independence Army and government forces are engaged in heavy fighting as the group’s political wing and the government’s Union Peace-making Work Committee held unofficial talks earlier this week
Clashes ongoing as UN visits Kachin IDPs
Government-formed rights commission also warns of evidence of psychological trauma among child refugees in camps in Kachin state
UN gains access to Kachin rebel territory
Burma government allows UN team to bring aid to thousands of Kachin refugees who have been holed up in the town of Laiza
Arrests highlight Burma-China gun trade
Chinese police bust gun-smuggling racket claimed to have been running weapons from northern Burma to Tibet for two years
