Kachin People Call for an End to the Humanitarian Crisis in Burma’s Kachin State

Kachin community and civil society representatives will hold a press conference to mark one year since the 17-year ceasefire between the Burma Army and the Kachin Independence Organization broke down. In the last year, an estimated 75,000 people have been displaced by the fighting and continue to face a humanitarian crisis with virtually no access to assistance from local or international organizations.

Kachin communities around the world, civil society and supporters are solemnly marking this one year of armed conflict with global actions calling for an immediate end to the humanitarian crisis. This press conference will look at the actions being held around the world and the situation on the ground in Kachin State, highlighting the ongoing offensives by the Burma Army and human rights violations. The Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand will also be releasing a report entitled “Ongoing Impunity: Continued Burma Army atrocities against the Kachin people.”

When: Friday 8 June at 1:30pm
Where: The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
Penthouse, Maneeya Center, 518/5 Ploenchit Road, Bangkok
(connected to the BTS Skytrain Chidlom station)

Speakers will be:

• Hkawng Seng Pan (Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand)
• Naw La (Kachin Development Network Group)
• Naw Din (Kachin News Group)
• Moderated by Khin Ohmar (Burma Partnership)

For more information, please contact:

Moon Nay Li, Coordinator, Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand: +66856251912 or [email protected]

Jessica Stevens, Media and Communications Officer, Burma Partnership: +66884307032 or [email protected]

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