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Kachin State Natural Resources Development Discussion Paper
This policy discussion paper is based on our experiences and findings of our community research over the last ten years, documenting the impacts of centralized mega development projects on peoples across Kachin state. We did this research together with local communities, including in Hukawng, Hpakant, Putao, Chibwe, Tangphre as well as others. This paper also draws on experiences and solutions from other countries where there has been conflict over natural resources. We hope this paper will contribute to the debate over political solutions to allow the future generations of Kachin state to benefit from its natural resources […]
Kachin Group Slams China’s New CSR Report on Irrawaddy Dams
A Kachin group today criticized the new corporate social responsibility report on the controversial Irrawaddy dams, calling for a locally-led development process, not one benefiting only China […]
• • •Harvard Plan to Restart Irrawaddy Dams Will not Buy Peace
A recent proposal by a Harvard University think-tank to restart the Irrawaddy-Myitsone dam project in order to “power the peace process” in Kachin state fails to address the political root causes of the conflict […]
• • •Statement of Kachin Organizations to Halt the Burmese Government Troops Offensive Against KIO/KIA and Human Rights Abuses of Kachin Civilians
For more than a year over 90,000 Kachin civilian have been displaced as a result of the Government troops severe fighting against the Kachin Independent Army (KIA). This continues to occur despite the Kachin people and the people of Burma sending several petition letters to halt the Government’s military offensive […]
• • •China Power Investment Seeks Backing of Global Dam Industry to Push Ahead with Myitsone Project
Chinese media last week revealed that the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) is currently conducting an “independent” inspection of the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam, being built by China Power Investment Corporation (CPI), to prove that the dam is completely safe and beneficial. Such a study would be a major boost in CPI’s bid to push ahead with the suspended project […]
• • •Lessons from the Kachin “Development” Experience
Burma’s government is using the promise of development as a key component in its current peace negotiations with armed ethnic organizations, proposing ceasefire first, then development, and finally a national political agreement. This process has been tried before in Kachin State with disastrous consequences
• • •Burma Army Moves in to Enforce Eviction Order at Myitsone
On March 17 five Burma army trucks and various government vehicles entered Tanghpre village at the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam site in an apparent attempt to enforce an eviction order and intimidate people to move out from the village […]
• • •Statement on Dialogue Between KIO/KIA and Thein Sein’s Government
… The undersigned Kachin organizations call for an immediate end to offensives in Kachin State and all ethnic areas, and the initiation of politically meaningful dialogue between ethnic nationalities and Thein Sein’s government to achieve ethnic equality and self-determination. We would like to make the following calls regarding the ceasefire negotiations and political dialogue process […]
• • •Kachin Community Calls on US Secretary of State to Press Regime to End Attacks and Human Rights Violations
The Kachin community has appealed to US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to raise the issue of armed conflict and human rights violations in Kachin State on her trip to Burma starting today. Eight organizations, including women, youth, environment, media and community groups […]
• • •Open Letter to the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
We are writing to you today to bring your urgent attention to the situation of the civilian population in Kachin State in northern Burma. On 9 June, spurred on by the Kachin Independence Army’s (KIA) refusal to accept the regime’s proposal that all ethnic armed […]
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