against Kachin people
We, the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), strongly denounce
the Burmese military’s offensives against the Kachin Independence Army
(KIA), and atrocities against civilians including rape, murder and
abduction of young men. The Burmese military attack to a KIA post in
Eastern Kachin State on the 9th June 2011 and subsequent fighting has
driven thousands of civilians out of their homes into the Kachin-
China border areas. KWAT is outraged about the implication of the
offensive to the Kachin people, in particular, for the impact on women
and children in the areas. KWAT demands the immediate stop of the
offensive by the Burmese military against Kachin and other ethnic
groups.
