Burma: Ensure Unfettered Aid in Kachin State

Expand People displaced in the conflict between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burmese military for the control of an amber mine pass their time at a Christian church in Tanai Township, Kachin State, Burma on June 16, 2017. © 2017 Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters (Rangoon) – The Burmese military should ensure that humanitarian aid reaches all civilians in need in northern Burma’s Kachin State, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 5, 2018, approximately 5,000 people demonstrated in Myitkyina, the state capital, against the Burmese military operations in the state. In recent weeks there…

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