Joint Statement on Accountability and Aid in Northern Burma

A delegation of religious leaders, women’s rights activists, and civil society groups representing the Kachin, Shan, and Ta’ang ethnic nationalities from Burma (Myanmar) completed a visit to London and Brussels today, in which they called for action to end impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and to allow unhindered access for humanitarian aid to internally displaced peoples in northern Burma. The delegation, hosted by CSW and Human Rights Watch, met with the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Mark Field MP, the Shadow Foreign Minister Helen Goodman MP, the…

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