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Govt Won’t Drop Charges Against Three Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The deputy director of Kachin State’s religious affairs department is refusing to drop the legal case against three painters charged…
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Lockdowns Hurt Businesses In Kachin State Villages
Business owners in Myitkyina township are struggling to survive after COVID-19 lockdowns forced their restaurants and beer stations to close.…
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Quarantined Workers Will Be Moved Before Rain Comes
The Kachin State government will transfer hundreds of migrant workers staying in a rudimentary quarantine facility in northern Kachin State…
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Mandated Quarantine For Kachin State MPs
Kachin State parliamentarians will need to quarantine for one week before attending an upcoming session in parliament. Tun Tin, the…
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Calls Grow to Drop Charges Against Artists Over COVID-19 Mural
The Kachin State-based Legal Aid Network (LAN) has demanded that the case against three Myitkyina-based painters be dismissed one month…
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Three Painters Promoting COVID-19 Awareness Released on Bail, Charges Remain
Three painters were released from jail on bail by a Myitkyina court on Thursday, but continue to face charges of…
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Social Distancing Not Always Being Followed For Returning Workers, CSO Says
With thousands returning en masse from jobs in China in recent days a Kachin civil society coalition cautioned that more…
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Day Workers Blocked From Banana Farms
Hundreds of day workers employed on tissue-culture banana farms in Waingmaw township, in Kachin State, have been told not to…
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Gov’t Restricts Traffic To Hpakant To Fight Virus
The government introduced stricter travel measures it claims will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township.…
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Kachin Civil Society Initiates Coronavirus Prevention Measures in IDP Camps
Kachin civil society organizations have started their own preventative programs to fight coronavirus in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps…
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