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Villagers Oppose Gold Mining In Tanai

Villagers Oppose Gold Mining In Tanai

The people of Hukawng Valley want to convert fallow land near their village into farms, but out-of-town mining companies have their eyes on the gold deposits in the area and have been already reportedly paying

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12 Political Prisoners Released From Hpakant Prison

12 Political Prisoners Released From Hpakant Prison

The military regime released 12 political prisoners, including a journalist, from Mazup Yang Prison in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, on Monday, 3 October. Reporter Naung Yoe told KNG he and the others walked out of

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Burma Army Murders Civilians In Indaw

Burma Army Murders Civilians In Indaw

Burma Army soldiers (BA) killed two innoc​ent civilians and two members of the People’s Defence Force (PDF) in battle during the junta’s offensive against the group opposing the dictatorship in Indaw Township, Sagaing Region. A

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Civilians Used As Human Shields During Conflict In Indaw

Civilians Used As Human Shields During Conflict In Indaw

The Burma Army (BA) abducted 20 civilians, including three women, during fighting with the Indaw People's Defence Force (PDF), forcing them to serve as human shields after hundreds of junta troops from two columns were

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Hostilities Prevent Civilians From Returning Home In Shwegu Township

Hostilities Prevent Civilians From Returning Home In Shwegu Township

Hundreds of civilians are unable to return to their village after regime soldiers occupied it after Kachin resistance fighters attacked them in Shwegu Township, Kachin State. “Some of the villagers were working on their farm

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Regime Deploys Hundreds Of Troops To Fight Indaw PDF

Regime Deploys Hundreds Of Troops To Fight Indaw PDF

Seven villages have fled after hundreds of Burma Army (BA) soldiers were sent to Indaw from southern Kachin State and Sagaing Region, in the northwest, according to an officer of the Indaw People's Defence Force,

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Burma Army Shelling Kills 7-Year-Old In Kachin State

Burma Army Shelling Kills 7-Year-Old In Kachin State

During fighting with the Kachin People's Defence Force (KPDF) in Shwegu Township, Kachin State, a seven-year-old child was killed by government shelling and four other children and a woman, who lost her leg, were wounded.

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Resistance Groups Kill 10 Regime Soldiers In Indaw

Resistance Groups Kill 10 Regime Soldiers In Indaw

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and other groups resisting the military regime attacked a Burma Army (BA) column from Light Infantry Battalion 301 as the soldiers were travelling in Indaw Township, Kachin State. According to

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COVID-19 Outbreak Spreading In Kachin State

COVID-19 Outbreak Spreading In Kachin State

Kachin State is again hit by an COVID-19 outbreak. According to the regional health authority, about 80 new cases have already been detected and at least one new transmission is discovered every day. “I think

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Kachin Group Wins Historic Land Rights Case

Kachin Group Wins Historic Land Rights Case

A Kachin heritage group has regained an important piece of the ethnic group's ancestral land, lost for nearly six decades, after winning an unprecedented legal battle in late August. "This land concerns the entire Kachin