Burma: Reforms Yet To Reach Kachin State - Army Abuses And Blocked Aid Detailed In New Report

Burma: Reforms Yet To Reach Kachin State - Army Abuses And Blocked Aid Detailed In New Report   The Burmese government has committed serious abuses and blocked humanitarian aid to tens of thousands of displaced civilians since June 2011, in fighting in Burma’s northern Kachin State, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Some 75,000 ethnic Kachin displaced persons and refugees are in desperate need of food, medicine, and shelter, Human Rights Watch said.   The 83-page...

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