Kachin Rebels Live In Limbo As War With Burma Drags On -- Voice of America
Burma’s army and ethnic Kachin rebels have been fighting since June, when they broke a 17-year-old cease-fire. The move sent tens of thousands of civilians fleeing into makeshift refugee camps. Rights groups accuse authorities of preventing aid from reaching camps in rebel-held territory.
Four hundred Kachin refugees get regular donations of food and other aid at a Catholic-run camp. The youngest were born while in the camp, enlarging families that fled fighting between the Burmese military and the Kachin Independence Army.
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More News On The Plight Of The Kachin Rebels
Myanmar’s forgotten ethnic conflict -- Global Post/Salon
4 Burma soldiers fall in battle on election day in N.Shan state -- Kachin News
Human Rights Watch: Kachin people still face 'serious abuses' -- BBC
To See if the New Burma Can Be Trusted, Ask the Kachin as They Face Ethnic War -- Jakarta Globe
Kachin plight reveals Burma's patchy progress -- Sue Lloyd Roberts, BBC
Burma: Government Makes Peace With Karen Rebels, But Why Not Kachin? – OpEd -- Eurasia Review
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