KTO-USA

Click here to read the press release and the letter to Ambassador Mitchell. 

"It was heartbreaking to hear their first-hand stories about different kinds of human rights abuses they had to endure at the hands of the Burmese army. However, they also appreciate the opportunity they have now that they can speak out for their families, relatives, friends and their other fellow ethnic people, especially in Kachin state," said Myra Dahgaypaw.

Most of the refugees from Burma that have resettled in the U.S. come from ethnic nationality areas where Burma's army has systematically used forced labor, forced relocation, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and more to control communities and resources for decades. Many of them have lived as an internally displaced person for years before they reached the refugees camps at the Thailand-Burma border. Many of them lost their loved ones due to civil war.

This petition raised legitimate concern that while the main focus of international diplomatic efforts has been on some limited reforms affecting central Burma, insufficient attention is being paid to developments in ethnic areas. Widespread human rights abuses still continue on regular basis at the armed conflict areas. In the absence of armed conflict, there are abuses related to forced labor, forced relocation and land confiscation.

The current ceasefires do not create peace for ethnic civilians. They do not guarantee safety for civilians. Read this report on how forced labor, torture and military activity are still happening in Karen State. Attacks in Kachin areas has been going on for over nine months, and has forced 75,000 people to flee their homes. For more details on Kachin situation, read "Untold Miseries" Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Burma's Kachin State, a new report by Human Rights Watch.
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USA NA MYUSHA NI YAWNG HPANG DE CHYEJU DUM LAIKA

Jan Labyawng Bawk Ja (NDF) gaw American Asuya a saw shaga ai hte mare USA mungdan de sa du nna Myen mung kata shanu nga ai Baw Sang Myusha ni hte Myen mung kata hta byin nga ai mung masa la, sut masa lam, shinggyim a hkaw a hkang lam ni hpe USA Asuya ni myitsu salang ni hpe tsun hpaw dan, bawngban jahkrup ai ni hpe galaw la lu wa sai. March (9) ya shani USA mungdan kaw na Myen mung de a ngwi a pyaw sha bai du shang wa lu sai. Matut nna Kanu Jinghapw Mungdan de lung wa nna 2012 April shata kaw galaw na Ra Lata Poi hta Hpakant Ginwang kaw shanglawm shingjawng na re. Myen asuya ni jahkrit shama ai lam ni nga ai rai tim tinang a Myusha ni lawt lu na hpe sha myit mada let galaw hkawm sa nga n ngai. Matut nna mung akyu hpyi garum ya na hpe lajin mayu n ngai.

USA mungdan de du nga ai ten hta shawang tsawra myit kaba hte hkap hkalum, hkap pang la ai, lam a myu myu hku garum shingtau la ya lai wa sai USA mungdan, State shagu kaw du ngai Jinghpaw Wunpawng Myusha ni yawng hpe na chying wa chyeju dum dat n ngai. Anhte Myusha ni ya ten shada gade mi tsan gang hkat nga ai rai tim lani mi hta rau sha bai hkrum zup lu na hpe myit mada nga ai. Anhte Myusha ni bai hkrum zup nna Kanu Wunpawng Mungdan hpe rau sha jawm gaw de sa wa ga ngu tsun shana mayu ai. USA mungdan kaw shanu nga ai Jinghpaw Wunpawng Myusha ni yawng hpe nachying wa chyeju dum let shakram dat n ngai.
Chyeju kaba sai!!
Karai Wa yawng hpe shaman ya u ga,

Bawk Ja