Introduction
Civilians from Kachin State and Northern Shan State which are Myanmar’s Northeast Regions have been suffering armed conflict and human rights violations for many decades. Since 1961, there have been armed clashes in regions where most Kachin people live, namely Kachin State and Northern Shat State. Having seventeen years of relatively stable ceasefire since 19941, the active fighting resumed on 9 June 2011, and human rights violations have increased in Kachin regions ever since. Several human rights abuses and conditions between 2011 and 2020 have been already documented and reported by some civil
society organizations.
After another military coup on 1 February 2021, the violations have been significantly widespread nationwide. However, the violations are less known among the public because of transportation and communication obstacles in the Kachin regions. Therefore, Kachin Women Research Group and Kachin Human Rights Watch Group collected and reported human rights violation cases in regions such as IDP camps and border areas in Kachin State and Northern Shan State with the aim to systematically record and raise public awareness on the violations.
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