New compilation report on Kachin conflict

[Burma Action Committee]

> Announcement:
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> New Compilation Report on Kachin Conflict, Burma
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> August 15, 2011
> Project Maje has produced a new resource report, ”The North War: A
> Kachin Conflict Compilation Report.” This report is about the
> conflict between the Kachin Independence Organization and the Burma
> regime during June/July 2011. It contains background information and
> news items from an array of sources. The compilation is intended for
> journalists, aid workers, environmentalists and other researchers
> who may become interested in the ongoing war in northern Burma's
> Kachin State, which borders China, Tibet and India. Topics covered
> include dams, refugees, negotiations and China relations.
>
> Project Maje is an independent information project on Burma's human
> rights and environmental issues, founded in 1986. The founder/
> director of Project Maje, Edith Mirante, visited Kachin Independence
> Organization controlled areas of Kachin State in 1991, 1995 and 2002.
> “The North War: A Kachin Conflict Compilation Report” is available
> at: www.projectmaje.org/kachin_2011.htm
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