New Delhi (Mizzima) – Kachin refugees in New Delhi on Friday made a six-point demand that included asking the Burmese military to stop torturing and raping war victims, according to protesters.
More than 120 protesters staged a two-hour demonstration in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. The protesters also included Chin, Arakanese and Burmese.
The protesters said they would send a letter to the Burmese Embassy in India. According to the statement released on June 21 by the Thailand based Kachin Women’s Association, during an eight-day period between June 10 to June 18, 18 women in Kachin State were raped and four were murdered by government soldiers.
‘We made demands that included urging international countries to support the Kachin war refugees', Zaw Yaw from the New Delhi-based Kachin Refugee Committee (KRC) told Mizzima.
The six demands are:
- The government should stop arresting, torturing and raping people in Kachin State.
- The government should stop military offensives in Kachin State.
- The international community should not recognize the army-backed Burmese government.
- The government should stop torturing people in all ethnic areas.
- The government should stop military offensives in all ethnic areas.
- International countries should support war victims in Kachin State.
Because of fighting between government troops and KIA, which started on June 9, more than 13,000 war refugees have fled to Laiza, the headquarters of the KIA.
There are more than 40 war refugees in New Delhi.
Kachin in India and the UK, Denmark, Norway and other countries simultaneously staged protests to show their support for Kachin war
