Internal conflict in Myanmar
| Internal conflict in Myanmar | |||||||
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Past combatants:
DKBA (1994–2010) |
Anti-government factions:
DKBA (since 2010)
Past combatants:
Supported by: |
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Past commanders:
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Past commanders:
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| Strength | |||||||
| 513,250[3] 43,000 (1951)[2] |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown
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| 210,000 killed in total (2006)[15] 600,000-1,000,000 displaced (2002)[16] |
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The internal conflict in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is one of the world's longest civil wars, and began shortly after it became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948. The Government of Myanmar has fought different rebel forces from various ethnic minority groups. The cause of the conflict is the government's refusal to give minority groups the amount of political power that they want, and a feeling that minority rights are not respected by the government. Since the beginning of the conflict, hundreds of thousands of civilians in Myanmar have been killed in the wars and millions have become refugees.
In January 2013, British and European politicians called on Myanmar to stop its military offensive in the mostly Christian Kachin State.[17]
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Richard, p. 88
- ↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies; Hackett, James (ed.) (2010). The Military Balance 2010. London: Routledge, pp. 420-421. ISBN 1-85743-557-5.
- ↑ Heppner & Becker, 2002: 18
- ↑ Heppner & Becker, 2002: 18-19
- ↑ Heppner & Becker, 2002: 19
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Burma center for Ethnic Studies, Jan. 2012, "Briefing Paper No. 1" http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs13/BCES-BP-01-ceasefires(en).pdf
- ↑ Rotberg, Robert (1998). Burma: prospects for a democratic future. Brookings Institution Press. p. 169.
- ↑ AP, 4 May 2012, Myanmar state media report battles between government troops, Kachin rebels killed 31
- ↑ Far From Home, Arakan Rebels Fight on Kachin Frontline, Irrawaddy, 28 December 2012, http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/22475
- ↑ Pavković, 2011: 476
- ↑ Bertil Lintner (1999). Burma in revolt: opium and insurgency since 1948. Bangkok: Silkworm Press. ISBN 978-974-7100-78-5.
- ↑ Myanmar: Armed forces. Encyclopedia of the Nations.
- ↑ Time for Thein Sein to come clean about Burmese losses in Kachin state, Kachin News, 22 September 2012 By Edward Chung Ho, http://kachinnews.com/news/2408-time-for-thein-sein-to-come-clean-about-burmese-losses-in-kachin-state.html
- ↑ "De re militari: muertos en Guerras, Dictaduras y Genocidios". http://remilitari.com/guias/victimario4.htm. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ Janie Hampton (2012). Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-54705-8.
- ↑ Barnabas Fund