Bangladesh, Burma and the Rohingya crisis 19 At the very moment when that peace agreement was signed, in October 2015, we started to see a spike in attacks in northern Shan State, mass displacement of civilians and mass human rights violations. That pattern continues today.53 At this moment, there is more conflict in the north of Myanmar than at any time in recent history. Mass human rights violations continue and the rule of law is nowhere to be seen.54 Hkanhpa Tu Sadan said, in regard to the ceasefires: The whole peace process currently is focused on a ceasefire signed on a paper. Everybody can sign a paper and the next day they can throw it away, so that is not an issue.55 I would remind you that in the second 21st Century Panglong Conference, in August 2017, when our Kachin leader attended the meeting they sent fighter jets to attack the Kachin position in Gidon post, so how can we say that process is tangible?56 37. The Burmese army has recently broken the ceasefire in Karen state. More than 2,000 villagers have been displaced. 53 54 55 56 Q154 Q157 Q153 Q155