A group of 16 NGOs has written to the International Crisis Group (ICG) urging it to reconsider its decision to present Burmese President Thein Sein with its highest peace award in April 2013.

Burmese President Thein Sein addresses the nation on January 1, 2013. (PHOTO: President's office)
The letter concludes: “We therefore strongly urge the ICG to revise its award decision in order to avoid besmirching the ICG’s reputation by honoring a president whose government has yet to demonstrate that it is different from its previous brutal and devious military predecessors.”
Twelve of the 16 signatories represent Kachin communities or Kachin rights either inside Burma or abroad, including the Kachin National Organization.
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