One Month On From Burma Signing Sexual Violence Declaration – No Steps Taken On Implementation
July 7, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 35 On 5th June 2014 the government of Burma signed the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict. Burma was the 150th country to sign...
Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army
April 16, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 34 This briefing details how the Burmese Army has used rape and sexual violence with impunity for decades. Reports of rape and sexual violence have continued since...
Trade, development, and the smokescreen of CSR
April 11, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 33 'Trade, development, and the smokescreen of CSR' is a commentary by David Baulk. As states across the world have embraced the idea that markets can work...
Downplaying Human Rights Abuses in Burma
March 3, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 32 Every quarter, the British Foreign Office publishes updates of ‘countries of concern’ as part of its Human Rights and Democracy report. Burma is included in these...
Burma’s Census – Not Worth Dying For
February 19, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 31 This briefing analyses the many problems surrounding the upcoming census in Burma and calls for the census to be postponed. Burma is due to hold its...
Parliamentary Questions – Avoiding Embarrassing Answers
January 30, 2014
Burma Briefing No. 30 As the British government faces a growing number of questions about Burma in the British Parliament, including relating to controversial policy decisions, the government is increasingly...
Training War Criminals? – British Training of the Burmese Army
January 14, 2014
This briefing examines the British government’s controversial military training to the Burmese Army. The training is taking place despite the Burmese Army still committing serious human rights abuses which violate...
Thein Sein – President of Burma
July 14, 2013
This briefing highlights Thein Sein’s decades-long involvement in human rights abuses in Burma. Thein Sein spent 40 years as a soldier in one of the most brutal military dictatorships in...
Thein Sein In His Own Words
July 12, 2013
Burma Briefing No. 27 This briefing provides revealing quotes, past and present, from Burma’s President Thein Sein. There is a growing disparity between the words of Thein Sein, and the...
Human Rights Abuses Since Thein Sein Became President
July 10, 2013
Burma Briefing No. 26 President Thein Sein has been hailed by the British government and many other world leaders as a reformer. He has even been described as courageous. In...