Political Prisoners in Burma – A Crime Against Humanity
March 10, 2011
Burma Briefing No. 10 In the past two years there has been an increasing trend to look at Burma through the lens of international law, rather than just as a...
What Next For EU Burma Policy?
March 2, 2011
Burma Briefing No. 9 The European Union has a common foreign policy on Burma, known as a Common Decision. The Common Decision currently has to be renewed every April. EU...
India’s Detention of 34 Resistance Fighters from Burma
February 9, 2011
Updated 19 May 2011 Burma Briefing No. 8 Update May 2011: The thirty-four pro-democracy resistance fighters from Burma have now been released from prison in India. For more details, see...
Support for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry
January 13, 2011
Updated 16 August 2011 Burma Briefing No. 7 This briefing details the growing international support for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma....
Aung San Suu Kyi
November 10, 2010
Updated 17 June 2011 Burma Briefing No. 6 Aung San Suu Kyi has now spent more than 15 years in detention, most of it under house arrest. According to Burmese...
Burma’s Fake Election and the Post-Election Structure
November 5, 2010
Burma Briefing No. 5 While the international community has focused primarily on the process of the elections, this briefing analyses not only how the election process is unfair, but also...
The European Union and Burma
September 21, 2010
Updated 13 April 2011 Burma Briefing No. 4 This briefing examines how the European Union, one of the most powerful political and economic blocs in the world, has so far...
Burma’s nuclear programme could be bad news for human rights
August 23, 2010
Burma Briefing No. 3 Rather than persuade the international community to finally take action against Burma’s generals, recent evidence of Burma’s nuclear programme could be bad news for human rights,...
The United Nations General Assembly & Burma
August 16, 2010
Burma Briefing No. 2 This briefing calls on the United Nations General Assembly to establish a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. EU Member...
Burma’s transition to civilian dictatorship
August 13, 2010
Burma Briefing No. 1 Burma’s generals have finally announced Sunday 7th November as the date of their ‘elections’. However, Burma’s elections do not signify democratic change. They are designed to...