Burma Briefing
Burma’s Census – Not Worth Dying For
February 19, 2014Burma 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 first census in 30 years from 30th March to 10th…
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Parliamentary Questions – Avoiding Embarrassing Answers
January 30, 2014Burma 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 resorting to avoiding giving a straight and clear answer to…
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Training War Criminals? – British Training of the Burmese Army
January 14, 2014Burma Briefing No. 29 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 international law. Crimes committed by the…
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Thein Sein – President of Burma
July 14, 2013Burma Briefing No. 28 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 the world. He spent 14 years…
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Thein Sein In His Own Words
July 12, 2013Burma 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 actions of his government. However, the policy of Britain, the…
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Human Rights Abuses Since Thein Sein Became President
July 10, 2013Burma 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 their rush to embrace Thein Sein as a democratic reformer,…
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Burma’s Forgotten Political Prisoners
May 21, 2013Burma Briefing No. 25 The international community is normalising relations, praising reforms and lifting pressure on Burma despite the fact that the military-backed government keeps hundreds of political prisoners in jail. The briefing contains case studies of 6 political prisoners…
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Drop the Charges against Andy Hall
May 7, 2013Burma Briefing No. 24 Andy Hall is a researcher who defends the rights of migrants in Thailand, including migrants from Burma. Earlier this year he was involved in exposing how a factory in Thailand was committing human rights abuses against…
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Burma’s Treatment of the Rohingya and International Law
April 8, 2013Burma Briefing No. 23 This briefing paper examines Burma’s treatment of the Rohingya in the context of international law, treaty obligations, and international guidelines and norms. It examines two particular areas; the general treatment of the Rohingya before the violence…
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The European Union Must Not Abandon Human Rights Benchmarks
April 5, 2013Burma Briefing No. 22 The European Union is currently reviewing its policy on Burma, including whether to continue with the suspension of EU sanctions, or to lift them altogether. A final decision will be made by the Foreign Affairs Council…
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