Burma Briefing
Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army
April 16, 2014Burma 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 Thein Sein became President and reforms began. Burma Campaign UK…
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Trade, development, and the smokescreen of CSR
April 11, 2014Burma 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 for the poor, CSR has become a crucial part of…
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Downplaying Human Rights Abuses in Burma
March 3, 2014Burma 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 updates. Analysis of the most recent British Foreign Office Human…
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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, 2013This 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 on the ruling council…
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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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