Reports

AAPP report on political prisoners June 2020

July 9, 2020

641 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 35 political prisoners are serving sentences, 146 are awaiting trial inside prison, 460 are awaiting trial outside prison. In June, 66 people were arrested, 71 were charged, 49 were released…

Virus warfare: Burma Army destruction of Karen community defences against Covid-19

June 16, 2020

Instead of supporting and collaborating with Covid-19 prevention activities, the Burma Army burned, demolished and forced to shut down Covid-19 health screening points set up by local Karen communities. Karen Peace Support Network’s new briefing calls urgently on international donors…

AAPP report on political prisoners May 2020

June 5, 2020

592 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 41 political prisoners are serving sentences, 142 are awaiting trial inside prison, 409 are awaiting trial outside prison. In May, armed clashes between the military and the Arakan Army continued…

AAPP report on political prisoners April 2020

May 11, 2020

587 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 50 political prisoners are serving sentences, 137 are awaiting trial inside prison, 400 are awaiting trial outside prison. During April, 24,896 prisoners, including 26 political prisoners were released in the…

Karen heartlands under attack: stop the Burma Army’s new offensive in Mutraw

April 19, 2020

Since the start of 2020, the Burma Army has deployed over 2,000 troops, and fired hundreds of mortar shells to try and push through a strategic road into the northern Karen district of Mutraw, despite its existing ceasefire with the…

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Forgotten Political Prisoners

April 18, 2020

Four years into the five-year term of the NLD-led government, the issue of political prisoners remains one of the main problems in the country. Almost all the repressive laws that the military dictatorship used to jail activists remain in place….

AAPP report on political prisoners March 2020

April 10, 2020

615 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 92 political prisoners are serving sentences, 124 are awaiting trial inside prison, 399 are awaiting trial outside prison. The report concludes that the prevalence of human rights violations in Burma…

AAPP report on political prisoners February 2020

March 13, 2020

642 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 74 political prisoners are serving sentences, 139 are awaiting trial inside prison, 429 are awaiting trial outside prison. In February, 12 students were sued for exercising their freedom of speech…

AAPP report on political prisoners January 2020

February 10, 2020

There are 647 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 73 are currently serving prison sentences, 141 are awaiting trial inside prison, 433 are awaiting trial outside prison. In January, 37 people were sentenced, 2 people were arrested, 8…

Stop Dam Projects in Burma’s Western War Zone

January 27, 2020

A briefing from Chin Rivers Watch. In 2007, the Burmese military government reached an agreement to provide electricity to Bangladesh through construction of a hydropower project comprising two large dams on the Lemro river in western Burma. Since the beginning, the…