“Caged without a roof”: Amnesty says attacks on Rohingya amount to apartheid
December 14, 2017Amnesty International’s new report exposes the human rights crisis that was, and remains, the backdrop to the Rohingya crisis. The report maps in detail the violations, in particular discrimination and racially-based restrictions in law, policy and pra …
AAPP report on political prisoners November 2017
December 13, 2017There are 228 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 46 are currently serving prison sentences, 49 are awaiting trial inside prison, 133 are awaiting trial outside prison. In November, three people were arrested, three people were …
Suffering in shadows: displaced persons in Kachin and northern Shan States
December 12, 2017Refugees Interntional’s field report says reductions in international aid, waning attention, and dramatically increased restrictions on assistance by the government is creating a desperate and unsustainable situation for displaced persons in Kachin and …
Foreign Affairs Committee: Violence in Rakhine State and the UK’s Response
December 6, 2017The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published its report “Violence in Rakhine State and the UK’s Response”. Burma Campaign UK contributed evidence to this report, which concludes: “The violence against the Rohingya in Northern Rakhine in …
“They tried to kill us all”: atrocity crimes against Rohingya – Fortify Rights
November 21, 2017A new report by Fortify Rights with the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide documents the crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing committed by Burmese state security forces and civilian perpetrators in two waves of attacks on Rohing …
“All of my body was pain”: Rohingya rape survivors – Human Rights Watch report
November 21, 2017Since August 25, 2017, Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State. Human Rights Watch’s new report is based on interviews wi …
AAPP report on political prisoners October 2017
November 16, 2017There are 221 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activities. 45 are currently serving prison sentences, 49 are awaiting trial inside prison, 127 are awaiting trial outside prison. In October, five people were arrested, four people were cha …
‘I Thought I Would Die’ – New Report Details Eyewitness Accounts of Atrocities
November 1, 2017A report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK This new report, ‘I Thought I Would Die’ presents evidence of violations of international law being perpetrated against the Rohingya, including attacks on children, indiscriminate use of landmines, rando …
Resource federalism: Burma Environmental Working Group report
October 24, 2017While Burma’s ethnic states are blessed with a wealth of natural resources and biodiversity, they have been cursed by the unsustainable extraction and sale of those resources, which has fuelled armed conflict. In a report launched today, the Burma Envi …
“My world is finished”: Amnesty International report on crimes against Rohingya
October 24, 2017In this briefing, Amnesty International presents evidence that the Myanmar military has killed at least hundreds of Rohingya women, men, and children; raped and perpetrated other forms of sexual violence on Rohingya women and girls; and carried out org …