Under the radar: Ongoing recruitment and use of children by the Myanmar army
January 26, 2015A report by Child Soldiers International The widespread recruitment and use of children by state armed forces and armed groups in Myanmar has been documented by the UN and human rights organisations for over a decade. Armed conflict between the state a …
AAPP report on Political Prisoners December 2014
January 13, 2015Summary of the Current Situation As of the end of December, 81 political activists remained in prison, with 78 farmers in jail. 203 people are awaiting trial. As another year passes by the government’s promise to release all political prisoners by the …
Myanmar’s 1982 Citizenship Law and Rohingya
December 12, 2014Briefing by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report outlines the problems with the 1982 Citizenship Law. The effect of the Burma Citizenship Law 1982 is to make it almost impossible for the Rohingya to gain citizenship. This violates the Universa …
The Humanitarian Crisis of Rohingya in Rakhine State
December 12, 2014Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. In June and October 2012 there were large scale violent attacks against the ethnic Rohingya in Rakhine State. Ethnic Kaman Muslims were also targeted. In addition there were widespread and numerous other …
AAPP report on Political Prisoners November 2014
December 10, 2014This month, 17 political activists were charged and 7 sentenced, while 8 current political prisoners were released. AAPP also received information regarding one death resulting from police brutality, as well as multiple reports of torture and mistreatm …
Recent Reports on Human Rights Violations in Burma
December 4, 2014Burma Briefing No. 36 Burma Campaign UK today published a new briefing paper, Recent Reports On Burma, which summarises key points from some of the most recent reports on Burma. In early November 2014 President Obama visited Burma for the second time. …
‘If they had hope, they would speak’
November 25, 2014‘If they had hope, they would speak’: The ongoing use of state-sponsored sexual violence in Burma’s ethnic communities’ Report by Women’s League of Burma (WLB) Burma Army soldiers continue to engage in acts of sexual violence on a widespread scale, and …
AAPP report on Political Prisoners October 2014
November 20, 2014At the end of October, 75 political prisoners remain incarcerated in prison, with another 121 awaiting trial. In October, eight activists were charged, 26 were sentenced, and 21 released. Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, and torture have be …
Myanmar: A Tipping Point for Rohingya Rights?
November 17, 2014A report by Refugees International Two years after a wave of violence hit the region, Rakhine State has become a segregated zone. Two million ethnic Rakhine live apart from 1.2 million stateless Rohingya, who are trapped inside displacement camps or ba …
Afraid to Go Home – Recent Violent Conflict in Karen State
November 7, 2014This report by Karen Rivers Watch (KRW) reveals that the recent outbreak of fighting – after two years of ceasefire negotiations and relative calm – appears to be part of a calculated military strategy by Burmese forces to control territory in Karen St …