Yearning to be Heard: Mon Farmers’ Continued Struggle for Acknowledgement and Protection of their Rights
February 12, 2015A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland – Burma (HURFOM) Land conflict is one of the most pressing issues facing Burma today. In this report, HURFOM has documented evidence regarding abuses perpetrated against Mon landowners’ rights and thei …
Open for Business? Corporate Crime and Abuses at Myanmar Copper Mine
February 10, 2015A report by Amnesty International This report describes how Canadian and Chinese mining interests have profited from, and in some cases colluded with the Myanmar authorities in serious human rights abuses and illegal activity around the Monywa copper m …
International investigation urgently needed into human rights abuses against the Rohingya
January 28, 2015Report by the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK. This report compiles evidence from the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and others detailing violations of international law against the Rohingya in Burma. The briefing paper concludes that the overwhel …
British government defends Burma reforms: Burma Campaign UK responds
January 27, 2015Burma Briefing No. 37 This briefing paper responds in detail to the British government’s misleading claims and the selective use of information that it uses to defend Burma’s reform process and its own trade-led policy. In November 2014, Aung San Suu K …
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. …