Burma Risk Assessment: High risk of genocide in Burma
September 9, 2013This report by The Sentinel Project assesses the risk of genocide against Muslim minorities in Burma and has found the risk level to be high in light of intensified persecution. The purpose of the research was to explore the threat against the Rohingya …
AAPP report on political prisoners August 2013
September 5, 2013Summary 53 are facing trial, 7 were sentenced, and no political prisoners were released this month. A report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners
Patterns of Anti-Muslim Violence in Burma
August 20, 2013A report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) documenting the violence against Muslims throughout Burma, showing how the government has created a culture of impunity for the violators and has failed to protect the Muslim minority. The report details ma …
AAPP report on political prisoners July 2013
August 5, 2013Summary 43 activists were facing trial, 10 were sentenced, and 54 political prisoners were released in July.
Good Governance and the Extractive Industry in Burma
July 17, 2013This report by the Shwe Gas Movement reveals glaring weaknesses in Burma’s legal framework regarding the extractive industries, resulting in human rights abuses, environmental damage and poor revenue distribution. Good Governance and the Extractive Ind …
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 of the dictato …
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 EU, …
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, the British governm …
Model villages are not a model
June 25, 2013This short report by Mungchying Rawt Jat (MRJ) documents cases of farmers who have been forcibly relocated to make way for “development” projects in Kachin State, and are now staying in Sanpya camp in Hugawng Valley, and Aung Myin Thar and Maliyang cam …
Pushed to the Brink
June 4, 2013A report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand Burma’s war against Kachin creating ‘perfect storm’ for human trafficking This report by Kachin women exposes how the Burmese government’s war against the Kachin has greatly increased the risk of huma …