Lost Paradise
December 11, 2012Women urge halt to expansion of damaging Karenni tin mines A report by the Molo Women Mining Watch Network The Mawchi tin mines have inflicted decades of environmental and social damage in southern Karenni State and new expansion plans should be halted …
Pipeline Nightmare
November 7, 2012A report by The Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) Shwe Pipeline Brings Land Confiscation, Militarization and Human Rights Violations to the Ta’ang People. “Pipeline Nightmare” illustrates how the Shwe Gas and Oil Pipeline project, which wil …
Burden of War
November 6, 2012A report by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) Worsening conflict and abuses by Burmese government troops in northern Shan State have displaced over 2,000 Palaung villagers from fifteen villages in three townships since March 2011. About 1,000, mai …
Report on the Human Rights Situation in Burma
November 1, 2012ND-Burma Periodic Report underlines human rights abuses in Burma, with focus on land confiscation This report from The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) documents the human rights situation in Burma during the period of April 20 …
Karenni civil society warns Myanmar government to stop undermining peace process
October 31, 2012Press Release by the Karenni Civil Societies Network (KCSN)
Ceasefire Analysis Report
October 31, 2012Analysis of the ceasefire process by the Karenni Civil Societies Network (KCSN)
Analysis paper on the ceasefire process between the KNPP and the Burmese government
October 31, 2012Report from the Karenni Civil Societies Network (KCSN) Analysis paper on the ceasefire process between the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) and the Burmese government in the last six months.
Rohingya in Burma: Spotlight on Current Crisis Offers Opportunity for Progress
October 30, 2012Report by Refugees International Despite an abundance of natural resources, Rakhine State is the second-poorest state in Burma. The simmering tension that exists between the Rakhine and stateless Rohingya communities has been stoked by poverty for deca …
Rohingya in Bangladesh: Maintaining the Status Quo; Squandering a Rare Opportunity
October 30, 2012Report by Refugees International For decades, Burmese Rohingya fleeing persecution have sought refuge in Bangladesh. June’s inter-communal violence in Burma’s Rakhine State, as well as subsequent state-sponsored persecution and targeted attacks against …
‘Threats to Our Existence’: Persecution of Ethnic Chin Christians in Burma
September 10, 2012This report by the Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO) exposes a decades-long pattern of religious freedom violations that persist today, and, drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews conducted over the past two years, documents other serious hum …