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 …
“The Government Could Have Stopped This”
August 1, 2012Sectarian Violence and Ensuing Abuses in Burma’s Arakan State This report by Human Rights Watch describes how the Burmese authorities failed to take adequate measures to stem rising tensions and the outbreak of sectarian violence in Arakan State in Jun …
Burning Homes, Sinking Lives
July 2, 2012Burning Homes, Sinking Lives: A situation report on violence against stateless Rohingya in Myanmar and their refoulement from Bangladesh A report by the Equal Rights Trust This situation report provides an overview of the violence against and human rig …
Ongoing Impunity: Continued Burma Army atrocities against the Kachin people
June 8, 2012This report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides an update of atrocities committed by the Burma Army against civilians since it broke its 17-year ceasefire with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) one year ago. It highlights …
Extreme Measures: Torture and Ill Treatment in Burma since the 2010 Elections
May 31, 2012This report by The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) documents the Government of Burma’s use of torture and ill treatment against its own people since the November 2010 elections. “The international community has been applauding …
Not Open for business: Despite elections, investor risk remains high in Burma
April 18, 2012The elections on April 1 2012 have been heralded as a great success. However, Not Open for Business highlights the fact that high levels of risk for investors – and the people of Burma – remain. Not Open for Business highlights specific industries, pro …
By-elections don’t mean Burma is free
March 30, 2012Burma Briefing No. 18 In the run-up to by-elections on 1 April, this commentary by Zoya Phan, Campaigns Manager at Burma Campaign UK, looks at the details behind the headline changes in Burma. There are many welcome developments. Hundreds of political …
Burma’s Resource Curse
March 30, 2012This report from Arakan Oil Watch reveals how billions of dollars in revenues from the sale of natural gas have gone unrecorded in Burma’s public accounts and been siphoned off by corrupt military rulers, leaving Burma with some of the worst social ind …