Burma’s Covered up War: Atrocities Against the Kachin People
October 7, 2011This report from the Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand, reveals human rights abuses against the Kachin People in Kachin State since the November 2010 election. Human rights abuse against the Kachin People in Kachin State are rape, killing, forced d …
Political Prisoner Releases in Burma
September 30, 2011Updated 10 January 2012 Burma Briefing No. 16 As speculation mounts that the government in Burma is about to release some political prisoners, this briefing looks at the history of political prisoner releases in Burma. The mass release of prisoners is …
Revealing Burma’s System of Impunity – A Briefer For The Comission of Inquiry Campaign
September 9, 2011This report reveals Burma’s System of Impunity in Burma. The introduction of the report is that the campaign builds to have the United Nations establish a Commission of Inquiry to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity within Burma, members …
Events in Burma – New or Recycled?
September 8, 2011Burma Briefing No. 15 This briefing analyses recent events in Burma, many of which have been hailed as ‘new’, ‘unprecedented’ and ‘progress’. It finds that most of what has taken place in recent months is not new at all, and that Thein Sein is borrowin …
War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Burma
July 25, 2011Burma Briefing No. 14 For twenty years the United Nations has documented human rights abuses in Burma which may be in violation of international law. In March 2010 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Burma called on the UN to establish a Commissio …
Germany and Burma – Business before human rights
June 23, 2011Burma Briefing No. 13 Commentary on an article published on 20th June 2011 in the Financial Times by Markus Loening, Germany’s federal commissioner for human rights policy. It is rare for a German government official to make a detailed statement on the …
Stolen Lives: Human Trafficking from Palaung area of Burma to China
June 13, 2011This report from the Palaung Women’s Organization reveals evidence of cases of human trafficking collected since 2007 by field workers from PWO’s Information Documentation and Research Department, who work across the Palaung area in the northern part o …
ORDERED OUT: The costs of building Burma’s Upper Paunglaung Dam
May 31, 2011A report from the Kayan New Generation Youth reveals how military authorities in Burma have ordered 8,000 people to move from their homes in preparation for a hydroelectric dam being constructed by European and Chinese companies that will power Naypyit …
Crisis in Shan State
May 4, 2011Burma Briefing No. 12 On 13th March 2011 the dictatorship in Burma broke a 22 year long ceasefire agreement with the Shan State Army – North. Sixty-five clashes were reported in the first three weeks of the dictatorship breaking the ceasefire. Civilian …
Human Rights Violations in Burma’s 2010 Elections
April 8, 2011This report by The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) reveals the elections-related human rights violations committed by the regime and its proxies during and just after the Election Day, 7 November 2010. During the election proc …