Political Prisoners in Burma – A Crime Against Humanity
March 10, 2011Burma Briefing No. 10 In the past two years there has been an increasing trend to look at Burma through the lens of international law, rather than just as a civil liberties or human rights issue. This approach gained momentum in March 2010, when the Un …
What Next For EU Burma Policy?
March 2, 2011Burma Briefing No. 9 The European Union has a common foreign policy on Burma, known as a Common Decision. The Common Decision currently has to be renewed every April. EU members are now debating what changes, if any, there should be to the Common Decis …
India’s Detention of 34 Resistance Fighters from Burma
February 9, 2011Updated 19 May 2011 Burma Briefing No. 8 Update May 2011: The thirty-four pro-democracy resistance fighters from Burma have now been released from prison in India. For more details, see our press release here: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/ …
Release Over 2200 Political Prisoners Now!
February 1, 2011This report, released by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners on behalf of 12 groups working inside Burma, details the situation of Burma’s more than 2200 political prisoners languishing behind bars. Not only does the report highlight the …
Poison Clouds
January 20, 2011Lessons from Burma’s largest coal project at Tigyit This report by local Pa-Oh researchers, exposes how up to two thousand tons of lignite, the most polluting type of coal, are being extracted per day from a massive open cast mine at Tigyit village. In …
Support for a United Nations Commission of Inquiry
January 13, 2011Updated 16 August 2011 Burma Briefing No. 7 This briefing details the growing international support for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. In March 2010 Tomas Ojea Quintana, current UN Special Rapporteur on …
Life Under the Junta
January 9, 2011Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity in Burma’s Chin State This report by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), is the first widespread survey of Burma’s Chin State in Western Burma. Researchers found that almost 92 percent of households surveyed had exper …
Election Review
November 26, 2010A report by Altsean-Burma detailing widespread evidence of electoral fraud, irregularities, threats, harassment, and lack of independent monitoring during Burma’s 2010 election. The election process was met by widespread condemnation inside and outside …
Aung San Suu Kyi
November 10, 2010Updated 17 June 2011 Burma Briefing No. 6 Aung San Suu Kyi has now spent more than 15 years in detention, most of it under house arrest. According to Burmese law, she must be released from her current period of detention on Saturday 13th November. Worl …
Repression to silence dissent
November 5, 2010Report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) The widespread and unlawful detention of political activists has a significant impact on Burma’s political environment in two main ways. Firstly, most of the prominent activists are remov …