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 …
Burma’s New Constitution – Denying Ethnic Rights
March 31, 2011Burma Briefing No. 11 This briefing looks at the wide-ranging negative impacts Burma’s new Constitution will have on ethnic groups in Burma. The Constitution is likely to lead to the continued Burmanisation of ethnic minorities and increased militarisa …
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/ …