Burma’s Fake Election and the Post-Election Structure
November 5, 2010Burma Briefing No. 5 While the international community has focused primarily on the process of the elections, this briefing analyses not only how the election process is unfair, but also how the military have brought in a new constitution which renders …
Burma: A Violent Past to a Brutal Future
November 3, 2010Report by Network for Democracy and Development. The Transformation of a Paramilitary Organization into a Political Party This report highlights the transition of the Union Solidarity Organization (USDA) into a political party, the Union Soli …
Diagnosis Critical – health and human rights in eastern Burma
October 31, 2010This report reveals that the health of populations in conflict-affected areas of eastern Burma, particularly women and children, is amongst the worst in the world, a result of official disinvestment in health, protracted conflict and the abuse of civil …
Burma’s 2010 Elections: The story so far
October 15, 2010This briefing from Altsean-Burma shows that despite the SPDC’s repeated pledges for ‘free and fair’ elections, indicators for election monitoring based on EU, UN, and OSCE guidelines point to the contrary. The SPDC election laws and conduct of the SPDC …
The European Union and Burma
September 21, 2010Updated 13 April 2011 Burma Briefing No. 4 This briefing examines how the European Union, one of the most powerful political and economic blocs in the world, has so far failed to use its influence in an effective and productive way to help promote demo …
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma report to the UN General Assembly
September 15, 2010Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana. The Special Rapporteur repeats his call for a UN Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. He argues …
Tyrants, Tycoons and Tigers: Yuzana Company Ravages Burma’s Hugawng Valley
August 25, 2010Report by The Kachin Development Networking Group (KDNG). A bitter land struggle is unfolding in northern Burma’s remote Hugawng Valley. Farmers that have been living for generations in the valley are defying one of the country’s most powerful tycoons …
Burma’s nuclear programme could be bad news for human rights
August 23, 2010Burma Briefing No. 3 Rather than persuade the international community to finally take action against Burma’s generals, recent evidence of Burma’s nuclear programme could be bad news for human rights, diverting international attention away from human ri …
The United Nations General Assembly & Burma
August 16, 2010Burma Briefing No. 2 This briefing calls on the United Nations General Assembly to establish a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. EU Member states are currently drafting the twentieth annual resolution on …
Burma’s transition to civilian dictatorship
August 13, 2010Burma Briefing No. 1 Burma’s generals have finally announced Sunday 7th November as the date of their ‘elections’. However, Burma’s elections do not signify democratic change. They are designed to facilitate the transition from military to civilian dic …