10 Years of Empty Words
October 24, 2005As Aung San Suu Kyi reaches ten years in detention, this report highlights the disparity between the supportive words of world leaders and the lack of effective action to support her and the people of Burma.
Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma
September 20, 2005Report commissioned by Vacláv Havel and Archbishop Desmond Tutu and prepared by DLA Piper. It calls on UNSC members to pass a resolution requiring the regime to work with the United Nations in restoring democracy to Burma, and to release Aung San Suu K …
Driven Away
September 15, 2005Report on Trafficking of Kachin women on the China-Burma border, produced by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) The report is based on 63 verified and suspected trafficking cases that occurred primarily during 2000-2004. The cases involve 8 …
Totalitarian Oil – TOTAL Oil: Fuelling the oppression in Burma
February 21, 2005This report investigates the role of French oil giant TOTAL Oil in fuelling the oppressive dictatorship in Burma. Key findings of the report include: TOTAL as the largest European corporate funder of the regime. The Yadana gas project, in which it is a …
System of Impunity – Nationwide Patterns of Sexual Violence
September 30, 2004This report by the Women’s League of Burma documents detailed accounts of sexual violence against women in all the ethnic states, as well as in central areas of Burma. These stories demonstrate patterns of continuing widespread, and systematic human ri …
ON THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY?
April 30, 2004A report by ALTSEAN On 30 August 2003, in the wake of intensified international pressure against the Burmese military regime, newly appointed Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt unveiled a 7-point ‘road map’ to democracy. According to Khin Nyunt, the SPD …
COMING CLEAN BRITISH CLOTHING RETAILERS AND BURMA
December 16, 2003This report examines high street retailers’ and manufacturers’ response to the campaign to boycott clothing from Burma. Foreign investment and trade has played a vital role in funding Burma’s dictatorship, enabling it to double the size of the military …
BAT: in Business with Burma’s Generals
November 30, 2002BAT is one of the most important UK investors in Burma. Its Burmese subsidiary – Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar – is a joint venture with Burma’s military regime; a regime described by the US State Department as brutal, repressive, and routinely using t …
Licence to Rape
May 1, 2002A report released by the Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN) and the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) on the systematic use of rape by the Burmese military. It details 173 incidents of rape and other forms of sexual violence, involving 625 girls and …
Triumph International Supports Burma’s dictatorship
November 30, 2001Triumph International is a Swiss-based German multinational company owned by the Spiesshofer and Braun families. The company is one of Europe’s main retailers of lingerie. The company has an annual turnover of US$ 1.6 billion and employs more than 30,0 …