Reports

Driven Away

September 15, 2005

Report 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 85 women and…

Totalitarian Oil – TOTAL Oil: Fuelling the oppression in Burma

February 21, 2005

This 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…

System of Impunity – Nationwide Patterns of Sexual Violence

September 30, 2004

This 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 rights…

ON THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY?

April 30, 2004

A 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 SPDC…

COMING CLEAN BRITISH CLOTHING RETAILERS AND BURMA

December 16, 2003

This 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 while…

BAT: in Business with Burma’s Generals

November 30, 2002

BAT 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,…

Licence to Rape

May 1, 2002

A 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…

Triumph International Supports Burma’s dictatorship

November 30, 2001

Triumph 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 30,000…