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Crisis in Eastern Burma Reports

Left behind and destitute: How IDP communities in Southern Burma/Myanmar are struggling to survive during COVID-19 July 15, 2020

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in remote communities in southeast Burma are struggling to survive. COVID-19-related restrictions on the freedom of movement in these areas—often under the administration of multiple ethnic armed organisations—make it almost impossible for villagers to access livelihoods,…

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Virus warfare: Burma Army destruction of Karen community defences against Covid-19 June 16, 2020

Instead of supporting and collaborating with Covid-19 prevention activities, the Burma Army burned, demolished and forced to shut down Covid-19 health screening points set up by local Karen communities. Karen Peace Support Network’s new briefing calls urgently on international donors…

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Karen heartlands under attack: stop the Burma Army’s new offensive in Mutraw April 19, 2020

Since the start of 2020, the Burma Army has deployed over 2,000 troops, and fired hundreds of mortar shells to try and push through a strategic road into the northern Karen district of Mutraw, despite its existing ceasefire with the…

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No justice for Burma Army crimes in northern Shan State – KWAT January 7, 2020

In the State Counsellor’s speech at the International Court of Justice on December 11, 2019, Aung San Suu Kyi unequivocally defended Burma’s justice system, and stated: “If war crimes have been committed by members of Myanmar’s Defence Services, they will…

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Sexual and gender-based violence in Myanmar August 22, 2019

In its report to the Human Rights Council, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar concluded that “rape and other sexual violence have been a particularly egregious and recurrent feature of the targeting of the civilian population in Rakhine, Kachin…

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Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar August 5, 2019

The detailed report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFM Myanmar) to the Human Rights Council finds that Myanmar’s top military generals, including Commander-in-Chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, must be investigated and prosecuted for genocide in the north…

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“Do not trespass”: land confiscations – Karen Human Rights Group March 13, 2019

“I live in fear that the Tatmadaw will permanently confiscate my land. All of our work will be in vain. Our lives will be shattered because we depend on our plantation for our livelihood.” In Southeast Myanmar, land confiscations by…

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“They block everything”: displaced Kachins deprived of aid – Fortify Rights August 19, 2018

More than seven years after war resumed between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), more than 106,000 ethnic civilians remain forcibly displaced in Kachin and northern Shan states. The Myanmar Army has killed, raped, and tortured civilians…

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The Nightmare Returns: Karen Hopes for Peace and Stability Dashed by Burma Army’s Actions April 27, 2018

A report and documentary film by the Karen Peace Support Network produced to highlight the ongoing plight of the Karen people who must continue to flee the Burma Army’s military operations despite the existence of ceasefire agreements, including the Nationwide…

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Suffering in shadows: displaced persons in Kachin and northern Shan States December 12, 2017

Refugees Interntional’s field report says reductions in international aid, waning attention, and dramatically increased restrictions on assistance by the government is creating a desperate and unsustainable situation for displaced persons in Kachin and northern Shan States. And while international pressure…

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Resource federalism: Burma Environmental Working Group report October 24, 2017

While Burma’s ethnic states are blessed with a wealth of natural resources and biodiversity, they have been cursed by the unsustainable extraction and sale of those resources, which has fuelled armed conflict. In a report launched today, the Burma Environmental…

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Time for a rethink on policy towards Burma’s military December 16, 2016

Burma Briefing No. 42 The commentary briefing paper argues that the international community has yet to develop a strategy for effectively promoting human rights under the new political structure in Burma, which now has two power bases, the military, and…

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The Long Road To Recovery February 19, 2015

This report summarizes the results of a large-scale, population-based health survey, which covered 64 townships, 6,620 households, and a target population of 456,786 people. The survey was jointly conducted by members of the Health Information System Working Group (HISWG). The…

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Afraid to Go Home – Recent Violent Conflict in Karen State November 7, 2014

This report by Karen Rivers Watch (KRW) reveals that the recent outbreak of fighting – after two years of ceasefire negotiations and relative calm – appears to be part of a calculated military strategy by Burmese forces to control territory…

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Japan – Burma Plan Could Fuel Conflict in Ethnic Areas September 11, 2014

A report by The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) Critique of Japan International Cooperation Agency’s Blueprint for Development in South-Eastern Burma/Myanmar This report highlights how Japan’s new development plans for Southeast Burma could fuel conflict rather than promote peace. KPSN,…

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Burma’s Census – Not Worth Dying For February 19, 2014

Burma Briefing No. 31 This briefing analyses the many problems surrounding the upcoming census in Burma and calls for the census to be postponed. Burma is due to hold its first census in 30 years from 30th March to 10th…

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Human Rights Abuses Since Thein Sein Became President July 10, 2013

Burma Briefing No. 26 President Thein Sein has been hailed by the British government and many other world leaders as a reformer. He has even been described as courageous. In their rush to embrace Thein Sein as a democratic reformer,…

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Grabbing Land: Destructive Development in the Ta’ang Region November 22, 2011

A new report released by Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) estimates that 63% of farming families have lost their land to confiscation by the Burmese military and their cronies. Despite much-publicized political “reforms” in the country, the authorities have…

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Displacement and Poverty in South East Burma October 25, 2011

This new report from The Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) finds forced displacement in South East Burma is at its highest level in a decade, rising from an average of 75,000 per year, to 112,000. This excludes an estimated 25,000…

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Still Poisoned

Opium cultivation surging in constituency of Burma’s new ruling party This report by the Palaung Women’s Organization (PWO) exposes a dramatic increase in opium cultivation in Burma’s northern Shan State in the constituency of a drug lord elected into the…

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Stolen Lives: Human Trafficking from Palaung area of Burma to China June 13, 2011

This 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 of Shan State….

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Crisis in Shan State May 4, 2011

Burma 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…

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Burma’s New Constitution – Denying Ethnic Rights March 31, 2011

Burma 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 militarisation of ethnic…

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Diagnosis Critical – health and human rights in eastern Burma October 31, 2010

This 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 civilians.

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Displaced Childhoods April 9, 2010

Report by Partners Relief & Development and Free Burma Rangers. Burma’s military government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has displaced hundreds of thousands of people with impunity, particularly in the country’s ethnic territories. This report is based on…

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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma report to the UN Human Rights Council March 11, 2010

Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, to the UN Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the UN consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war…

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Walking Amongst Sharp Knives February 25, 2010

This report from the Karen Women’s Organisation reveals previously unreported abuses taking place against ethnic Karen women in Burma. The practice of the Burmese Army to execute village heads has led to traditional Karen culture being turned upside-down, with women…

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Thailand to Force 3,000 Karen Refugees Back to Burma? February 3, 2010

3,000 ethnic Karen refugees who were forced to flee into Thailand in June 2009 are facing forced return to Burma starting on February 5th 2010. Although the Royal Thai Government and local and military representatives have officially stated that they…

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International crimes committed in Burma: the urgent need for a Commission of Inquiry August 31, 2009

This report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma), and the Burma Lawyers Council (BLC) details the serious human rights violations perpetrated by Burma’s military regime, and demonstrates that international crimes have…

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Crimes in Burma May 1, 2009

A report from Harvard Law School, commissioned by some of the most respected jurists in international law, using the UN’s own reports to highlight how Burma’s generals have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Internal Displacement and International Law in Eastern Burma October 22, 2008

This report from the Thai Burma Border Consortium argues that the SPDC’s actions in Eastern Burma – forced labor, extortion and land confiscation as well as military campaigns that have displaced over 500,000 people – constitute crimes against humanity. The…

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Crimes against humanity in eastern Myanmar June 5, 2008

This report by Amnesty International focuses on violations of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in Kayin State and Bago Division between 2005 through 2007. It raises grave concerns that the violations of international human rights and humanitarian law…

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State of Terror February 12, 2007

A report by the Karen Women’s Organisation detailing the ongoing rape, murder, torture and forced labour suffered by women living under the Burmese military regime in Karen State.

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Failing the People of Burma? December 18, 2006

A report by Burma Campaign UK calling for a review of DFID policy on Burma

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Dignity in the Shadow of Oppression November 22, 2006

A report by the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) documenting Burmese military attacks on unarmed women in Burma.

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Chronic Emergency – Health & Human Rights in Eastern Burma September 4, 2006

A report by the Back Pack Health Worker Team

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Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement July 28, 2006

Position paper by pro-democracy organisations detailing policy on humanitarian assistance to Burma.

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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…

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