Fanning the flames: Expansion of foreign oil and gas investments despite Burma’s military coup
November 24, 2021
Arakan Oil Watch’s new report titled Fanning the flames: Expansion of foreign oil and gas investments despite Burma’s military coup provides details about the expansion of international oil and gas companies…
Foreign Affairs Committee: The UK Government’s Response to the Myanmar Crisis
July 16, 2021
The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published its report “The UK Government’s Response to the Myanmar Crisis”. The Committee calls on the UK Government to treat the democratically…
Blackening Our Future
January 28, 2021
Burma Army-linked coal mining expansion in war-torn northern Shan State Report by the Shan Human Rights Foundation During the past year, the Mandalay-based conglomerate Ngwe Yi Pale and the Burma…
US Restrictions on Relations with Burma
January 28, 2021
Report by the Congressional Research Service Summary Between 1989 and 2008, Congress passed several laws placing political and economic sanctions on Burma’s military junta as part of a policy to…
Stop Dam Projects in Burma’s Western War Zone
January 27, 2020
A briefing from Chin Rivers Watch. In 2007, the Burmese military government reached an agreement to provide electricity to Bangladesh through construction of a hydropower project comprising two large dams on…
Blocking a bloodline: the impacts of large scale dams along the Tanintharyi River
August 14, 2019
This report by Candle Light, Southern Youth and Tarkapaw Youth group highlights the risks and threats posed by proposed dams on the Tanintharyi [Tenasserim] River, and calls on the government, the…
The economic interests of the Myanmar military
August 5, 2019
A report by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar. Its recommendations include: The United Nations Security Council, Member States, relevant regional and international inter-governmental organizations should impose targeted financial…
State of corruption: Myanmar’s stolen teak – Environmental Investigation Agency
February 20, 2019
This report of a two-year undercover investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency reveals a secret off-the-books system of fraudulent trade in Burmese teak logs run in parallel to, and within,…
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
August 27, 2018
This is the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFM Myanmar) to the Human Rights Council, released on 27 August 2018. The Human Rights Council…
Beautiful Words Ugly Actions: The Asian Highway in Karen State, Burma
August 27, 2016
A report by KHRG, KESAN and THWEE Community Development Network The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Thailand’s Neighboring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA) have been fi nancing highway construction…