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….
ORDERED OUT: The costs of building Burma’s Upper Paunglaung Dam
May 31, 2011
A report from the Kayan New Generation Youth reveals how military authorities in Burma have ordered 8,000 people to move from their homes in preparation for a hydroelectric dam being…
Poison Clouds
January 20, 2011
Lessons from Burma’s largest coal project at Tigyit This report by local Pa-Oh researchers, exposes how up to two thousand tons of lignite, the most polluting type of coal, are…
Tyrants, Tycoons and Tigers: Yuzana Company Ravages Burma’s Hugawng Valley
August 25, 2010
Report 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…
The Hidden Impact of Burma’s Arbitrary & Corrupt Taxation
May 27, 2010
Report by Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma The system of taxation and extortion impacts on the people of Burma’s basic human rights by violating their right to an…
Poisoned Hills
January 26, 2010
Poisoned Hills, a report released by the Palaung Women’s Organization reveals that opium cultivation in Burma’s northern Shan State has been increasing rapidly over the past three years in areas…
Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
November 10, 2009
This preliminary report from the Arakan Rivers Network (ARN) highlights the human rights and environmental concerns over the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project agreed between the Indian government and the…
Roots and Resilience English
July 15, 2009
The Tasang dam, the largest planned for the trans-national Salween River, will submerge 870 kilometers in the heartland of Shan State, Burma. The dam is located in the midst of…
Holding our ground
April 1, 2009
A report on Land Confiscation in Arakan & Mon States, and Pa-O Area of Southern Shan State