Modern Slavery: A Study of Labour Conditions in Yangon’s Industrial Zones
November 15, 2013
A report by Construction-based Labor Union, Cooperation Program of Independent Laborers, Labour Rights Clinic, Workers Support Group and other labour rights groups highlighting how violations of workers’ rights, including long…
Drawing The Line: The Case Against China’s Shwe Gas Project
September 30, 2013
Drawing The Line: The Case Against China’s Shwe Gas Project, For Better Extractive Industries in Burma This report by the Shwe Gas Movement calls for suspension of the Shwe Gas…
Good Governance and the Extractive Industry in Burma
July 17, 2013
This report by the Shwe Gas Movement reveals glaring weaknesses in Burma’s legal framework regarding the extractive industries, resulting in human rights abuses, environmental damage and poor revenue distribution. Good…
Losing Ground
March 5, 2013
A report by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) Reports of business and development projects in eastern Burma have increased substantially in the wake of government reforms and the ceasefire signed…
Danger Zone
December 17, 2012
This report by Arakan Oil Watch exposes how a planned Chinese industrial zone is threatening the livelihoods of tens of thousands of people in Arakan State as well as Burma’s…
Lost Paradise
December 11, 2012
Women urge halt to expansion of damaging Karenni tin mines A report by the Molo Women Mining Watch Network The Mawchi tin mines have inflicted decades of environmental and social…
Pipeline Nightmare
November 7, 2012
A report by The Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO) Shwe Pipeline Brings Land Confiscation, Militarization and Human Rights Violations to the Ta’ang People. “Pipeline Nightmare” illustrates how the Shwe…
Report on the Human Rights Situation in Burma
November 1, 2012
ND-Burma Periodic Report underlines human rights abuses in Burma, with focus on land confiscation This report from The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) documents the human rights…
Not Open for business: Despite elections, investor risk remains high in Burma
April 18, 2012
The elections on April 1 2012 have been heralded as a great success. However, Not Open for Business highlights the fact that high levels of risk for investors – and…
Burma’s Resource Curse
March 30, 2012
This report from Arakan Oil Watch reveals how billions of dollars in revenues from the sale of natural gas have gone unrecorded in Burma’s public accounts and been siphoned off…