Under Siege in Kachin State, Burma

This report is released by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). It reveals detailing human rights abuses committed by the Burmese Army in Kachin State, Burma. PHR’s investigation reveals that the …

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Crimes in Northern Burma

This report is released by the Norway-based non-governmental organization Partners Relief & Development (Partners).
It reveals first-hand testimony and frontline photographs of the increasingly brutal civil war in Burma’s …

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Grabbing Land: Destructive Development in the Ta’ang Region

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. …

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Displacement and Poverty in South East Burma

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 …

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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 …

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An ILO Commission of Inquiry on Freedom of Association in Burma

This report from The International Trade Union Confederation examines the denial of freedom of association in Burma and calls on the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to approve the establishment of …

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Lives of Chin Refugees in Delhi: Case Studies

The report is published by Chin Refugee Committee, Delhi and aimed to highlight the plight of the Chin refugees living in Delhi with the hope that their conditions would improve. …

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Burma’s Covered up War: Atrocities Against the Kachin People

This report from the Kachin Women’s Association - Thailand, reveals human rights abuses against the Kachin People in Kachin State since the November 2010 election. Human rights abuse against the …

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Political Prisoner Releases in Burma

Updated 10 January 2012

Burma Briefing No. 16

As speculation mounts that the government in Burma is about to release some political prisoners, this briefing looks at the history of …

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Revealing Burma’s System of Impunity - A Briefer For The Comission of Inquiry Campaign

This report reveals Burma’s System of Impunity in Burma.

The introduction of the report is that the campaign builds to have the United Nations establish a Commission of Inquiry …

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Events in Burma – New or Recycled?

Burma Briefing No. 15

This briefing analyses recent events in Burma, many of which have been hailed as ‘new’, ‘unprecedented’ and ‘progress’. It finds that most of what has taken …

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War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Burma

Burma Briefing No. 14

For twenty years the United Nations has documented human rights abuses in Burma which may be in violation of international law. In March 2010 the United …

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Germany and Burma – Business before human rights

Burma Briefing No. 13

Commentary on an article published on 20th June 2011 in the Financial Times by Markus Loening, Germany’s federal commissioner for human rights policy.

It is rare …

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Stolen Lives: Human Trafficking from Palaung area of Burma to China

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 …

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ORDERED OUT: The costs of building Burma’s Upper Paunglaung Dam

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 …

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Crisis in Shan State

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 …

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Human Rights Violations in Burma’s 2010 Elections

This report by The Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma) reveals the elections-related human rights violations committed by the regime and its proxies during and just after the …

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Burma’s New Constitution - Denying Ethnic Rights

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 …

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Political Prisoners in Burma – A Crime Against Humanity

Burma Briefing No. 10

In the past two years there has been an increasing trend to look at Burma through the lens of international law, rather than just as a …

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What Next For EU Burma Policy?

Burma Briefing No. 9

The European Union has a common foreign policy on Burma, known as a Common Decision. The Common Decision currently has to be renewed every April. EU …

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