Human rights abuses by Burma Army during conflict in northern Shan State during September 2013
Shan Human Rights Foundation, September 27, 2013 Civilian vehicles forced to accompany Burmese military as shields along Muse-Namkham road On September 12, 2013, about 60 civilian vehicles were forced to accompany Burmese [...]
Escalation Of Kachin Conflict Shows UK Premature In Offering Training To Burmese Army
Burma Campaign UK, September 13, 2013 Burma Campaign UK today called on the British government to cancel plans to offer training to the Burmese Army, in light of the escalation of Burmese [...]
Burma Army fires shells at Shan ceasefire group in Namtu, injuring a woman farmer, then forces her husband to be their guide
Shan Human Rights Foundation, August 28, 2013 A woman working on her corn farm in Namtu township, northern Shan State, was wounded by shrapnel from a Burmese government mortar shell during fighting [...]
US Government Must Ensure US Investors Abide by Reporting Requirements
Burma Campaign UK, August 12, 2013 26 ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESS STRONG CONCERN ABOUT SERIOUS INFORMATIONAL GAPS IN REPORTS FROM U.S. COMPANIES INVESTING IN BURMA (Washington, D.C.) — Today, August 12, 2013, twenty-six organizations [...]
Statement of the Ethnic Nationality Conference
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), August 2, 2013 1. Under the aegis of the UNFC, an Ethnic Nationality Conference was held from July 29 to 31 at a certain place in the [...]
Shan community groups fear signs of premature refugee repatriation
Shan Community Organizations, August 9, 2013 Shan community groups are concerned at signs that Burmese authorities are preparing to repatriate Shan refugees from a camp in northern Thailand, even though there is no guarantee for [...]
Conflict and Violence in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Arakan Human Rights and Development Organization (AHRDO), August 1, 2013 The violent conflict in Arakan is shrouded by history, and historic claims, and is misidentified and therefore misunderstood by many. And, with [...]
73 Prisoners Freed in Latest Presidential Release
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), July 24, 2013 Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) welcomes the 23rd July release of seventy-three prisoners from prisons across Burma. AAPP (B) will seek to [...]
ND-Burma decides to initiate Unofficial Truth Project at 26th Network Meeting
ND-Burma, July 20, 2013 The Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) held its 26th Network Meeting from 6th to 8th July, 2013. ND-Burma is a coalition of eight member organizations and three [...]
Cameron Should Demand Thein Sein Withdraw Soldiers From Ethnic States
Karen Community Association UK, July 15, 2013 Human rights training for Burmese Army won’t work The Karen Community Association UK ( KCA UK ) today calls on Prime Minister David Cameron to [...]
Thein Sein In His Own Words
Burma Campaign UK, July 12, 2013 Burma Briefing No. 27 This briefing provides revealing quotes, past and present, from Burma’s President Thein Sein. There is a growing disparity between the words of [...]
Burma non-compliant in implementing plan to end child soldier recruitment
Statement by 33 organisations, June 27, 2013 Burma Non-compliant in Implementing Burma-UN Joint Action Plan on the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers On June 27, 2012, after nearly five years of [...]