Urgent update on the human rights situation in Shan State
Shan Human Rights Foundation, April 5, 2013 Over 1,000 flee Burma Army abuses in new operations against Shan State Army-North Atrocities by Burmese troops in a new military operation against the Shan [...]
Burmese military stokes war in northern Shan State to clear way for Salween dam
Shan Sapawa Environmental Organisation, April 1, 2013 The Burmese Army has given an ultimatum to the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) to clear its troops from the west bank of the Salween River in an area [...]
European Union Should Not Lift Sanctions On Burma
Burma Campaign UK, March 26, 2013 The European Union is currently reviewing its policy on sanctions on Burma. On 22nd April the EU Foreign Affairs Council will decide whether to continue the [...]
Human Rights Council Highlights International Law Violations
Burma Campaign UK, March 24, 2013 Burma Campaign UK welcomes the United Nations Human Rights Council Resolution on Burma, passed by consensus on Thursday 21st March. The resolution highlighted serious human rights [...]
World must act to end Burmese military aggression
Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), February 28, 2013 A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) details widespread civilian casualties from recent Burma Army offensives in Kachin areas and urges [...]
Is Germany Siding With Burma To Downplay Human Rights Abuses?
Joint Statement by the Members of the European Burma Network February 20, 2013 Members of the European Burma Network today called on Germany to come clean over whether it is working behind [...]
Joint Statement by the UPWC and UNFC
United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), February 20, 2013 1. The eleven-member Union Peace Working Committee delegation, led by its Vice Chairman H.E. U Aung Min, and including Union Ministers H.E. U Khin [...]
Campaigners criticise ‘premature’ Burma debt cancellation
Jubilee Debt Campaign UK, January 28, 2013 $5.9 billion to be written-off and new loans to military dictatorship to begin. Western countries, in a body called the Paris Club, have agreed to [...]
Urgent Call on ASEAN to help halt intensifying conflict in Kachin state in Burma
Asia Pacific Solidarity Network, January 19, 2013 We are movements and organizations calling on the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to add its voice and heed mounting international calls for [...]
Press Release on Successful Celebration of Ta-ang National Resistance Golden Jubilee
Palaung State Liberation Front, January 18, 2013 The celebration of Ta-ang National Resistance Golden Jubilee, which falls on 12th January 2013, was successfully held at a Ta-ang liberated area. Colonel Tar Aik [...]
International community must act to end atrocities by Thein Sein’s government
Women's League of Burma, January 8, 2013 First use of airstrikes in twenty years brings fears of increased civilian fatalities and human rights abuses Chiang Mai, Thailand – The international community should [...]