Reports
Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement
Position paper by pro-democracy organisations detailing policy on humanitarian assistance to Burma.
The Human Cost Of Energy
Earthrights international documents the continuing human rights abuses occurring on the Yadana project, a joint project between TOTAL, Chevron and the Burmese regime.
Drowning the Green Ghosts
A report by Kayan Women’s Union reveals how the Upper Paunglaung Dam, being built with Chinese investment, has increased forced labour and other abuses for local villagers.
Insuring Repression
Exposing how the insurance industry supports Burma’s dictators
Laid Waste: Human Rights along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline
Report by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) to promote human rights abuses along a 1,200 mile pipeline raised the prospect of further abuses on a far wider scale.
Roots and Resilience English
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 a conflict area where Shan resistance forces have been fighting the Burmese military regime for over four decades.
Resisting the Flood: Communities stand up against Chinese dams on Burma’s Irrawaddy
A report by Kachin Development Network Group about recent dam construction and forced relocation in northern Kachin State. China Power Investment is planning a series of seven dams on the Irrawaddy and its two main tributaries. Construction of the 2,000 megawatt Chibwe Dam on the N’Mai River has already begun…
Tyrants, Tycoons and Tigers: Yuzana Company Ravages Burma’s Hugawng Valley
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 are defying one of the country’s most powerful tycoons as his company establishes massive mono-crop plantations in what happens to…
The European Union and Burma
Updated 13 April 2011
Burma Briefing No. 4
This briefing examines how the European Union, one of the most powerful political and economic blocs in the world, has so far failed to use its influence in an effective and productive way to help promote democracy and human rights in Burma.…
Poison Clouds
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 being extracted per day from a massive open cast mine at Tigyit village. In fact, the mine has destroyed village…
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 members are now debating what changes, if any, there should be to the Common Decision, taking into account ‘elections’ held…
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 constructed by European and
Chinese companies that will power Naypyitaw, the country’s new capital.
The Upper Paunglaung Dam, located…
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 for a German government official to make a detailed statement on their thinking on Burma policy, and the article is…
Burma’s Resource Curse
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 by corrupt military rulers, leaving Burma with some of the worst social indicators in the world.
Natural gas exports are…
Not Open for business: Despite elections, investor risk remains high in Burma
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 the people of Burma – remain.
Not Open for Business highlights specific industries, projects and corporate activities that have the…
Report on the Human Rights Situation in Burma
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 situation in Burma during the period of April 2012– September 2012. The report documents 114 cases of human rights violations…
Pipeline Nightmare
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 Gas and Oil Pipeline project, which will transport oil and gas across Burma to China, has resulted in the confiscation…
Lost Paradise
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 damage in southern Karenni State and new expansion plans should be halted, according to a new report by a network…
Danger Zone
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 second largest mangrove forest.
The 120 sq km Kyauk Phyu Special Economic Zone, planned around the terminals of the trans-…
Losing Ground
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 with the Karen National Union (KNU) in January 2012. While the cessation of armed conflict has made the area more…
The European Union Must Not Abandon Human Rights Benchmarks
Burma Briefing No. 22
The European Union is currently reviewing its policy on Burma, including whether to continue with the suspension of EU sanctions, or to lift them altogether. A final decision will be made by the Foreign Affairs Council on 22nd April.
There is no doubt that there have…
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