Sanctions are working – Don’t let them be relaxed too soon!
At long last, Burma’s military backed government has been making some political changes. Steps so far are relatively small though, and may just be being done to try to get sanctions relaxed.
Reports
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,…
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…
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…
Poison Clouds
Lessons from Burma’s largest coal project at Tigyit
This report by local Pa-Oh researchers, exposes how up to two thousand…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Insuring Repression
Exposing how the insurance industry supports Burma’s dictators
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…
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…
Pro-Aid, Pro-Sanctions, Pro-Engagement
Position paper by pro-democracy organisations detailing policy on humanitarian assistance to Burma.
Sanctions Information
EU Common Position
Council Decision 12 April 2011 renewing restrictive measures against Burma (PDF Format)
EU Council Conclusions April 2011 (PDF Format)
EU Council Conclusions April 2010 (PDF Format)
10.05.2010 Commission Regulation (EU) No 411/2010 Amended Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008. (PDF Format)
11.05.2010 Council Regulation (EU) No 408/2010 Amended Council Regulation (EC) No 194/2008. (PDF Format)
Click here for previous EU Common Positions
US Sanctions
Click here for US Burma sanctions
Specially Designated Nationals – individuals subject to US visa and financial sanctions: (look at the list by country and scroll down to Burma)
Companies investing and trading in Burma risk funding the country’s brutal dictatorship, being responsible for human rights abuses associated with many industries, and being associated with large-scale environmental destruction. Burma’s democracy movement supports targeted sanctions and other measures to prevent this kind of damaging investment and trade.
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- Dam-induced floods spur calls to suspend new Chinese dams in Burma’s Karenni State
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