UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma report to the UN Human Rights Council

Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, to the UN Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur recommends that …

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Stateless and Starving

Persecuted Rohingya Flee Burma and Starve in Bangladesh
A report by Physicians for Human Rights

In recent months Bangladeshi authorities have waged an unprecedented campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal …

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Walking Amongst Sharp Knives

This report from the Karen Women’s Organisation reveals previously unreported abuses taking place against ethnic Karen women in Burma.

The practice of the Burmese Army to execute village heads has …

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Thailand to Force 3,000 Karen Refugees Back to Burma?

3,000 ethnic Karen refugees who were forced to flee into Thailand in June 2009 are facing forced return to Burma starting on February 5th 2010. Although the Royal Thai Government …

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Poisoned Hills

Poisoned Hills, a report released by the Palaung Women’s Organization reveals that opium cultivation in Burma’s northern Shan State has been increasing rapidly over the past three years in areas …

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Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project

This preliminary report from the Arakan Rivers Network (ARN) highlights the human rights and environmental concerns over the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project agreed between the Indian government and the …

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2010 Elections: A Recipe for Continued Conflict

This report reveals serious concerns over the possible conduct of the 2010 elections that is likely to disenfranchise an estimated 1.9 million voters. It also outlines the serious flaws in …

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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 …

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Impunity Prolonged: Burma and its 2008 Constitution

Report by the International Center for Transitional Justice calling on the international community to withhold support for Burma’s 2010 elections and not accept the results of the vote unless the …

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On the Edge of Survival: The Continuing Rat Infestation and Food Crisis in Chin State, Burma

A report by Chin Human Rights Organization about the rat infestation and food crisis in Chin State finds that food shortages have spread to seven townships in Chin State as …

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Burma’s Forgotten Prisoners

A report by Human Rights Watch documenting dozens of prominent political activists, Buddhist monks, labor activists, journalists, and artists arrested since peaceful political protests in 2007 and sentenced to draconian …

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International crimes committed in Burma: the urgent need for a Commission of Inquiry

This report by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma), and the Burma Lawyers Council (BLC) details the serious human rights violations perpetrated …

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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 …

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Heroin Epidemic in Kachin State

The jade mines of Hpakant in Burma’s northern Kachin State have long been notorious for high rates of drug addiction and HIV infection. What is less known, thanks to the …

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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.

Crimes in Burma

A report from Harvard Law School, commissioned by some of the most respected jurists in international law, using the UN’s own reports to highlight how Burma’s generals have committed war …

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Holding our ground

A report on Land Confiscation in Arakan & Mon States, and Pa-O Area of Southern Shan State

After the Storm: Voices from the Delta

After the Storm: Voices from the Delta is the first independent report assessing the response of the Burmese regime to Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in May 2008. It exposes …

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We are Like Forgotten People.

In this report, Human Rights Watch documents a wide range of human rights abuses carried out by the Burmese junta. In Mizoram state, India, Chin people remain at risk of …

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SPDC constitution

SPDC constitution which enshrines military rule, giving 25 percent of the seats to the military, and also gives the military effective veto power over decisions made by Parliament. Download the …

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