Latest News
Kachin villagers take shelter in Sumprabum church (Kachin News Group)
Villagers and gold mine workers flee from the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam area (Kachin News)
Shopkeepers in Sittwe Continue to Rise Against Illegal Market Tolls (Narinjara News)
Minister U Aung Min: “Death Railway” to be rebuilt (IMNA)
Democracy activists remain in prison (Mizzima)
Burmese Refugees Not Tempted by New Myanmar (Wall Street Journal)
Britain largest Burma investor so far this year (Mizzima)
Rohingya Protesters in Delhi Urged to Leave (Irrawaddy)
On the Run From Oppression in Burma? (Mother Jones)
Burma Railway Set for Renaissance (Irrawaddy)
Parliamentarians to meet with armed groups (DVB)
Fighting prevents aid from reaching refugees (DVB)
ABSDF Denies Talks Delayed by Terror Charges (Irrawaddy)
Will Reform Bring Burma Peace? (The Diplomat)
Villagers and gold mine workers flee from the Irrawaddy Myitsone dam area (Kachin News)
Shopkeepers in Sittwe Continue to Rise Against Illegal Market Tolls (Narinjara News)
Minister U Aung Min: “Death Railway” to be rebuilt (IMNA)
Democracy activists remain in prison (Mizzima)
Burmese Refugees Not Tempted by New Myanmar (Wall Street Journal)
Britain largest Burma investor so far this year (Mizzima)
Rohingya Protesters in Delhi Urged to Leave (Irrawaddy)
On the Run From Oppression in Burma? (Mother Jones)
Burma Railway Set for Renaissance (Irrawaddy)
Parliamentarians to meet with armed groups (DVB)
Fighting prevents aid from reaching refugees (DVB)
ABSDF Denies Talks Delayed by Terror Charges (Irrawaddy)
Will Reform Bring Burma Peace? (The Diplomat)
Latest News on Armed Conflict
Burmese Army increases its use of airstrikes in Kachin war (Kachinland)
KIA creates new battalion near Pangwa (Kachin News Group)
Kachin army takes control of key Burma army post on Putao route (Kachin News Group)
Heavy fighting continues in Kachin state: rebels (DVB)
Burmese Army Threatens to Wipe Out the KIA (Irrawaddy)
KIA creates new battalion near Pangwa (Kachin News Group)
Kachin army takes control of key Burma army post on Putao route (Kachin News Group)
Heavy fighting continues in Kachin state: rebels (DVB)
Burmese Army Threatens to Wipe Out the KIA (Irrawaddy)
Press Releases
Human Rights Groups Resist State Department Efforts to Prematurely Reward the Burmese Regime: Congress Urged to Renew Import Ban, Exercise Caution 75,000 Displaced in Kachin State as Burmese Army Attacks Continue (April 25, 2012)
Burma’s Democracy Movement Enters into the New Playing Field by Winning at least 39 Seats in the By-Election, Yet Still Full of Landmines, Barriers, and Biased-Referees
Resettled Ethnic Refugees in the U.S. Call for Greater Action to End Systematic Human Rights Abuses against Ethnic People in Burma (March 22, 2012)
Release of Political Prisoners in Burma Welcomed, Remaining Ones Should Be Released
More than 50,000 people call on Secretary Clinton to demand an end to atrocities, freedom for all political prisoners in Burma
Burma’s Democracy Movement Enters into the New Playing Field by Winning at least 39 Seats in the By-Election, Yet Still Full of Landmines, Barriers, and Biased-Referees
Resettled Ethnic Refugees in the U.S. Call for Greater Action to End Systematic Human Rights Abuses against Ethnic People in Burma (March 22, 2012)
Release of Political Prisoners in Burma Welcomed, Remaining Ones Should Be Released
More than 50,000 people call on Secretary Clinton to demand an end to atrocities, freedom for all political prisoners in Burma
Statements
Statement on the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict (May 16, 2012)
US/Burma: Don’t Lift Sanctions Too Soon (Human Rights Watch May 15, 2012)
Women’s League of Burma calls for Greater women’s participation in peace process (May 15, 2012)
Statement of the United Nationalities Federal Council (May 10, 2012)
Investor letter to White House urging sanctions to remain (May 11, 2012)
US/Burma: Don’t Lift Sanctions Too Soon (Human Rights Watch May 15, 2012)
Women’s League of Burma calls for Greater women’s participation in peace process (May 15, 2012)
Statement of the United Nationalities Federal Council (May 10, 2012)
Investor letter to White House urging sanctions to remain (May 11, 2012)
Reports
International Community’s Premature Rewards Fail to Address Armed Conflict and Human Rights Violations in Burma (Burma Partnership)
Human Rights Situation in Burma – March 2011 to March 2012 (Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma)
Grab for White Gold: Platinum Mining in Eastern Shan State (Lahu Women’s Organization)
Abuses since the DKBA and KNLA ceasefires:Forced labour and arbitrary detention in Dooplaya (Karen Human Rights Group)
Western Burma Update: Burma Army abuses in both conflict and non-conflict areas (Free Burma Rangers)
Human Rights Situation in Burma – March 2011 to March 2012 (Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma)
Grab for White Gold: Platinum Mining in Eastern Shan State (Lahu Women’s Organization)
Abuses since the DKBA and KNLA ceasefires:Forced labour and arbitrary detention in Dooplaya (Karen Human Rights Group)
Western Burma Update: Burma Army abuses in both conflict and non-conflict areas (Free Burma Rangers)
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