Latest News
U.S. eases investment ban on Burma (Washington Post)
U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended (Reuters)
Heavy battles rage around Laiza (Kachinland News)
U.S. Eases Myanmar Financial Sanctions (Wall Street Journal)
I am not the Burmese Lech Walesa, says Aung San Suu Kyi (Polish Radio)
China prepares for influx of Kachin refugees (DVB)
US gives green light to investment in Myanmar (Asia Times)
Govt to Hold Talks with SSA-South; Meeting with KIA (Irrawaddy)
Burma President Ill, Resting at Home (AP)
‘Irreversible’ or Not, Reforms Have a Long Way to Go (Irrawaddy)
U.S. firms eye Myanmar as sanctions suspended (Reuters)
Heavy battles rage around Laiza (Kachinland News)
U.S. Eases Myanmar Financial Sanctions (Wall Street Journal)
I am not the Burmese Lech Walesa, says Aung San Suu Kyi (Polish Radio)
China prepares for influx of Kachin refugees (DVB)
US gives green light to investment in Myanmar (Asia Times)
Govt to Hold Talks with SSA-South; Meeting with KIA (Irrawaddy)
Burma President Ill, Resting at Home (AP)
‘Irreversible’ or Not, Reforms Have a Long Way to Go (Irrawaddy)
Latest News on Armed Conflict
Govt to Hold Talks with SSA-South; Meeting with KIA (Irrawaddy)
Gang rape in church highlights Burmese Army impunity: reports (Mizzima)
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)
Gang rape in church highlights Burmese Army impunity: reports (Mizzima)
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)
Press Releases
United States Government Ignores the Cries of Burma’s Oppressed Ethnic Nationalities, Rewards Burmese Regime with U.S. Dollars and Investment (May 17, 2012)
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
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
Statements
Statement by Congressman Joseph R. Pitts (16th District, PA)
Statement by Congressman Trent Franks (Arizona)
Too Soon to Ease Burma Sanctions, Ros-Lehtinen Says (May 17, 2012)
Statement by Congressman Trent Franks (Arizona)
Too Soon to Ease Burma Sanctions, Ros-Lehtinen Says (May 17, 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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