Reports
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…
Losing Ground
A report by Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Reports of business and development projects in eastern Burma have increased substantially…
Danger Zone
This report by Arakan Oil Watch exposes how a planned Chinese industrial zone is threatening the livelihoods of tens of…
Lost Paradise
Women urge halt to expansion of damaging Karenni tin mines
A report by the Molo Women Mining Watch Network
The…
Pipeline Nightmare
A report by The Ta’ang Students and Youth Organization (TSYO)
Shwe Pipeline Brings Land Confiscation, Militarization and Human Rights Violations…
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…
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…
Burma’s Resource Curse
This report from Arakan Oil Watch reveals how billions of dollars in revenues from the sale of natural gas have…
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.

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