Justice held hostage: new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
December 15, 2021A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) documents ongoing shelling, shooting, arbitrary arrest and torture of civilians by the military regime’s troops in northern Burma during the past five months, and exposes how a climate of i …
Crimes committed by the terrorist junta in November 2021 – AAPP
December 4, 2021More than 300 days after the coup d’état, the civilian population is still suffering even more by the armed wing of the junta. Arbitrary arrests continue to increase, arbitrary killings continue unabated, and prisoners of war are being tortured and kil …
Shelling out punishment across Mutraw – Karen Peace Support Network briefing
December 1, 2021Karen Peace Support Network’s new briefing describes how Burma Army troops have intensified shelling and persecution of civilians in northern Karen State, in retaliation for increased guerrilla attacks by the Karen National Union, which are blocking th …
Fanning the flames: Expansion of foreign oil and gas investments despite Burma’s military coup
November 24, 2021Arakan Oil Watch’s new report titled Fanning the flames: Expansion of foreign oil and gas investments despite Burma’s military coup provides details about the expansion of international oil and gas companies in Burma since the coup, providing huge …
Reign of Terror
October 20, 2021This briefing covers the situation of human rights, which were documented by the Chin Human Rights Organization in northwestern Burma/Myanmar, primarily in Chin State, Sagaing and Magwe Regions, between August and September 2021. Under the reign of ter …
Foreign Affairs Committee: The UK Government’s Response to the Myanmar Crisis
July 16, 2021The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has published its report “The UK Government’s Response to the Myanmar Crisis”. The Committee calls on the UK Government to treat the democratically elected National Unity Government (NUG) of Myanmar as a g …
Deadly reprisals – Kachin Women’s Association Thailand briefing
June 16, 2021A new briefing paper by Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) provides an update of human rights violations by the regime’s security forces in urban and rural areas of Kachin State and Muse District of northern Shan State during April and May, 202 …
Terror from the Skies – Karen Peace Support Network briefing
May 24, 2021Since the military coup on February 1, 2021, fierce air and ground offensives by the regime’s troops in Mutraw (Papun) District of northern Karen State have inflicted dozens of civilian casualties, and displaced over 70,000 – nearly 90% of the district …
The Human Cost of Failure – Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK briefing
May 24, 2021The genocide against Rohingya shows no sign of abating, the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) said in a new briefing today, timed to coincide with Myanmar’s duty to report to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on how it is preventing genoc …
Why is Dominic Raab Refusing to Act on Accountability for Burmese Military Crimes?
May 20, 2021This briefing paper details how, despite British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and other government ministers repeatedly talking about holding the Burmese military to account for its crimes, in practice they are fiercely resisting pressure to take act …