Peace Never Came
September 20, 2020Report by the Ta’ang Women’s Organization This report documents the human rights abuses committed by Tatmadaw between 2016 April to 2019 in Ta’ang region in northern Shan State. Ta’ang people and other ethnic nationality populations living in conflict …
AAPP report on political prisoners August 2020
September 9, 2020537 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 33 political prisoners are serving sentences, 163 are awaiting trial inside prison, 341 are awaiting trial outside prison. In August, 54 people were arrested and 9 were charged. 49 peopl …
Guarding profits not lives: report by Kachin Women’s Association Thailand
September 3, 2020This report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) exposes the role of the Burmese military in a deadly landslide at a jade mine in Kachin State, which is under tight control of the military. KWAT calls urgently for a withdrawal of Burma Arm …
Integrating atrocity prevention in UK international policy
August 17, 2020This short position paper comes from members of the UK’s civil society Atrocity Prevention Working Group. In it we set out, drawing upon our collective expertise and as a contribution to the ongoing Integrated Review of international policy, how the Un …
Lift the ban: why giving people seeking asylum the right to work is common sense
August 11, 2020The Lift the Ban coalition of over 200 non-profit organisations, think tanks, businesses, trade unions and faith groups, is calling on the UK Government to give people seeking asylum and their adult dependants the right to work after they have waited s …
AAPP report on political prisoners July 2020
August 5, 2020507 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 35 political prisoners are serving sentences, 155 are awaiting trial inside prison, 317 are awaiting trial outside prison. In July, 52 people were arrested and 22 charged. 45 people were …
Left behind and destitute: How IDP communities in Southern Burma/Myanmar are struggling to survive during COVID-19
July 15, 2020Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in remote communities in southeast Burma are struggling to survive. COVID-19-related restrictions on the freedom of movement in these areas—often under the administration of multiple ethnic armed organisations—make i …
AAPP report on political prisoners June 2020
July 9, 2020641 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 35 political prisoners are serving sentences, 146 are awaiting trial inside prison, 460 are awaiting trial outside prison. In June, 66 people were arrested, 71 were charged, 49 were rele …
Virus warfare: Burma Army destruction of Karen community defences against Covid-19
June 16, 2020Instead of supporting and collaborating with Covid-19 prevention activities, the Burma Army burned, demolished and forced to shut down Covid-19 health screening points set up by local Karen communities. Karen Peace Support Network’s new briefing calls …
AAPP report on political prisoners May 2020
June 5, 2020592 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 41 political prisoners are serving sentences, 142 are awaiting trial inside prison, 409 are awaiting trial outside prison. In May, armed clashes between the military and the Arakan Army …