AAPP report on political prisoners April 2020
May 11, 2020587 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 50 political prisoners are serving sentences, 137 are awaiting trial inside prison, 400 are awaiting trial outside prison. During April, 24,896 prisoners, including 26 political prisoner …
Karen heartlands under attack: stop the Burma Army’s new offensive in Mutraw
April 19, 2020Since the start of 2020, the Burma Army has deployed over 2,000 troops, and fired hundreds of mortar shells to try and push through a strategic road into the northern Karen district of Mutraw, despite its existing ceasefire with the Karen National Unio …
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Forgotten Political Prisoners
April 18, 2020Four years into the five-year term of the NLD-led government, the issue of political prisoners remains one of the main problems in the country. Almost all the repressive laws that the military dictatorship used to jail activists remain in place. State …
AAPP report on political prisoners March 2020
April 10, 2020615 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 92 political prisoners are serving sentences, 124 are awaiting trial inside prison, 399 are awaiting trial outside prison. The report concludes that the prevalence of human rights violat …
Gambling Away Our Lands: report by Karen Peace Support Network
March 26, 2020This briefing paper analyzes the available information about the controversial Shwe Kokko “New City” project, a giant Macao-style casino complex being built on indigenous Karen territory at the Thai-Burma border, about ten miles north of Myawaddy. The …
AAPP report on political prisoners February 2020
March 13, 2020642 individuals are oppressed in Burma due to political activity: 74 political prisoners are serving sentences, 139 are awaiting trial inside prison, 429 are awaiting trial outside prison. In February, 12 students were sued for exercising their freedom …
AAPP report on political prisoners January 2020
February 10, 2020There are 647 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 73 are currently serving prison sentences, 141 are awaiting trial inside prison, 433 are awaiting trial outside prison. In January, 37 people were sentenced, 2 people were arrested …
Stop Dam Projects in Burma’s Western War Zone
January 27, 2020A briefing from Chin Rivers Watch. In 2007, the Burmese military government reached an agreement to provide electricity to Bangladesh through construction of a hydropower project comprising two large dams on the Lemro river in western Burma. Since …
AAPP report on political prisoners December 2019
January 14, 2020There are 631 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 74 are currently serving prison sentences, 171 are awaiting trial inside prison, 386 are awaiting trial outside prison. In December, 8 people were sentenced, 16 arrested, 18 charge …
The Boycott List
January 14, 2020‘The Boycott List’, lists products and brands produced by Burmese military-owned companies. The products and brands are listed cover a wide range of sectors from construction, media, entertainment, agricultural products and trade. The purpose of the br …