Dear Friends,
ALTSEAN-Burma has released a briefer titled “Serious international crimes continue in Burma under ‘new’ regime”
Serious International Crimes Continue in Burma Under New Regime
Since Thein Sein took office as Burma’s President on 30 March, the regime has continued to perpetrate crimes against humanity and war crimes with total impunity. Reports of [...]
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FBR REPORT: Karen State, Burma 7 October, 2011
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Free Burma Ranger teams in Southern Karen State (Tenasserim Division) graduated from Leadership and Relief Team [...]
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For immediate release: October 7, 2011
KWAT PRESS RELEASE:
REPORT EXPOSES ATROCITIES IN BURMA’S NEWEST WAR
KWAT Report Book
In its new war against Kachin resistance forces, Burma’s regime has deliberately targeted civilians with killings, torture and sexual violence, displacing over 25,000 people during the past four months.
“Burma’s Covered Up War: Atrocities Against the Kachin People” [...]
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FBR REPORT: Karen State, Burma 25 September, 2011
In This Report:
This report contains a compilation of information gathered by Free Burma Ranger teams in Karen State.
Dooplaya District (Southern Central Karen State): Civilians [...]
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DICTATOR WATCH
(www.dictatorwatch.org)
Contact: Roland Watson, roland@dictatorwatch.org
AUGUST KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY SITREP
KNLAaugust2011
Sptember 7, 2011
Please forward.
We have a new post on our conflict blog, a report which covers clashes between the Karen National Liberation Army and the Burma Army, and BA abuses of Karen villagers, from July 24 through September 1.
http://www.dictatorwatch.org/KNLA/KNLAaugust2011.pdf
http://www.dictatorwatch.org/burmaconflictblog.html
The report describes twenty-five clashes, which resulted [...]
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August 10, 2011
Press release by the Shan Women’s Action Network and the Shan Human Rights Foundation
Over 30,000 displaced by Burma Army attacks face humanitarian crisis in northern Shan State
Numbers of villagers fleeing Burma Army atrocities have soared to over 30,000 during recent intensified attacks against the Shan State Army North [...]
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FBR REPORT: Kachin State, Burma 30 July, 2011
Map showing area of report
On 9 June 2011 fighting started between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army. The fighting was started by a dispute between the two armies over control of the area [...]
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Shattered lives
Monday, 25 July 2011 11:41 Phil Thornton / Bangkok Post
Reports emerged last week from Kachin and Shan States that rape is still being used as a tactic by the Burmese army to demoralise and terrorise ethnic communities
In the corner of an up-market Chiang Mai [...]
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Dear Friends,
ALTSEAN-Burma has released a briefer titled “Post-election Burma: Impunity still reigns, women and children more vulnerable to crimes.”
19jul11 Post-Election Burma – Impunity Still Reigns Women and Children More Vulnerable to Crimes
Since the 7 November elections, Burma’s regime has continued to perpetrate crimes against humanity and war crimes with total impunity. Reports of serious [...]
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Dead Men Walking
Convict Porters on the Front Lines in Eastern Burma
July 12, 2011
This 70-page report details abuses against convict porters including summary executions, torture, and the use of the convicts as “human shields.” The military should stop forcibly recruiting prisoners as porters and mistreating them, and those responsible for ordering or [...]
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For Immediate Release: 8 July 2011
REPORT CARD ON BURMESE PRESIDENT THEIN SEIN’S FIRST 100 DAYS: WORDS NOT MATCHED BY ACTIONS
08jul11 Thein Seins First 100 Days – Words Not Matched by Actions
Bangkok – One hundred days after assuming the presidency in Burma, former General Thein Sein has failed to take any meaningful steps [...]
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Please find attached EBO’s latest analysis paper No. 3/2011 – The Burma Army’s Offensive Against the Shan State Army – North.
7jul11 EBO Analysis Paper No 3 2011 – Shan State Army-North – July 2011
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Euro-Burma Office
Square Gutenberg 11/2
1000 Brussels, Belgium [...]
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FBR REPORT:
Kachin State, Burma 4 July, 2011
Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army broke out on 9 June 2011, ending a 17-year cease-fire agreement between the two groups. As many as 10,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in Southeastern [...]
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05jul11 2011-07-eletter-14
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Dear Friends,
ALTSEAN-Burma has released a briefer titled “Ethnic Areas Update: Burma Heads Toward Civil War.”
29jun11 Ethnic Areas Update – Burma Heads Toward Civil War
In hostilities that began in February, the Tatmadaw rebuked longstanding ceasefire agreements with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and the Shan State Army – North (SSA-N). In May [...]
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FBR REPORT: Karen State, Burma 22 June, 2011
In This Report:
Here is a compilation of information from Free Burma Ranger teams currently operating in several areas of Northern and Central Karen [...]
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FBR REPORT: Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State, Burma 5, June, 2011
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
The Burma Army has continued to use forced labor [...]
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FBR REPORT: Burma Army Attacks and Forced Labor in Western Burma Arakan State, Burma 31 May, 2011
Since the first week of January 2011, the Burma Army has been operating near the Indian border against the ALA (Arakan [...]
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