All Entries Tagged With: "Burma"
HRW Report: Burma: Release Democracy Leader U Tin Oo
urma: Release Democracy Leader U Tin Oo Harsh Sentence for US Citizen Nyi Nyi Aung Highlights Challenges for Visiting UN Official (New York, February 11, 2010) – The Burmese military government should immediately release the 84-year-old opposition leader U Tin Oo, whose house arrest order expires on February 13, 2010, Human Rights Watch said today. [...]
FBR REPORT: 2,100 Displaced, Villages Burned, Schools Abandoned as Seven Burma Army Battalions Attack
FBR REPORT: 2,100 Displaced, Villages Burned, Schools Abandoned as Seven Burma Army Battalions Attack Karen State, Burma 12 February, 2010 KEY DEVELOPMENTS Over 2,100 people displaced, 4 villages burned, 14 schools abandoned and a clinic burned as seven Burma Army battalions attack villagers in Western Karen State, Burma. 12 February 2010. (Reports relayed from teams [...]
HRW Report – Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugee
Thailand: Cease Intimidation of Karen Refugees Push-backs to Burma into Heavily Mined Areas Threaten Lives (New York, February 6, 2010) – Thailand should immediately stop pressuring ethnic Karen refugees to return to Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Repatriation to the designated “return zone” in Burma would place returnees at serious risk of human rights [...]
FBR Report: Update of Burma Army Attacks, Murders, Displacement, and Forced Labor In Karen State
FBR REPORT: UPDATE OF BURMA ARMY ATTACKS, MURDERS, DISPLACEMENT AND FORCED LABOR IN KAREN STATE, BURMA Report relayed directly from the field by FBR Relief Teams in Karen State 21 January, 2010 KEY DEVELOPMENTS On January 17: Keh Der village in Ler Doh Township was attacked by LIB 367. 10. Ten houses were burned down. [...]
HRW Report – Burma: Verdict Expected in Trial of Burmese-American Activist
(New York, January 25, 2009) – On January 27, a criminal court inside Insein prison in Rangoon is expected to hand down the verdict in the trial of Burmese rights activist and US citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin. Zaw Lwin, age 40, also known as Nyi Nyi Aung, had been working for the Free Burmese Political [...]
FBR REPORT: Resilience in Karen State, Burma. January 2010
FBR REPORT: Resilience in Karen State, Burma. Karen State, Burma 16 January, 2010 Dear friends, The following is a photo essay that reflects what we see here in Northern and Western Karen State. We are on our fourth month of missions here and there is more good news than bad. There is all around us [...]
Hope For The Child Of War
Partners staff and volunteers work closely with Burma’s refugees and internally displaced people. One particular community along the Thai-Burma border is Shan Town*.
Latest Developments In Burma -NY Times Article
Myanmar Election Could Spark Rise In Refugees By REUTERS: January 6, 2010 MAE SOT, Thailand (Reuters) – The rubbish dump outside the Thai town of Mae Sot steams with rancid rotting fish and other debris, a squalid haven for hundreds of refugees from Myanmar that aid groups say could swell in size this year. Aid [...]
FBR REPORT: The Darkness Spreads but Hope is Alive
FBR REPORT: The Darkness Spreads but Hope is Alive Karen State, Burma 19 December, 2009 Dear friends, We are sending this out from northern Karen State. We are in the midst of resilient and hopeful people even though they are chased, shelled, and displaced by the Burma Army who are all around. We are here [...]
HRW Report: Secretary Of State Clinton New Statement On Burma
Burma: Clinton Should Press for Release of Burmese-American Arrests Continue, More Than 2,100 Political Prisoners Remain in Lead-up to Elections December 18, 2009 (New York) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should publicly call for the release of imprisoned Burmese rights activist and US citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin, currently on trial in Burma on [...]
