"Burma Issues" Newsletter: archive from 1991 to 2012
"Burma Issues" was previously called B.U.R.M.A.
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Human Rights Education: A Transitional Agenda... ECONOMY: Burma?s Dilemma - Back &c forth over border trade... SOCIETY: Drugs fit Politics at the Village Level... BORDER: Total "Supplies" Army with Bicycles... ENVIRONMENT: Landless - Out of the frying pan, into the fire... NEWS BRIEFS: September News about Burma... THE LAST WORD: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1998-09-00
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DEVELOPMENT: Dam Lies: Illusions, Insults and Injuries... ECONOMY: Pipe Dreams: Free Trade Zone in Burma... REFUGEES: Thailand: Violating the Right to Non-Refoulement (2)... THE LAST WORD: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1998-01-00
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2012-05-03
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WORKING FOR THE MAN: (Labour, like all things which are pur-chased and sold and which may be increased or diminished in quantity, has its natural and its market price. The natural price of labour depends on the price of the food, necessaries and conveniences required for the support of the labourer and his family.
David Ricardo, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation)... POLITICS: USING FISH OIL TO FRY FISH... HUMAN RIGHTS: FORCED RELOCATION IN KYAUK KYI TOWNSHIP... LABOUR: WORKING FOR THE MAN... ECONOMICS: Recent Foreign Economic Activity in Burma... CHILDREN: ALL THE LOVELY INNOCENTS... INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: BOYCOTTS: PEOPLE POWER AT WORK... IN THE NEWS: NEWS BRIEFS FOR APRIL...
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1996-04-00
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INSIDE- HUMAN RIGHTS: TO Forcibly Repatriate or Not - Thailand?s Dilemma.... WOMEN: The Flesh Trade: A Cycle of Trafficking and Exploitation... POLITICS: Why the Rush ... For Asean Membership?... RELIGION: Manufacturing Dissent: Religious Conflict as a Tool for Repression.... THE LAST WORD: What Others Have to Say About Burma.
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1997-04-00
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PROPAGANDA: THE ENEMY WITHIN... POLITICS: GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY (PREPARING THE SOIL FOR THE SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY: ...a democratic process for building up democracy must be seen as a ground up process) ... HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES... ECONOMICS: THE HIDDEN COST OF INVESTMENT... LABOUR: PUSH AND PULL: ILLEGAL NEIGHBOURS... IN THENEWS
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1996-08-00
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Politics: Asean: Now We are Nine... Refugees: Repatriation to a Positive Future... Economy: Border Area Development Program: ?As You Sow...? ; Burma Development Index... The Last Word: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1997-08-00
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POLITICS: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING AHEAD (If there is one lesson from 1996 to carry into the new year it is this: war, peace, justice and oppression live and die a little bit at a time. There are no watersheds, no quick fixes nor disasters from out of the blue.)... CIVIL WAR: SURRENDER IS OUT OF THE QUESTION... PEACE: CAN THAILAND LEAD THE REGION TO PEACE?... ECONOMICS: PRESSURE ON UNOCAL MOUNTS... NEWS BRIEFS
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1996-12-00
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Burma Army operations in Kya Inn Township... REFUGEES: International responsibility... CIVIL WAR: Elusive peace... COMMENT: A new paradigm for activism... POLITICS: Peace & Development: New name, same old story?... THE LAST WORD: What others have to say about Burma
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WHEN CHILDREN?S RIGHTS ARE JEOPARDIZED: Children remain the most victimized group in civil conflicts. Deprived of a stable home environment, sufficient food, medical care, and often of life itself, children are inheritors of the world we leave them. World participation is required to protect these young lives and help them become the new leaders who can bring peace and justice to our societies.... HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS - ABUSES IN THE TOUNGOO DISTRICT... WOMEN: WOMEN AND EQUALITY, THE REALITY AND THE RHETORIC... CHILDREN: WHEN CHILDREN?S RIGHTS ARE JEOPARDIZED, SO IS THE FUTURE OF THE NATION.... NEW LIGHT: SEEING THE NEW LIGHT?(For several months now, Emma has been monitoring the Burmese military?s daily English-language newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar. All newspapers in Burma are military owned, and thus all news information to the people is carefully controlled. In the following article, Emma reflects on her experience with SLORC- controlled news, and concludes that few people in Burma probably take very seriously the "news" as it is fed to them each day) ... LAND MINES: A LAND MINE VICTIM - Soe K N.?S STORY... NEWS BRIEFS FOR FEBRUARY:
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1996-02-00
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INSIDE- HUMAN RIGHTS: Flames of Injustice... HUMAN RIGHTS: Refugee Voices... CIVIL WAR: Changing Tactics... ECONOMICS: Morals and Corporate Resistance... POLITICS
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VISIT MYANMAR BUT NOT SUU KYI... PEACE: Tourism and the Struggle for Peace(From SEEDS OF PEACE Vol 12, 1995) ... INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: CAROLING FOR PEACE, ACADEMICS AND SLORC... HUMAN RIGHTS: STILL LIVING IN FEAR... NEWS BRIEFS: IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS,
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1996-01-00
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Special- INVESTMENTS: Which multinational companies currently have investments in Burma, and which companies have divested from Burma?... INSIDE- INDUSTRIALIZATION: Acts of Desperation... ECONOMICS: Ties to Burma: A
Corporate Listing; Following a Different Trend: Divestment... HUMAN RIGHTS: The Inside Perspective... POLITICS: Timeline of Burma-Asean Activities... Burma Issues, the monthly
newsletter of Burma Issues, highlights current information
related to the struggle for peace and justice in Burma. It is
distributed internationally on a free-subscription basis to individuals and groups concerned about the state of affairs in
Burma.
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PROPAGANDA: PROPAGANDA AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA... CEASEFIRES: TAMING THE ELEPHANT... HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMANITY AT THE CENTRE (It is time that the deciding factor in international politics is no longer diplomacy, sovereignty or economics, but rather humanity: the humanity of the smallest and most powerless in our societies.) ... POLITICS: PEACE PATHS... ECONOMICS: ...AND THE HARVEST SHALL BE PLENTIFUL?... IN THE NEWS
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1996-07-00
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Refugees Voluntary Repatriation: At the Cost of Protection and Security?... Civil War Landmines in Burma: The Bathtub Runneth Over... Politics Ceasefire Talks: Changing the Subject... Economics: Returning to the Legal Fold: Stories from Rangoon... The Last Word: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1997-07-00
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POLITICS: THE PEOPLE?S DESIRE (No government or power organization can effectively dictate a people?s desire. Fear can be used to force people into showing approval of a dictated desire, but what is deep within their soul will remain alive and burning until the time is ripe for it to spring forth. Then the true "people?s desire" will be expressed. In Burma today, people are once again taking the courage to stand up and say what they want. Their voice is a voice of power.)... ENVIRONMENT: REPORT THE FACTS: THE YADANA PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION... ECONOMICS: PUTTING FOREIGN INVESTORS ON NOTICE ... LABOUR: CAPTIVE LABOUR FORCE... HUMAN RIGHTS: ABUSES CONTINUE... DIALOGUE: WORKING TOWARDS DIALOGUE... NEWS BRIEFS
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1996-06-00
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Human Rights: Bui ma Under Siege... Editorial: Victims... Human Rights: Po l o Reports... Politics: Isolating Aung San Suu Kyi; Constructive Engagement Works!... Refugees: Tight Times... Economics: Funding Fear... The Last Word: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1997-06-00
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CEASEFIRES: the guns may be stilled and silent, but it?s a long walk to the tranquility of a true peace. ... POLITICS: GENTLE AND SLOW PERSUASION? ... ECONOMICS: SOMEONE ELSE WILL, IF I DON T... ENVIRONMENT: CEASEFIRES: THE FORESTS ARE STILL UNDER FIRE... ROHINGYAS: WHEN YOU?RE NOT WANTED ANYWHERE, WHERE DO YOU GO... HOME?... FORCED PORTERS: WELL... THE GUNS MAY HAVE STOPPED (Under the terms of the ceasefire, SLORC is supposed to cease taking all forced porters and porter fees... SLORC says that the porters are being collected by Township LORCs, not the Army...this is accept-able, because only the Army is bound by the ceasefire terms)... FROM THE WIRES: NEWS BRIEFS FOR MARCH
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1996-03-00
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INSIDE- POLITICS: Protecting Human Lives... REFUGEES: Refugee Issues; Interview with a Refugee from Thu Ka... HUMAN RIGHTS: Human Rights Abuses in Shan State... NEWS BRIEFS: News Items for March
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POLITICS: POWERFUL FEAR (It is scarcely worthwhile remembering how many times the sun has looked down on the slaughter of the innocents ... Give thanks that the men to whom you are giving a lesson in cruelty are not in a position to profit from it -James Baldwin (1963), Seneca (4BC-65AD)] ... EDITORIAL: FAITH. TOLERANCE AND PEACE IN BURMA... ROHINGYAS: AND WE ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WERE BURMESE, TOO!... ON THE ORDER: FRIENDSHIP TESTED... IN THE NEWS
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1996-05-00
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INSIDE- DIVESTMENT: The Combined Power of Government-Imposed Sanctions and Grassroots Activism ("This military government says that there is peace and tranquillity in the country, but in my view, if they continue to act as they have always done then even when I am dead and my children have reached sixty years of age there will still not be any peace and tranquillity in Karen State."- Loo Pleli Township villager)... HUMAN RIGHTS: Notes from the Barren Ground... POLITICS: Asean... A Sticky Situation... WOMEN: Flesh Trade Seminar... Civil War: Cycles of Futility... The Last Word: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1997-05-00
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ECONOMICS: ECONOMIC ROAD TO WHERE?... HUMAN RIGHTS: REFUGEE VOICES (If people want to live in peace, they can. There need be no trouble. Treat all people alike; give them all the same law; give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any person born free should be contented when penned up and denied liberty to go where he or she pleases.) ... CIVIL WAR: EMPTY WORDS?... INVESTMENTS: INVESTMENT ACTIVITY DURING THE PAST MONTH... TOURISM: TOURISM IMPLOSION... NEWS BRIEFS: NOVEMBER NEWS ITEMS...
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"Burma Issues"
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1996-11-00
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RELIGION: Buddhism and the State: Exploiting religion for their own interests?... REFUGEES: Where to go? New arrivals in Thailand... REFUGEES: Chumpon Camp... CIVIL WAR: Papun Township, Free Fire... REFUGEES: Thailand: Violating the Right to Non-Refouiement... THE LAST WORD: What others have to say about Burma
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1997-11-00
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POLITICS: THE HIDDEN COST OF INVESTMENT: PLAYING POLITICS (Multinational corporations investing in Burma may find more stress than profit as they deal with the Slorc?s growing international stigma, activist groups, corruption, red tape, punitive international policies, mismanage-ment and the government?s unpre-dictability - all which are part of play-ing politics in Burma.)... CIVIL WAR: COASTAL COMMAND AREA... LAND RIGHTS: WHOSE LAND?... HUMAN RIGHTS: PROTECTION OF THE PROTECTORS... TOURISM: TOURISM IN PERSPECTIVE... ECONOMICS: REGIONAL SELECTIVE PURCHASING LAWS... NEWS BRIEFS
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1996-10-00
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CIVIL WAR: Letter from a Hillside... The Politics in the Porridge ... HEALTH: HIV/Aids in Burma: An Overview... HEALTH: Out of Bounds: HIV/Aids at Burma?s Borders... HEALTH & ECONOMY: "In as much danger as soldiers"? Health Care and
HIV/Aids in Burma... CIVIL WAR: Paying for the Privilege... THE LAST WORD: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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CIVIL WAR: BEHIND THE CEASEFIRES (GROWING IN
PEACE?: PEACE TALKS SOUND GOOD TO MANY PEOPLE ... PEACE MUST COME TOGETHER WITH JUSTICE) ... LABOUR: BRINGING IN THE LABOUR... AGRICULTURE: THE MORE WE GROW, THE MORE WE EAT?... POLITICS: CUT AND CLEAR... HUMAN RIGHTS: BOTTOM OF THE BARREL... IN THE NEWS
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DEVELOPMENT: Education in Burma: Study if You Can, But Don?t Get Smart... ECONOMY: Civil Servants... PEOPLE: While Schools are Closed... REFUGEES: Education for the Marginalized Karen... POLITICS: Asian Values or Asean Authoritarian Leaders? Values?... THE LAST WORD: What Others Have to Say About Burma
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1997-09-00
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GAS PIPELINE: Blood Promise: Unocal in Burma (By R. Strider)... ECONOMICS: The Economic Development of Burma[(adapted from an address to the International Development Conference, Washington DC on "Achieving Global Human Security", 16 January 1995)
by Harn Yawnghwe Program Director of ADDB Burma Alert]... DETENTION: The Release of Suu Kyi - Hope Postponed
(by Anna Mitchell)... HUMAN RIGHTS: Railways, Pipelines, and Human Rights... NEWS BRIEFS: Armed Conflict, Burma-Thai relations, Business and Trade, International Relations, Business and Trade
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1995-04-00
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INVESTING IN DEMOCRACY: ... WOMEN: WOMEN IN BURMA(by Anna Mitchel)... HUMAN RIGHTS: FORCED LABOR IN KYAUK KYI TOWNSHIP... INVESTMENTS: INVESTING IN DEMOCRACY -
"In 1988, the Government of the Union of Myanmar (sic) adopted a market-oriented economic system with the intention of introducing various reform measures and liberalising the economy for better all round development. One of the major reform measures undertaken to induce foreign investment was the enactment of the Union of Myanmar Foreign Investment Law, followed by the prescription of procedures to the said law. This law was the first new law to be endorsed in line with the new economic policy." (Investing In Myanmar 1995-1996)... ECONOMICS: REFUGEE LABOR COMES CHEAPLY ...NEWS BRIEFS: Japanese Aid, Church Raid, Sanctions, Thai Ambassador Visits ASSK, Arrests
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Toungoo?s Suffering: During the past monthhas been enlarged. More people have been driven from their homes and are now suffering from exposure to the cold and from starvation...SOME RECENT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN BURMA...POLITICS: the real problem facing the peo-ple of Burma is not Slorc. The prob-lem in Burma is a system which al-lows any individual and/or group to have such total control over every as-pect of life without being accountable to the people. Removing Slorc from power will, therefore, not guarantee an improvement in the situation, al-though it will be a very important first step. The system and mentality which makes such abuse of power possible, itself must be totally changed and re-placed with new political, economic and social systems which will elimi-nate chauvinism of all kinds, and al-low peace and justice to flourish.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, as head of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and as the people?s choice of leader for the democratic movement, is in a unique position to help bring about these changes. In his open letter to her written in October - Chinland; Rohingyas...THEIR OWN DEMOCRACY STYLE [critique of US global activities] - "...It is worth noting that America, which credits itself with the moral authority to behave as the world?s po-liceman, has forged a negative place in many less developed nations through its destructive environment
policies, its perpetuation of negative attitudes to people of other cultures as well as by sheer force when their own interests have been threatened..." TOURISM NEWS...NEWS ITEMS THIS MONTH: ASEAN Summit in Bangkok; The National Convention; Investments; Stock Exchange; Mon
Repatriation; Border Disputes
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Human Rights and Democracy - Asian-style... LITERACY: Adult Literacy (by CAC) ... SPECIAL REPORTS: Burma Issues receives a number of local and international reports each month. In future we plan to list these at regular intervals, so that our readers are aware of what is available from the Burma Issues Documentation Centre. 1) THAILAND & HER NEIGHBOURS 2) REPORT ON DEMOCRATIZA-TION OF BURMA/MYANMAR 3) EDUCATION RIGHTS AND MINORITIES 4) ASIA REPORT & BURMA/MYANMAR REPORTS -BACKGROUND MATERIAL 5) THE TIES THAT BIND - AS-PECT & PROSPECT FOR CO-OP-ERATION ON MAINLAND SOUTH-EAST ASIA (draft) 6) BURMA CONSULTATION (21-22 OCT 1994, BONN, GER-MANY) 7) BURMA/THAILAND - THE MON: PERSECUTED IN BURMA, FORCED BACK FROM THAI-LAND 8) PANGLONG AND THE STRUGGLE OF THE INDIGE-NOUS PEOPLE OF BURMA 9) ANALYTIC CONTENTS AND THEMATIC INDEX TO THE RE-PORTS OF THE KAREN HR GROUP 10) TOWARDS AN ASIAN HU-MAN RIGHTS CHARTER 11) BURMA ALERT - NEWS RE-PORT, PLUS OTHER PAPERS 12) BURMA (MYANMAR) AT THE UNITED NATIONS GEN-ERAL ASSEMBLY 1994... ECONOMICS: Has Joe McCarthy Reappeared?(byN. Chan)... NEWS BRIEFS: Chinese Premier?s visit to Burma, Early release for Suu Kyi now considered unlikely, Karen Rift Widens , Buy Reebok! ...
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HUMAN RIGHTS: A Culture of Coercion- 7 would categorically like to state that there is no element of coercion or force involved concerning the use of civilian labourers. In fact, the development projects are for the benefit of the local populace and the government has spent a substantial amount of money on these projects. ... ECONOMY: Thailand and Burma - a Relationship of Concrete(by La Lor) ... BOOKS: BURMA?S REVOLUTION OF THE SPIRIT, The Struggle for Democratic Freedom and Dignity... SOCIAL ISSUES: The Story of Thwe(This is the true story of a young Burmese woman who was sold by two Thai soldiers to a brothel in Thailand when she was only fourteen years of age She is now 20 and living in the Thai border town of Mae Sod Her name has been changed to protect her) ... PROFILES: Changes in Kachin Leadership (Mali Zup Zau Mai, Lanyaw Zawng Hra) ... NEWS BRIEFS: New Alliance, SLORC dismisses UN Report, Constitution, Position Change, Renewed hostilities, Desmond Tutu Warns...
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME?: ... POLITICS: The Shape of Things to Come? (by Anna Mitchell) ... ECONOMICS: THE BLIND EYE OF INVESTMENTS (by N. Chan)... HUMAN RIGHTS: LIFE IS NOT NORMAL (Little has been heard of the situation of the indigenous people of Burma living in areas bordering Bangladesh, India, and China. Silence does not mean life is normal in these regions. The following brief report was filed by a member of the Chin National Front. It offers a brief glimpse into the suffering of people in Chin Land.)... CIVIL WAR: CONTINUING MILITARY OPPRESSION IN KAREN STATE (by CAC) ... NEWS BRIEFS: INVESTMENTS AND CEASE-FIRES
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GLOBAL ECONOMIC WARFARE: ... ECONOMICS: GLOBAL ECONOMIC WARFARE (The changing international context of civil warfare in Burma) ... SUPPORT: GROWING SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF BURMA (by Anna Mitchell) ... ENVIRONMENT: Damming the Salween... HUMAN RIGHTS: VICTIMS OF GLOBAL WARFARE... NEWS BRIEFS: Gas, Constitution, Aung San Suu Kyi, US/Burma Relations, ...
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REFUGEES: Escape to Nowhere, ETHNIC GROUPS IN BURMA: Development, Democracy and Human Rights (by Martin Smith), Slorc on the Offensive Again (by N. Chan), Conflict over Thai policy, Between a rock and a hard place: the fate of the Kohingya (by Anna Mitchell) , Chronology of Events Relating to the Rohingyas, ... NEWS THIS MONTH: U Nu dies, Diplomatic Visits, Suu Kyi speaks, UN Chief representatives in Ran-goon, Political Prisoners Freed, Renewed fighting between SLORC and the KNU, Kawmoora ...
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HUMAN RIGHTS LOSES OUT TOGAS: ... ECONOMICS: IT S IN THE PIPELINE?[The sound of guns from Manephor (sic) Camp, the Karens? largest base, had not yet subsided when a grand contract signing ceremony for natural gas trading was taking place in the Santi Maitri Building at Government House in Bangkok between the Thai and Myanmar governments. (Advertisement by The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand in the Bangkok Post, 950417)] ... POLITICS: OPPOSITION GROUPS IN BURMA ... HUMAN RIGHTS:SLORC Abuses ...INFORMATION: 1) BURMESE BORDER SITU-ATION REPORT, 2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF BURMA, 3) DEVELOPMENT AND THE CRY OF PEOPLE - DEC. 94, 4) SHAN STATE CONFER-ENCE REPORT, 5) UNOCAL IN MYANMAR : REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS, 6) UNOCAL?S "MODEST PRO-POSAL" IN MYANMAR, 7) SUMMARY REPORT ON VISIT TO KACHIN STATE - No-vember-December 1994, 8) PARTIAL LIST OF THAI LOGGING COMPANIES IN BURMA, 9) THE IMPACTS OF DAMS IN THE SALWEEN RIVER BASIN, 10) SUBMISSIONS TO AUS-TRALIAN JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AF-FAIRS, DEFENCE & TRADE, Vol. 3, 11 ) REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GEN-ERAL ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYAN-MAR, 12) VOLUNTARY REPATRIA-TION FROM BANGLADESH TO MYANMAR, 13) THE RETURN OF THE RO-HINGYA REFUGEES TO BURMA, 14) REPORT ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN Myan-mar, 15) SITUATION UPDATE -MERGUI TAVOY DISTRICT, ...
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HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION: SO WHAT? - " 1) Human rights abuse, from institutionalized racial discrimination to summary execution is a systematized, persistent and pervasive reality in Burma today, as it has been for decades
2) The political will to create or enforce meaningful international systems to address individual instances of human rights abuse simply does not exist, and for the time being, seems not to be developing.
3) This ubiquitous abuse oc-curs in a context of political and economic repression, and is in fact yoked irremovably to the political and economic aims of those who hold military power.
• 4) The concrete exposition of these aims and strategies should be the primary goal of human rights reporting and activism. Human rights abuse
documentation must illustrate in the best detail possible the premeditated and institutionalized structures of abuse.
• 5) Exposed, this relationship between individual events and the larger context of repression of fundamental rights and freedoms for political and economic advantage will also reveal the systematic (rather than merely frequent or wide-spread) nature of oppression. It is these systematic elements — laws, policies, programs, economic and political structures, which will be the targets of local, national and international campaigns. Within these campaigns, individual cases of rape, torture or disap-pearance can serve as impor-tant rallying points for moral outrage and solidarity within Burma and among the peoples of Burma and other lands.
These five points call for a shift in perspective, but also call for creative and intelligent analysis of the data coming out of Burma. For interna-tional campaign groups which have to wade through mountains of reports to get to the information they need, a new approach modeled on the con-cepts above may streamline corporate and government boycott campaigns. For those hoping for justice inside Burma, building such an approach may help to rectify the ugly reality that whatever legal system may exist in rural Burma does not seem ready, willing, or able to try individual claims of abuse on evidence. Ulti-mately it is only the type of documen-tation described here which will have the capacity to endure the long, long term struggle for peace and justice"...UNOCAL, BURMA, AND CANADA...Ye-Tavoy Railway Revisited...WHERE THE TREES GO...NO PEACE IN CHINLAND...SENDING REFUGEES HOME...NEWS BRIEFS:
HUMAN RIGHTS; POLITICS; ECONOMICS
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INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS: "...Does Unocal and Total have a company policy which dictates how they will relate to the question of indigenous land rights? If not, they should be encouraged vigorously to articulate such a policy and put it into immediate practice, because land is one of the most important resources indigenous peo-ple rely on for their very survival....OIL AND GAS INVESTMENTS IN BURMA... HUMAN RIGHTS: FORCED LABOR IN KYAUK KYI TOWNSHIP (last of a three-part article on human rights abuse in northern Karen State.) ... POLITICS: WHENCE THAI/BURMA RELATIONS? ... EDUCATION: INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS, PROPPING UP A NON-EDUCATION SYSTEM... NEWS BRIEFS: Thai Defense Minister, Chavalit, The Central Floating Hotel...Rice needed for domestic consumption is being ex-ported by the military junta to help pay for increasing imports.
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POLITICS: RECONSOLIDATION OR RECONCILIATION? : ... INSIDE REPORT: BURMA: HOPE AND DESPERATION ... HUMAN RIGHTS: FORCED LABOR IN KYAUK KYI TOWNSHIP (Part II - Military-run Rice Plantations)... SLORC ADMINISTRATION: STRUCTURE OF THE SLORC ADMINISTRATION (The word "Slorc" has become common English for anyone watching Burma, even from a distance. Standing for "State Law and Order Restoration Council", the Slorc is a military machine which controls virtually every aspect of life in most of Burma today. While the military elite makes up only a tiny fraction of the entire population (some people estimate they are less than .1%), it rules everything from the economy, to the education system, to the clothing styles singers in Karaoke bars can wear.) ... INVESTMENTS: COMPANIES IN BURMA FEEL THE HEAT... TOURISM: TOURISM OR BUST ... NEWS BRIEFS: News Broadcasts, World Conference on Women, Burmese Models, Muslims in Burma, Pacific Arc Exploration NL, Thai/Burma Trade...
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Forced Labor, ... SOCIAL ISSUES: The Dark Side of Development, ... ECONOMICS: Unocal and Total, Singapore PM Visits Burma, ... POLITICS: Thailand continues to pursue its "constructive engagement" policy towards its neighbor Burma., ... NEWS BRIEFS: Arms Embargo, Legal Responsibility, ASEAN...
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1994-04-00
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THE ASEAN WAY TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: ... NO ASYLUM HERE: MON REFUGEES SUFFER BRUNT OF ASEAN POLITICS: , ... SELECTIVE CONTRACTING LAWS: In the United States, "Selective Contracting Laws" (SCL) are one process through which local government, either state, county, or even city, can take economic action in support of a democratic and human rights movement in another country even if the national government is unready to move decisively. ... SLORC?S NUMBER TWO MAN - KHIN NYUNT: since the popular uprising in 1988, several military figures have become household words internationally. One name most often heard is that of Khin Nyunt, ... NEWS BRIEFS: Burma and the UN, France and Burma., Rohingya Refugees,
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POLITICS: The Middle Way? (There are signs that things are shifting in Burma. After the July ASEAN meeting in Bangkok, both the European Community and Australia appeared to soften their isolationist stance. ... PROFILE: Wedged between India and Burma, the area traditionally known as Chinland comprised about 91,000 square miles and had a population of about 4 million. The Chins lived in complete independence and stood as a nation before the arrival of the British. ... ECONOMICS: The Myanmar Fund, the first direct investment fund focused exclusively on Burma, has been launched by Kerry Investment Services (Jersey) Ltd, a subsidiary of Hong-Kong based Kerry Financial Services Ltd. (KFSL). ... SPECIAL REPORT: Empowerment for a Culture of Peace and Development ... HUMAN RIGHTS: The following report was recently smuggled out from Rangoon. It suggests that the majority of the people in Burma are not benefiting from any of the "economic improvements" presented by SLORC, and that most of them still live in a state of fear and discontent. ... NEWS BRIEFS: ...
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1994-12-00
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POLITICS: Recent Developments, Examining SLORC?s Motives, CIVIL WAR: The hint of possible peace talks between the SLORC and ethic armed groups has once again drawn the attention of both internal and international communities to the hostilities taking place in Burma -hostilities which have been raging for more than forty six years now. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: While SLORC may be trying to convince the world that now they believe the issues facing Burma are best solved through political means, ... NEWS BRIEFS: ,...
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1994-02-00
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Members of the various ethnic minorities still remain as unidentified political prisoners in the jails of Burma?s country side, although the release of political prisoners from the notorious jails of Rangoon have been much publicized. ... ECONOMICS AND REFUGEES: Gas Pipeline... POLITICAL PRISONERS: In mid-1993 a group of Americans including, Donald A. MacDonald, Seymour Halpern, M.C. (ret) NY, and Robert L. Leggett, M.C. (ret) Ca were hosted by SLORC of a visit to Burma. ... PEPSI AND AMOCO: Several shareholders of US companies Pepsi and Amoco have presented shareholder resolutions to the companies, calling for them to withdraw totally from Burma until SLORC ends the civil war and turns power over to a democratically elected government. ... SLAVERY: Slavery is flourishing in Southeast Asia. Burmese women and girls have become a valuable, yet disposable, commodity in Thailand?s ruthless sex industry. ... NEWS BRIEFS: Prayer Breakfast, Respect for Elections, Burma/Bosnia,
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CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A hat ASEAN?s "constructive engagement" policy towards Burma?s defacto government is disastrous for the Burmese peace movement is well-documented and widely acknowledged. ... NGOS IN BURMA: The debate on whether or not NGO?s should be setting up inside Burma is intensifying. ... POLITICS: Thailand?s official invitation to the SLORC military regime to attend the July ASEAN ministerial meeting, ... ECONOMICS: Mr. John Emil, President of UNOCAL Energy Division, strongly defended UNOCAL against allegations of company support for SLORC?s human rights abuses and damage to the environment. He stated that the UNOCAL investment is a positive contribution to Burma. ... HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE - PART THREE: This is the third and final installment of an in-depth account of injustice and perseverance under SLORC military rule. NEWS IN BRIEF: A SEMINAR CRITICIZES THAI GOVERNMENT POLICY, BURMA "FM" SOON TO VISIT MALAYSIA , CONFERENCE FOR EAST TIMOR AND BURMA ...
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NATIONAL CONVENTION, OR NATIONAL DISGRACE? : SLORC has been vaunting the present National Convention as building a constitution for a democratic state. ASEAN member countries have voiced that the convention is a sign of improvements in the Burmese political process... SUU KYI SPEAKS: In February, Aung San Suu Kyi met a trio of prominent visitors, marking the first time since her detention began in 1989 that any one other than a close family member was granted access to the NLD leader. The following is a partial transcript of their discussions. ... GENERAL BO MYA DISCUSSES SLORC?S CEASE-FIRE TALKS:The following interview with Bo Mya, President of the Karen National Union (KNU) and the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), ... HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE - PART TWO: The second installment of an in-depth account of injustice and perseverance in Karen State?s civil war zones ... NEWS BRIEFS: SLORC and Laos sign agreements , Japan demands release of Suu Kyi, ...Burma army demolishes mosque...
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Cease-fire talks between SLORC and several of the ethnic opposition groups have raised hopes in some quarters that peace may be a possibility in Burma. ... ECONOMY: INVESTMENTS DO NOT MEAN PROSPERITY, INVESTMENTS IN TOURISM, ... TOURISM: What would be your reaction to a travel brochure which advertised - Visit our country - a land in political turmoil! Join in street protests and hunger strikes! See rioters and police clash in the streets! Visit our country - a land of instability and change!? (The Challenge of Tourism, Ecumenical Coalition on Third World Tourism, January 1990)... SOCIAL ISSUES: NGO?s AND BURMA ... NEWS BRIEFS: PUBLICATION, SELLING BURMA BY TV...
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"Burma Issues"
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1994-03-00
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CIVIL WAR: Eleven ethnic rebel groups have struck cease-fire agreements with SLORC in exchange for promises of development within their individually controlled areas. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: STATELESS PEOPLE, Background, Current Events, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTING, ... Human Rights Feature - Part One: In April, the Karen Human Rights Group published More SLORC Abuses: ... ECONOMICS: HOTEL INVESTMENT REPORT, ... NEWS IN BRIEF: KNLF Affiliation with SLORC, SLORC?s offensive in Shan State, SLORC accuses Karen and Karenni of aiding Khun Sa,
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CIVIL WAR: BURMA IN THE ARMS OF CHINA- This arms sale program was intricately tied to the overall foreign policy of China. Unlike the 1950s, today China sells arms to earn foreign currency rather than to have an ideological influence on countries engaged in struggle. ... PROFILE: A Remarkable Woman- Miriam Marshall Segal is best-known these days not only as a flamboyant businesswoman who invests heavily in Burma, but also as a highly vocal supporter of the SLORC. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: The Land of the Golden Pagoda. ... TOURISM: In sum, it appears that in its headlong rush towards profit, the SLORC has overlooked the real requirements of tourists, which are basically to have comfortable, safe, affordable holidays in countries which combine an agreeable climate ... NEWS BRIEFS: Foreign investment & privatization, Communications, Dissidents jailed, ...
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TOURISM: By most modern international standards, the current tourism trade in Burma is still negligible. ... CAMPAIGNS: BURMA DEMOCRACY DENIED, In 1993 two volunteers worked with Burma Issues to produce a multimedia education kit about the civil war in Burma, ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Rohingya Muslims Killed On March 24, 1994 members of the Burmese military?s Western Military Command patrolling the Naf river found some Rohingya Muslims fishing from a small boat. ... CIVIL WAR: On June 6, 1994, 11 Burma army privates serving on the Karen State front line shot dead their non-commissioned officers and defected to rebel forces. ... NEWS BRIEFS: Leaders Talk,Gas Pipeline, Thailand condemned by Amnesty International,
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THE ILLUSORY PEACE OF BURMA: In 1947, just weeks after Burma?s independence from Britain, civil war broke out. ...HUMAN RIGHTS: Nowhere Is There Safety... PROFILE: Nai Shwe Kyin was born in 1922 in the Moulmein District of Mon State. ... SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS: Thai human rights organizations have a lot on their minds these days. While trying to focus some of their attention on hum an rights issues in neighboring countries like Burma and Indonesia, ... ECONOMICS: BURMESE LABOR IN THAILAND ... ECONOMICS: Recently, local businesses along the border have pressured the Thai government to allow more Burmese laborers to enter Thailand... NEWS BRIEFS:
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CIVIL WAR: The following report was given by SLORC outlining total casualties on both sides during the summer offensive from 21 March 1992 to 20 March 1993. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: SLORC Conscripts Youth into the Army, Forced Relocation... ECONOMY: Thai Logging in Burma, Thai Tourism & Trade, Thai Cement Co., Thai-Burma Border Bridge, Oil Investments in Burma, Burmese Minister Visits USA, ...POLITICS: SLORC?s National Convention... INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT: Cynthia Jervis was born in 1960 in Montreal, Canada. She came to Thailand several years ago to find some way of making her skills in video production a useful resource for human rights struggles taking place in the region. ... NEWS BRIEFS: Military Role in the Future, Murder of an Elected Representative, Muslim Refugees in Bangladesh,
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CIVIL WAR: The civil war in Burma remains critical despite the ongoing national convention held by SLORC to create a new national constitution. ... POLITICS: .ASEAN?s position, without reference to its policy of constructive engagement with Rangoon, continues to be that Burma must not be isolated, and that every effort must be made to welcome Burma into the international community. ... SOCIAL ISSUES: A system called the "four cats" strategy, has been employed by the Burmese military since 1975 to control the rural populations, and to attempt to break all resistance against their rule. The system is designed to cut food supplies, recruits, information and support which local villagers might give the armed resistance. ... SUPPORTIVE ACTIONS: Activists Visit Amoco Corporation... ECONOMICS: Thai Logging in Burma, Thailand, Burma, Laos, China Road Links, Bangkok Airways to Burma, HUMAN RIGHTS: Human rights activist in war zones of Burma agree on defining a massacre in civil war zones as, "...any single event in which at least 3 unarmed people are killed". ... NEWS BRIEFS: China, USA, Singapore, Roads, Prostitution, US Ambassador, Hardwoods...
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CIVIL WAR: During the present summer season, 2,500 SLORC troops have been carrying out an active offensive against the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) area opposite the northern town of Mae Hong Son. ... THE BURMESE MILITARY: The Role of the Military in Burma Politics... REFUGEES: The refugee population along the Thai-Burma border, which hovers at around 70,000 Karen, Karenni, and Mon persons, is stable at present, although fighting in October and November did generate a small-scale wave of new displacement... POLITICS: Thai-Burmese Relations... HUMAN RIGHTS: UNHCR Policy on the Detention Center, Students in Immigration Jail, Aung San Su Kyi?s House Arrest, Students arrested in Rangoon, Woman Raped... ECONOMICS: Foreign Investment-
Thai?s Chiang Rai Chamber of Commerce, The first foreign bank, a branch of the Thai Military Bank, was opened in Rangoon on 22 January, 1993, Thai-SLORC economics Ties, Kyodo-Myanmar Joint Venture, SLORC?s tourism, Sale contracts, International Support-
Thai NGOs, US & European Community, NEWS BRIEFS: Dry Season Offensive, The territory nearby the disputed Hill 491 will continue to be an issue of national importance for both Thailand and Burma, Thailand?s Labor Department announced that it will allow illegal Burmese immigrants to work in ten Thai provinces, Nobel Peace Prize Visit, National Convention,
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CIVIL WAR: Unlike the previous year, Burma?s eastern jungle along the Thai-Burma border was fairly quiet during December except for spotted exchanges of fire. ... POLITICS: on December 2, 1992, the United Nations General Assembly passed, with consensus, a resolution on the situation in Burma. This was the most strongly worded statement yet to come from the United Nations, and expresses the repulsion the world continues to feel about the gross violation of human rights... ENVIRONMENT: (TN, 4/4/92)) These dire words of ecological loss and degradation come from Pado Thaw Thi, a Karen conservationist who is struggling to preserve the ancestral forest lands within Burma?s southern-most province, the Tenasserim Division, which is home to Asia?s largest remaining forests. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Displacement of Karen Villages, INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS: Pepsi Boycott, Germany- The European Burmese Association Hamburg organized a European Burmese Conference the end of October, British Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke has said London supports the return of Burmese Muslim refugees, ... BRIEFS: Thai Policy On Burma, Thai Banks in Burma, Repatriation of Rohingyas ...
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CIVIL WAR: Unlike previous years, SLORC?s fierce military offensives in the ethnic minority areas have remained deceptively silent... ENVIRONMENT: Burma has more reasons than meets the eye for not extending the concessions for Thai business men. People will hold a negative view of the government if Thai traders lose their investments because of Thailand?s backing for minority groups., ... ECONOMICS: A new economic "dream" has been partially unveiled which will develop the northern areas of Thailand. The plan, often referred to as the "Economic Quadrangle" or "Golden Quadrangle", would involve road and rail links between Chiang Rai in northern Thailand with Laos, Burma and China. HUMAN RIGHTS: A New State of Serfdom... POLITICS: Peace Talks (Since the civil war in Burma started in 1948, various attempts at peace talks have been carried out In 1963, the Burmese military called for peace talks with the various rebel groups.)... BUDDHISM: Buddhism and Human Rights... BRIEF NEWS ITEMS: Registered Companies, Ethnic Cleansing, Border Area Development, China, Drugs, Singapore, Tourism,
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Interviews with Karen woman, 40 years old, Karen widow with one infant, 26 years old, Karen women age 27, Karen man, age 30... ECONOMICS: Canadian Investments, Burma and Singapore, Litton Canada, International Petroleum Corp., Switzerland, Brunei, Asian Development Bank, United States... POLITICS: Central Public Service Institute (Last year, all members of the teaching profession in Burma were ordered to attend a training program to prepare them to carry out their teaching duties correctly and properly.) ... NATIONAL CONVENTION: on January 9 of this year, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) convened a national convention comprised of 703 delegates carefully selected from around the country... BORDER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: The tremendous increase of opium production in Burma has attracted much international interest. ... NEWS BRIEFS: Htay Lwin, Burma-China Bridge, Chavalit Visits Burma, Gas Exploitation, Miss Pepsi
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POLITICS: The Iron Triangle (The political waves generated by the visit of 7 Nobel Peace Prize laureates to Thailand this past month, exposed the cozy, triangular partnership that exists between the military strongmen of China, Burma, and Thailand (with the Khmer Rouge providing a subordinate, fourth leg to this eclectic regional alliance). ... PEACE ISSUES: The Nobel Laureates Peace Mission ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Many stories about mistreatment of porters by SLORC troops stream out of the jungle areas almost every day. All of them are pitiful stories, but perhaps none are as bad as those told by the young women who are not only forced to serve as porters and "jungle concubines", but are also often forced to leave behind their small children whom they may never see again. ... CIVIL WAR: Many smaller countries such as Burma, Chili, Iraq and Angola, have made extensive use of the Pilatus-produced PC-7 trainer aircraft which was put into use in 1978. Since that time is has been highly appreciated by foreign military operators, both as a low-cost trainer aircraft, but also as a very suitable and low-priced COIN (combat) aircraft. ...ECONOMICS: Economic Sanctions... NEWS BRIEFS: Tourism, Thai Singer to Burma, 30th Gems Emporium, Opium Survey, Thai Village Attacked,
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ENVIRONMENT: The Politics of Logging (In March of 1993 SLORC suddenly announced that it was planning to end all logging concessions held by foreign countries by the end of 1993.) ... HUMAN RIGHTS: "The Contracting Parties having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (1) dated 11 December1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world;... EDUCATION: SLORC?s Educational Policy... ENDING THE CIVIL WAR: Ethnic Conflicts and Civil War... ECONOMICS: The sad joke in Mandalay these days is that soon Burma will be divided into two sections. Upper Burma (from Mandalay north) will become a province of China and Lower Burma will become a province of Thailand?. The elderly Burmese man making the statement did not laugh or even smile. His eyes looked fearful. ... NEWS BRIEFS: ERICSSON AUSTRALIA pty. Ltd., Foreign Currency Certificates, Printing More Money, Offshore Drilling,
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POLITICS: Earlier in 1993, SLORC announced that all Thai logging concessions along the Thai/Burma border would be canceled by the end of the year. ... CIVIL WAR: The civil war in Burma just will not go away. At times it seems to abate slightly and the watching world breathes a sigh of hope that finally it is all over. At times negotiations are announced, peace talks are considered, and hope is again fueled... PEACE TALKS: In response to a recent speech by SLORC leader Khin Nyunt for talks with the opposition, the members of Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB) agreed to sit down as a united group to try to work things out with Burma?s military regime. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Peace with Justice ... ECONOMY: An Economy in Chaos, KODAK ENTERS BURMA: In July of this year, a representative of Kodak Thailand, Narong, Jerawankun, said that Kodak was investigating the possibility of expanding into Indochina, especially into Laos, Cambodia and Burma. ... BURMA CAN BE FREED: Burma Issues has just completed an exhibition entitled "Burma Can be Freed". The exhibition is a multimedia kit which focuses on the civil war in Burma and the resulting human rights abuses against the rural peasants. ... NEWS BRIEFS: Anti-Drug Seminar, Human Rights, SLORC?s Snow Job, US Delegation to Burma...
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"Burma Issues"
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1993-12-00
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2012-02-18
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REGIONAL POLITICS: In the wake of Thai foreign minister, Prasong Soonsri?s visit to Burma in September, Thailand will set up a closer elite relationship with the Burmese military regime. ... POLITICS AND PEACE: In October of 1989, the United Wa State Party (UWSP) and the United Wa State Army (UWSA) signed a peace agreement with SLORC. This came after twenty-two years of war between the ethnic Wa, then members of the Communist Party of Burma, and the Burmese military. ... SUPPORT: In October, Thai NGOs, students and international groups who are concerned about environmental issues on the Thai/Burma border held a seminar at Chiang Mai Thailand. ... ECONOMICS: The momentum of the Burmese opposition?s call for international economic sanctions against SLORC is slower than the influx of foreign companies into Burma.... PEACE TALKS: DAB Letters to the KIO, Bo Mya Stresses Store?s Tactics, SLORC Meets with Kachin Mediators ... BRIEF NEWS NOTES: SLORC Gives New Grants for Thai Fishing Companies, Thai and Singapore Logging Firms, Thai-Burma Bridge,
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"Burma Issues"
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1993-11-00
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2012-02-18
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CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT: The ASEAN constructive engagement policy promotes the idea that helping the military regime of Burma open up its economy is an important step in bringing about a gradual change towards democracy. ... STOP ARMS TO BURMA: Last year China sold F-6 and F-7 bomber fighters, patrol boats and light arms worth 1.3 billion US dollars to the military regime. It is these weapons which SLORC is now using to kill civilians in the delta.... CIVIL WAR: Talks Between KIO and SLORC, KNU Emergency Central Committee Meeting, SLORC Reinforcements in Karen State, ... SUPPORT EFFORTS: Thai Statement, Burma Pipeline, War Crimes Proceedings, ECONOMICS: Politics and Economics, The Economics of Opium, Tourism, POLITICS: SLORC?s opinion of what the future of Burma should look like is best reflected perhaps by their view of past history. On October 12, Ohn Gyaw, Foreign Minister of SLORC and head of the Burmese delegation to the 48th session of the United Nations General Assembly, stated it this way... THE BURMA DECEPTION: BURMA ISSUES has recently completed a video film titled THE BURMA DECEPTION.... BRIEF NEWS NOTES: United Nations, Thai Fishing Companies, Berli Jucker Co.Ltd of Thailand...
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"Burma Issues"
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1993-10-00
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2012-02-18
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(NOTICE: Please note the name change of our publication from B.U.R.M.A. to BURMA ISSUES. Starting in October 1993, we have made this name change and all of our publications, campaigns and correspondence will now come under the name BURMA ISSUES. We regret any confusion which this may cause.) SUPPORT ACTIVITIES:
The Ontario Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG-Carleton) is a student funded and directed organization which attempts to address social justice and environmental issues. ... CIVIL WAR: An indication that the launching of a limited military offensive by SLORC in the Karen state this coming dry season has appeared on the surface of a deceptively calm year. The dry season will start at the beginning of November. ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Consequently, the people in the area are extremely worried about the possibility of a Burmese army summer offensive into the guerrilla-controlled area. Such an operation would create serious starvation in the area as well as an increase in the number of human rights abuse cases. ... POLITICS: SLORC?s Way to Democracy ... NEWS BRIEFS: Money Changers, Roads, Oil, Burmese Seamen, Health Team Visit, ...
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"Burma Issues"
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1993-09-00
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2012-02-18
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CIVIL WAR: DPNS Closure - Burma?s second strongest party, the Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) was de-registered on the 6th of December, 1991... SLORC?s Dry Season Offensive: On 1st October, clashes between the Karen National Union (KNU)and the Burmese military broke out in the delta near Rangoon which is also one of Burma?s most productive rice areas. Since then the Burmese army seems to have taken a more aggressive stance against the KNU... ECONOMICS: International involvement - American Express, ADB, China Loan, Myanmar Airways, IMF, Bell Helicopter, Teak to Thailand... HUMAN RIGHTS: Report from the Shan State - During the present dry season of-fensive, the Burmese military has been moving through many of the ethnic areas. For survival, they freely take from the villagers what they need in food and other goods including money and gold. (list of areas and details of violations)... POLITICS: Burma vs Bangladesh- While the unstable political situation inside Burma has been intensifying, tensions between Burma and its neighbor, Bangladesh, have also broken out... Universities
Closed - On December 10 and 11, 1991, demonstrations broke out in Rangoon University campus...Following these demonstra-tions, all universities around the country were once again closed...More NLD Representatives Cancelled... EDUCATION:In this fourth article looking at the future of Burma by reflecting on the past, a perspective is given to the educa-tion problems facing Burma. Since die 1962 coup of Ne Win, students have been the guinea pigs of the military who have experimented with various educa-tional policies based on their giesses rather than on experience and analysis. What does this suggest about the educational needs in the future?
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"B.U.R.M.A." - Burma Rights Movement for Action
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1992-01-00
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2012-02-11
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CIVIL WAR: A report filed by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and received here on April 12, indicates that the Burmese military is now beginning a major offensive against the Kachin. , The military?s offensive against Mannerplaw continues. ... ECONOMICS: UNICEF Report... HUMAN RIGHTS: Mon Refugees and Forced Labor... SAFE CAMP:On February 17, 1992, Thailand?s Interior Ministry deputy permanent secretary for security affairs, Chaiwat Hutacharoen, officially opened a "Safe Camp" for Burmese student exiles living in Thailand. ... SOCIAL ISSUES: Burmese Women in Thailand... REFUGEES: Arakan Atrocities Continue; Refugee Numbers Rise, News about the suffering of Rohingya refugees fleeing the Arakan State of Burma and entering Bangladesh is terribly disturbing....
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-04-00
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2012-02-11
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CIVIL WAR: Dialogue or Deception- For the ethnic minority groups and other opposition parties which make up the Democratic Alliance of Burma (DAB), any peace talks with SLORC must be done with the full participation of all DAB members as one unified group. ... HISTORY: The Month of July in Burmese History ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Slavery (Women of Burma in Thai brothels)... Story of a Burmese Soldier who Defected... ECONOMICS: Thai Fishing Investments... EDUCATION: The Closure of Educational Institutes in Burma since 1962 ...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-08-00
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2012-02-11
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HUMAN RIGHTS: Interview with Mahn Nyunt Maung (Mahn Nyunt Maung was one of the leaders of a group of writers and artists during the nationwide, anti-government uprising in Burma in 1988.)... POLITICS: What Lies Ahead for Burma in 1993, One of the key issues to watch in 1993 is the National Convention to be around January 9. ... ECONOMICS:After three years of disappointing oil explorations in Burma, Petro-Canada has announced it is terminating ... DRUGS:
Drugs, Guns and Civil War, International traffic in illicit drugs ranks second, behind only arms-sales, as the world?s most lucrative business endeavor. ... FEDERALISM: Ethnic Conflict and the Future of Burma... NEWS IN BRIEF: Chinese Naval Bases, Ericsson Pty. Ltd., Thai Press, Thai Ambassador to Rangoon , Sanctions...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-12-00
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CIVIL WAR: The civil war in Burma seems far from ending as the SLORC speeds up its dry season offensive against Mannerplaw. ... ECONOMICS: UN Involvement in Burma, Border Development Project, Environmental Project, UNICEF Assistance... HUMAN RIGHTS: Reeducation, the Opposition- If there is any continued anti-junta voice coming from the universities, some of these professors will most certainly have to join the growing number of political prisoners now in the country?s prisons., ASEAN and SLORC... SITUATION IN THE ARAKAN STATE: (2-pg article) ... POLITICS: Junta arrested about 1000 students within a few days and sent troops supported by armored carriers and tanks to every quarter of Rangoon and Mandalay...
After interrogating the arrested students for two weeks, Slorc seemed to think that they had at last discovered the real cause of the student unrest. Background behind student uprisings in Burma - BCP involvement - The article outlines the history of student movements in Burmsa...NEWS IN BRIEF: Shell in Burma; Singapore Delegation; UNDP and World Bank; Yugoslavia?s Talks on Trade; Air Weapons Training; China?s Aircraft Corp.; Preparations for Colombo Plan...
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"B.U.R.M.A." - Burma Rights Movement for Action
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1992-02-00
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2012-02-11
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CIVIL WAR: Monsoon season attacks in Mon State and Kachin State... ECONOMICS: UNDP?s Role, New American Investments, EGAT& ADB Plan the Building of Dams, Borneo Co, of Singapore, and Unimix of Hong Kong... HUMAN RIGHTS: Peace... POLITICS: Background to the National Convention called for the SLORC... INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Support from international friends in the USA and Canada...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-07-00
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2012-02-11
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Map of Burma showing cease fire areas and areas presently facing military campaigns by the Burmese army.... CIVIL WAR: Current status of major armed groups in Burma and the affect cease fires with some groups has on those still struggling for self-determination.... The UNDP and the Military Offensives - UNDP?s budget for Burma may have been cut drastically due to international protests... ENVIRONMENT: The involvement of Pathumthani Co. in Burmese logging and politics... HUMAN RIGHTS: Political prisoners used as porters, Sex slavery, and Economics and Oppression... Politics: Peace possibilities... NEWS IN BRIEFS: China?s Assistance, World Bank Loan, IMF...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-06-00
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2012-02-11
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CIVIL WAR: Karen State- The Burmese military?s dry season offensive against the Democratic Forces based in Mannerplaw of the Karen State seems to be failing in its objective to completely eradicate the anti-military insurgency before the heavy rains., Nagaland: [T]he Burmese military has intensified their fight against the Nagas, driving over
1,500 Naga tribes people into India during the month of January. Arakan State: On February 17, Tin Oo, Secretary 2 of Slorc stated in a speech to teachers of Bassin Degree College that, "There never has been a single frontier problem created by us. There are no refugees in the border areas, but insurgents in the disguise of refugees."... ECONOMICS: "Dana" interview with Pepsi Cola executive during his stay in Burma on 10 July 1991... HUMAN RIGHTS: Description of the human rights situation in Mon State, Kachin State, Tavoy-Mergui of Karen State Shan State... DRUGS: Overview... FOREIGN INVESTMENTS: Oil and Gas... POLITICS: Political Parties and Elected Representatives, Legal Realities, and KNU and Khun Sa... NEWS IN BRIEFS: Generals in Power, Gems Auction, ASEAN?s Policy Failing, Singapore and Burma...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-03-00
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2012-02-11
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CIVIL WAR: Karen and Kachin Slates... ECONOMICS: The economic out-look for this year... The civil service in Burma... POLITICS: SLORC?s strategy to win international support... International News: Asian Human Rights Commission, Canadian Friends of Burma, Burmese Relief Center- Japan, international Burma Campaign... NEWS IN BRIEFS: Hong Kong Investment, Reopening Universities and Colleges, Stopping logging Concessions, UN?s Observation on Muslim Refugees.
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-05-00
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CIVIL WAR:In April of this year the Burmese military announced to the world that they were calling an end to their military offensives against the ethnic groups in order to show the way for national reconciliation, SLORC?s recent military campaigns in Kachin Slate and Karen State...ECONOMICS: A look at Burma?s economy gone wild (Sources: Various foreign embassy economic reports)... HUMAN RIGHTS:(B.U.R.M.A. has tried to collect as many accounts of human rights abuses as possible to make a fuller report. Anyone interested in the more lengthy report may request a copy from B.U.R.M.A.), A listing of recent human rights abuses in Karen State, Karenni State, Shan State and Kachin State... SOCIAL ISSUES: A brief look at the plight of political prisoners in Burma today and what the prisons are like... POLITICS: The present ASEAN position concerning Burma(ASEAN, South East Asia?s most powerful organizational bloc, once again came under international attack for its dubious policy of "constructive engagement" towards the SLORC regime in Burma.)... ACTION: Suggested supportive actions to help end civil war in Burma...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-11-00
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CIVIL WAR: SLORC?s recent military actions... HUMAN RIGHTS: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (Source: KNU Report) ... POLITICS: The Military Role in Politics daring the past year... SOCIAL ISSUES: Safe Camp, Health Care in Kachin State... ECONOMIC REPORT: Thai-SLORC Trade Talks, "Death Train", Thai Military Bank,Thai Technical Assistance and Thai Navigation Area Expanded... INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Levi Strauss, and Institute for Asian Democracy... NEWS BRIEFS: SLORC Signs ICRC Geneva Convention, Store Lifts Martial Law...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-10-00
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2012-02-11
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ECONOMICS: The Gulf of Martaban Gas Development Project- Environmental, Political, Human Rights, Other Economic News ... POLITICS: Burma and the Non-Aligned Movement- Brief Background to NAM, Present Situation, ... HUMAN RIGHTS: Report from the Karenni, Karen States and the Kachin State... THE ROHINGYA REFUGEES: Some background history on the Rohingyas in the Arakan State...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1992-09-00
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CIVIL WAR IN BURMA: "The United Wa State Army has been fighting to control the Drug Lord Khunsa?s strongholds of Doilang and Loi Maw in the Northern Shan State since 1989. The junta back[ed] UWSA are trying to control the drag trading routes..."; Shan State; Karen State; Mon State...POLITICS: "Within three months of this new year, many of tbe elected representatives of the people were reportedly arrested by the Masala (the junta) in Burma. Especially, the elected representatives from the National League for Democracy (NLD) were arrested all over the whole country..."; Opposition Parties...MILITARY AID: "Following tbe junta crack-down on the nationwide demonstrations in 1988, a Burmese delegation led by Lt-Gen Than Sbwe, Deputy Chief of Staff, went to China for a twelve-day visit from 18 to 30 0ct, 1989. Tbe members of tbe delegation included high ranking military officers as well as the Director of the Ministry of Defence Procurement, Col Abel. It is believed that the Burmese military delegation signed a contract to purchased weapons and also a contract of cooperation between the armed forces of the Burmese Junta and China. This visit was a bad omen for tbe democratic struggle in Burma..."...INVESTMENTS: Thai Fishing Companies...HUMAN RIGHTS: Interview with refugees...NEWS BRIEFS: Government Offensives; Education; Investments
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-04-00
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2011-10-23
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CIVIL WAR: Civil war in Kachin, Shan, Karen and Arakan States...CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT: ASEAN and Burma...ECONOMICS: Causes of the present economic crisis - lack of skill and training; Corruption; The Expense of the Civil War; The Unstable Political Situation...POLITICS: Aung San Suu Kyi still under house arrest; Opposition; Third Congress of the NDF; Statement of the DAB concerning peace talks with SLORC...HUMAN RIGHTS: Interview
with young porters; Gang Rape of Karen Woman.
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-08-00
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PORTERS: "These two young men [photo] were
forced by the Burmese
military to serve as porters.
They manuged to escape
alter facing many dangers.
Every year thousands of young men women are
forced to carry the heavy
loads of the Burmese
military into battle fields
where they must also serve
as humand mine sweepers..."...PORTER NEWS: [interviews]...
SUPPRESSION
OF THE NLD: 20 Dec 1990 -
Following is the list ol members of the National League for Democracy Party who were detained and questioned by the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC)...REPORT
FROM INSIDE: [interviews(?) with student activists]...OPPRESSION OF MONKS -
MONKS WHO WERE WOUNDED ON 8-8-90 IN; MANDALAY: [details of those wounded, beaten, arrested]...WHAT INVESTMENTS DO TO BURMA:
"Following the military coup in September of 1988, it has been reported that the military regime had only US$8 to US$10 million in reserve. With this small amount ol money, they could not pay their soldiers, or keep the infrastructure of the country running..."...JAPANESE INVESTMENTS IN BURMA: DATE, COMPANY, CONTRACT, AMOUNT.
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-01-00
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Free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi And All Political Prisoners...CIVIL WAR: A
DARING ATTACK; THE JUNTA?S TROOPS PUNISHED; THE JUNTA?S TROOPS IN RETREAT; The military arrested its own officials; Taking avenge on an innocent; Discontentment growing in the military; BARBARITY; ...REPATRIATION: SLORC extended their dirty hands beyond the border...POLITICS: The four tasks ac-complished, Why not step down?
The declaration No. 1/88 of the SLORC, 18-9-88, reads "...The beginning of the end...HUMAN RIGHTS: Burma junta is illegitimate under International And National Law; Brutality of the junta; The juta?s legal system flouts all international standards; Human Rights Violation By The SLORC?s Troops; The SLORC?s soldiers committed robbery...ECONOMIC ISSUES: The junta enjoys the previledge of LDC; The SLORC can?t control the price; France cancels SLORC?s debt; Thejunta sells the future of the nation...NATIONAL HEALTH CONFERENCE HELD AT MANERPLAW...National Coalition Government Of The Union Of Burma On The Move...
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-07-00
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CIVIL WAR: Kachin State?s Northern Military Zone; Shan State; Karen State (Thaton District, Taungngu(?) District, Dupala District, Paan District, Papun District); Arakan State...Persecution by the Junta: Atrocities in Civil War Zones...ENVIRONMENT: ".According to the May 3rd issue of " The Nation", a Bangkok-based English language newspaper, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has a plan to build more than ten new hydroelectric power dams throughout Thailand and along the Burmese border. Private consultants and foreign funding agencies are conducting feasibility studies for this project..."...REPATRIATION: "On the 22 of May, the Thailand government started an operation to repatriate illegal Burmese in Mae Sod, opposite the site of the Burmese border city of Myawady..."...POLITICS: Opposition; Reopening of the Universities; Opposition on theThai-Burmese Border...ECONOMIC ISSUES: "After crushing the pro-democracy Movement in 1988, the military regime began to open the closed door of Burma to foreign investments in order fo solve the country?s economic problems. This influx of foreign investments does not bring a solution to Burma because the poverty among the majority of the people is created by the insatiable corruption of the military officials and continually rising taxes levied against the people. The main suppliers of foreign investments to Burma now are Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China and Singapore; Agriculture; Corruption; Underground Business; Taxation; Inflation; Fishermen; Economic Development...HUMAN RIGHTS: Extra Judicial Executions in Rangoon
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-06-00
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CIVIL WAR: Shan State: The Pa-O National Army has accepted a cease fire with the junta and many of the Pa-O leaders have surrendered in the Shan State... Karen State: On March 10th, government troops from battalions No.22, No.44, and No.66 started their offensive to at-tempt to occupy Manerplaw, the headquarters of all the dissident groups fighting against the military regime...Mon
State: "On the 23 of March, Regiment No.lll of the New Mon State Party, led by Commander Nai Min San, clashed with the junta?s troops from Regiment No. 61 led by commander Ba Thein near Khaw Zar village in southern Ye...POLITICS: New Constitution; Opposition; Oppression on Government Staff; Reopening the Schools; Singapore Delegation...ECONOMICS: Thailand?s Investments; Unocal Oil; Border trade with Thailand; Wood Export; South Korea Investment...DRUGS: "According to the Nation newspaper of April 7,1991, the US has agreed to provide US$1 million to fund the campaign to suppress drug trading by Khun Sa?s Maung Thai Army along the Thai-Burma border line..."...HUMAN RIGHTS: Porters; Death Sentences and Imprisonment; Repatriation - "According to a report in THE NATION on May 1, 1991, 140 Burmese were taken from Bangkok?s immigration jail on April 28 and bussed 470 kilometers to the wouthwestern town of Ranong. Forty-one of these Burm-ese were students who have been accepted by the UNHCR as "persons of concern" and are under the protection of the UNHCR.
In Ranong they were put on two boats to be taken to Kawthaung in Burma.: ...SOCIAL ISSUES: Women and
Prostitution; Aids in Burma.
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-05-00
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CIVIL WAR: The dry season offensive in the Delta; Stop arms shipments to Burma...ECONOMICS: SLORC demands more taxes;
First Joint Venture Bank...WHAT LIES AHEAD?
The military...
HUMAN RIGHTS: On the Brink of Hell [Forced Prostitution in Thailand]; Torture of monks in Burma...JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: The Nobel Peace Prize...NEWS BRIEFS: The History of Burma According To SLORC; Relocation by the Military; Forced anti-insurgent demonstrations; Burmese refugees in Thailand
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-11-00
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CIVIL WAR: The coming dry season offensive...FOREIGN INVESTMENTS: Foreign investments -who actually benefits?...WHAT LIES AHEAD?: Economics: "...If SLORC continues to hold power in Burma, the present trends will probably continue. The natural resources, under state control, will continue to be sold off with little or no limitations, providing more funds for the military to use in its war against the people of Burma. A facade of improving prosperity will probably start appearing in the form of newly constructed buildings, an in-crease in the availability of consumer goods, more cars, etc. Yet the people will continue to suffer economic hardships...POLITICS: Truth in Rumors: Dismissed Civil Servants; Han&ng on to Power - "...Despite promises by Slorc that they would turn over power to an elected government immediately after elections, rumors persisted that either the elections would not be free and fair, or that Slorc would ignore the voices of the people. A recent statement by Aung Ye Kyaw, senior Slorc member in Mandalay, indicates that these ru-mors are once again becoming the truth..."...HUMAN RIGHTS: Women in Burma - "...As long as there are no positive po-litical and economic changes in Burma, and as long as the civil war continues, Burmese women will re-main the victims of these indignities. Their basic human rights to life, secu-rity, dignity and happiness will continue to be violated..."...NEWS UPDATE: Pepsi steps into Burma; Burma has its first civilian minister; Store?s biggest corruption
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-10-00
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CIVIL WAR: Civil war in Shan, Karen and Arakan States...
POLITICS: "... mounting international criticism is, indeed, making it more difficult for ASEAN nations and China to blindly continue their defense of the military regime in Burma. Perhaps they realize that they are not supporting or defending the legal government or people of that country, but rather a military junta that has no legitimacy either within the country or internationally" ...ECONOMICS: The Population; Economic Forecasts; Actual Currency System; Energy; Agriculture; Livestock and Fishing...ENVIRONMENT: Deforestation...BURMA?S FIRST CASINO...INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE...HUMAN RIGHTS: Disaster in Kachin State...Safe Center to be Established [The Thai government is moving ahead with plans to set up a "safe center" for Burmese dissidents living in Thailand...]
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"B.U.R.M.A."
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1991-09-00
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CIVIL WAR: The dry season offensive in Margue/ Tavoy;
Kachin State...
HUMAN RIGHTS: Abuse of porters...
ECONOMICS: The economics of Resettlement; Pepsi...
WHAT LIES AHEAD:
Ending the Civil War...
NEWS BRIEFS: Protests in Rangoon and Mandalay;
Philippine Visit to Burma.
Source/publisher:
"B.U.R.M.A."
Date of publication:
1991-12-00
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2011-10-21
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RICE: INCOME GENERATOR/CULTURAL STAPLE: "Is rice to be seen solely as an income generating
export commodity or in the light of its
cultural importance: a staple food diet, an
ingrained traditional form of living, a recipient
of ceremonies, blessings and entreaties, and a
source of happiness and prosperity.
Nowhere are these two concepts more evidently
in conflict than in military ruled Burma where
the government exports rice, beyond its means,
to generate income for its ruthless military, while
its farming population produce the rice, amid
traditional forms of farming and with a respect
for its integral part to their belief system..."...SARS, SADDAM AND THE FORGOTTEN DISEASES...RESPONSES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
WHAT DO ALL SIDES NEED? ["The following observations are a result of the recent discussion generated after the ?No Place to
Go? video screening by Burma Issues in Bangkok. The role of the international community and the
responses the NGO community want from them are a constant topic of debate that seems to
generate little new discussion. Burma Issues would therefore encourage any return observations,
criticisms and dialogue on this topic. We only ask that you make it constructive...]...THREE COUNTRIES IN ONE DAY: - a trip from Thailand to Karen State and Burma...News Briefs: Junta announces end to rice procurement; Karen rebels sabotage gas pipeline; Protestor in British embassy
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-04-00
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2011-10-15
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MINORITY GROUPS: FEMALE STRIFE: WOMEN IN KAREN STATE: TRYING TO OVERCOME VICTIMHOOD
BY THE KAREN WOMEN?S ORGANIZATION; SHAN WOMEN IN NEED OF PROTECTION...WITNESS HIGHLIGHTS FORCED LABOUR IN BURMA:
WATCH THE RIGHTS ALERT ?ENTRENCHED ABUSE: FORCED
LABOR IN BURMA? AT WWW.WITNESS.ORG...CEASE-FIRE IN KAREN STATE:
PHONEY TRUCE OR FRAGILE PEACE?
Burma Issues, Field mission in 6th Brigade area, Southeastern Karen State.
~Mid-March 2004~...News Briefs: Opposition Wants SPDC?s
Assurance All Views Will Be
Heard; Thailand Plans to Register
Illegal Workers; KNU and SPDC Plan Third
Round of Talks; Bangkok Process Postponed; Ukrainian Arms Factory
Setting Up In Burma
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-04-00
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THE HEALING MAGIC OF COMMUNITY [The authors spent most of 2003 living and working with people from Burma who are now living
in Thailand. They were there to share their knowledge on social issues. Here are some of their
reflections and observations regarding their experience and the people they came to know.]; "Community is all
about desire to
know and to be
known, to give and
to be given to, and
in that there is a
purity that I have
seldom
encountered
before."...FOR SALE: THE FUTURE OF THE LANDLESS [?I owned two spaces of
land in that area. Now,
the Burmese Army
confiscated both
spaces. I am left with
nothing to eat. My
children cried when
they heard the bad
news. We had no food
anymore. Only my son,
who is a monk, has fed
our family with small
amounts of food.? A
Karen villager who had his
land confiscated by the
Burmese military in Ye
Township, Mon State]...THE GAP [?If people only
view themselves
as victims then it
will be difficult for
the conflict to
end. People must
listen to each
other and
recognise each
others sufferings,
...?]...News Briefs: China maintains ?friendly? relationship; Refugees moved from camp; MTV launch campaign; Cabinet reshuffle; US sanctions cancel US$200 exchange
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-08-00
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2011-10-15
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THE BRILLANT SUN FADES INTO THE SUNSET [Ne Win?s departure] "...The Brilliant Sun is gone, but the legacy of
suspicion, fear and distrust he created to rule
the country remains and continues to keep peace
and unity an illusive dream for the people. But
that legacy too will one day only be a dirty
smudge on the face of history as the people
find their own path out of dictatorship and into
a peaceful future..."...THE SHIFTING MASSES "?We have been moving from one place to another every year. The last year and this year have been
the most difficult years for us. In the past years, from seeding time to harvest time, the Burmese
army troops arrived to our hiding sites very often and every time they arrived they destroyed our
paddies. We had to hide from them every time that they arrived?..."...FOR ME I CAN FORGIVE...BUT "This is the story of a villager from Htan ta bin township, Taungoo district in Burma. Before 1975
the villagers of Htan ta bin were able to enjoy sufficient living from their orchard plantations. Their
durian fruits and beetle nuts were famous along with the orchard products from the Taungoo
district region. Now along with the villages the plantations are in ruin because of the ethnic
cleansing war conducted by the Burmese Military regime. The majority of Htan ta bin villagers are
now refugees in Thailand or Internally Displaced People in the eastern mountainous region of
Taungoo District..."...News Briefs: ?Most successful? trip depsite
harrasssment; Aids sufferers escape sorry plight; Hundreds fired in Mae Sot
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2002-12-00
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2011-10-15
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?I WILL NOT BE FORCED FROM MY OWN LAND? PART 2 - Internal Displacement in Burma...NEGOTIATING CEASE-FIRE:
THE ART OF DISILLUSION IN MON STATE...IN HIDING:
THE BURMESE ARMY?S 7TH BRIGADE OFFENSIVE...News Briefs: Nine people sentenced to
death for high treason; UNOCAL stands trial; 16 NLD members freed from
detention; ARNO and NUPA agree on a
total landmine ban; Burma?s road map forum
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-12-00
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2011-10-15
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Retirements and Releases: The Plot Thickens...
WHO?S WHO IN RANGOON?
WILL THE REAL JUNTA PLEASE STAND UP [1. Senior General Than Shwe; 2. Deputy Senior-General Maung Aye; 3. General Thura Shwe Mann; 4. Lieutenant-General Soe Win; 5. Lieutenant-General Thein Sein]...
?From Prison to Frontline? Release of a New Special Report and a Video...
Migrant Registration: A Light at the End of the Tunnel?...
News Briefs
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-12-00
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LOOKING TO IT?S NEIGHBOURS: BURMA?S NEW PATH TO ACCEPTANCE "The US, Britain and the EU have recently
issued renewed calls for Burma to show
concerted efforts for political change or
face increased sanctions; India, China and Thailand
have welcomed with warm embraces an
influx of state visits from the Burmese military
leaders which has resulted in greater cooperation
and economic agreements. It is little surprise
then that the Burmese junta seem to be
embracing closer economic and trade cooperation
with their neighbours, opting to go without
the wests support or acceptance, opting for international
legitimacy through those that don?t
impose the strict demands for resolving human
rights abuses. Can it work? Is it a new tactic
that shows foresight and cunning?..."...SURVIVAL WITHIN DIVISION "...Before 1997 the people here lived freely, Burmese
troops occasionally arrived in their villages
but the area was fully controlled by the KNU
(Karen National Union). Some Karen villagers
from northern Tavoy areas immigrated or fled to
this area because of the Yadana gas pipeline
project and the Ye-Tavoy railroad construction.
Since the people were forced to stay in forced
relocation sites, they have been facing difficulties
with earning their living because of Burmese
troops? restrictions. They became targets
of torture and execution. Daily survival, to be
safe from Burmese troops suspicion, is a daily
challenge. Forced labour becomes a regular task
for the people although the Burmese military
government has pretended to stop forced labour
due to ILO pressure. They also have to pay various
kinds of extortion..."...RESOLVING CONFLICT THROUGH PEACE "...The roots of the conflict in Burma has not just
started with the present militarisation, but has
started since the period of colonialisation and
entering into Burma?s first democratic era.
Therefore it lies with attitudes and prejudices within the society. That?s
why it is important for the
society to look at the root
causes of the long conflict
and have the courage to
carry out the significant social
changes needed to rid
the country of those deeplying
roots..."...News Briefs: Panicked withdrawls from Rangoons
banks; Hunger strike in Dhaka.
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-02-00
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2011-10-15
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Children Issue:- CHILDREN IN BURMA:
A POPULATION AT RISK, A COUNTRY ENDANGERED...FEAR AND FATE OF IDP CHILDREN IN BURMA:
A STORY ABOUT PEOPLE IN HIDING...Child Labour
World Figures...?JOIN THE ARMY OR GO TO JAIL!?...News Briefs: NLD members under persistent
arrests; Army to recruit more ethnic
minority youths; NLD Vice Chairman brought
back to his home, Rangoon; Peace talks ?successful?: KNU; Norway to join Bangkok
process
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-02-00
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IVANHOES INVESTMENT IN THE CRACKHOUSE "...In conclusion, Ivanhoe Mines Inc. is in business
with a corrupt and cruel government.
Whether the SPDC gets one dollar or one billion
dollars from outside investment, Ivanhoe,
like many other international company?s, is contributing
to human suffering and injustice by
simply associating themselves with the Burmese
government. They wrongfully support a dictatorship
that has no regard for human dignity
or economic progress among its own people.
In the statement from their website, Ivanhoe
has been able to tactfully twist their words
around so that they can present the illusion
that they are not guilty of the accusations they
face. Sadly they are. And they are able to do it
with a clear conscience, thinking only about
profits, capital gain and economics. In the end
why does everything always revolve around
economics?"...REFORMING EDUCATION: WHEN REALITIES HIT THE WORLD "...The plights of youngsters along the border
and inside Burma has posed a critical question as
to whether it is necessary to maintain the nonfunctional
British colonial and SPDC indoctrinated
education system or should it come to an end by
replacing it with a new democratic education system
that highlights the needs of the youngsters
with emphasis on creativity and critical thinking
ability"...WHEN YOU?RE NOT WELCOME "...Why should Thailand be concerned about sending
Burmese nationals back across the border?
The bottom line is that Thailand sees them as a
financial burden, therefore easily expendable in
their persuance of trade, tourism and development
with Burma. Recently Thailand and Burma
announed four mega projects in Burma to be
built by Thai companies. These include a hydroelectric
dam on the Salween River, a coal mine,
a port project in Tavoy and the Mae Sot to
Rangoon highway. In January PTT Exploration
and Production Plc, the Thai oil and gas company
whose projects include the Yadana and
Yetagun gas pipelines, announced a planned
investment of 59.8 billion baht over the next 5
years. 38 percent of which will used to fund
existing major projects which include the two
gas pipelines in Burma..."...Crackdown Countdown: "Burma orders all border checkpoints with
Thailand to be closed after an incident where Burma accused
Thailand of shelling Burmese territory in support
of a raid by a Shan ethnic armed group..."...News Briefs: Rebel leader offers conditional
surrender; Nuns arrested for protest; Naga rebels declare end of war with
India.
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-01-00
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2011-10-15
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TRAFFICKING ISSUE:- TAKING THE ?HUMAN?
OUT OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING...SMALL ARMS SMUGGLING IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:
THE LIFEBLOOD OF BURMA?S INSURGENCY...A COMPLEX INDUSTRY : DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING; Who profits from the drug
trade?...News Briefs: KNPP leaders executed by
SPDC troops; Koffi Annan under high critics; Students sentenced to 15
years prison; Theater troupes and musicians
used for SPDC propaganda; Go to jail for free child birth
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-01-00
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TURNING THE INVISIBLE, VISIBLE: Looking over your shoulder; Who?s visible, who?s not; Perseverance does triumph; Talking and doing; What are your hopes?...THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
INSIDE KARENNI STATE: PART 2 [This is the final part to a series documenting the
lives of the villagers in Central Karenni State.
This week Burma Issues looks at the security of
livelihood and living with military operations in
these areas] SECURITY OF LIVELIHOOD; ACTIVITIES OF SPDC TROOPS; LIVING WITH KARENNI TROOPS; CEASE-FIRE GROUPS - Villagers in this area are clearly facing a multitude
of problems that affect their ability to survive.
The continued pressure on villagers due to
the armed conflict contributes to this. Fear and
distrust caused by abuse of power is evident.
While villagers continue to be pulled between
the Burmese military and the KNPP, mistrust and
fear will permeate the lives of villagers. While
the limited aid that does reach these areas, continues
to be administered through the military,
corruption will continue to occur and the people
who are most in need of the aid will continue to
be denied it. Basic services such as education
and healthcare are seriously lacking. Treatable
diseases are killing villagers, and both students
and teachers are facing difficulties to implement
basic education."...BURMA?S POLITICAL PRISONERS IN THE CONFLICT ZONES:
"In August 2003 Burma Issues and Altsean-Burma will release a report, "Uncounted: Political Prisoners
in Burma?s ethnic areas". The report focuses on people arbitrarily detained in Burma?s conflict
areas for supposedly supporting ethnic nationality opposition groups.
Why is the report needed?...Some of the key findings are:...What needs to be done..."...News Briefs: On the borders; On the borders; Military Trainings; International responses; Politics
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-07-00
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2011-10-15
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CROSSING THE BORDER -
Shot by Both Sides: Refugees between Burma and Thailand: The Journey to Thailand; A Thai-Burma Economic Partnership; Thailand and the UNHCR;
People?s Stories: Crossing the Line - the Reality behind the Border...
Too Scared to Access: HIV Epidemic among Karen Refugees [N,B. Erratum which appeared in the September 2004 issue: "ERRATUM: BURMA ISSUES NEWSLETTER JULY, VOL. 14, NO. 7
All our apologies for the wrong figure that we published in our article ?Too Scared to Access: HIV Epidemic
among Karen Refugees?.
Please, rectify the sentence ?Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fears a secret HIV epidemic among one
million Karen refugees along the Thai-Burma border.? By ?Doctors Without Borders (MSF) fears a secret
HIV epidemic among thousands of Karen refugees along the Thai-Burma border.?] ...
Messages of Investment: Acceptance of the Burmese Regime...
News Briefs: No Return Date set for National
Convention; Border Countries Donate over
US$100 million to Burma; Ceasefire talks between KNU
and junta to continue; Rewards for the arrest of illegal
workers; More aid for HIV/Aids in
Burma; US Senators want Burma envoy
to be asked to leave.
Source/publisher:
"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-07-00
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2011-10-15
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WHERE IS DEMOCRACY WITHOUT THE GRASSROOTS ["...Real democracy must be
ingrained in social
behaviour as well as political
structure. Without
its inclusion in the social
practices of everyday
life, no matter how successful
the political
structures are, democracy
will not be able to
exist in a true and effective
sense...In fact democracy
can only emerge from
an internal process of
self-evaluation and
critique that is relevant
to a specific
country and situation..."...THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE KARENNI STATE: PART 1 ["This report is based on a Burma Issues field
trip to the central and western areas of
Karenni State. The purpose of the trip was
to look at the current health and education
situation and the security of livelihood for the
villagers who live in this area. The beginning of
this year saw many difficulties for farmers in this
area where crop production was low, commodity
prices high and continuing military operations
and human rights abuses were prevalent..."] EDUCATION; HEALTHCARE...DEMANDING SANCTIONS THAT DEMAND SANCTIONS THAT DEMAND...RELEASING?...This is a very simple summary of the international response to the imprisonment of Aung San
Suu Kyi. 1988-present...News Briefs: Ferry sinks in tavoy; Unpopular dam projects; Aung San Suu Syi remains in detention; Fencing Indo-Burma border.
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-06-00
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MOBILIZATION OF THE MASSES:
HOW MUCH OF A THREAT IS THE USDA?...FOOD SCARCITY IN THE RICE BOWL OF ASIA...CHINA?S ROLE IN BURMA: CAN THE SPDC SURVIVE WITHOUT CHINESE SUPPORT?...News Briefs: Burmese Leader Says People?s
Virtue Defends Against Natural
Disasters; Convention Continues; Problems
Grow; EU Cancels ASEM Meeting
over Burma...Independent journalism career opportunity for people from Burma.
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-06-00
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REPATRIATING THE ROHINGYA [The last decade shows
a checkered account of
forced, coherced and
violent repatriation of
Rohingya refugees back
to Burma.]...BURMA?S MUSLIMS AND THE WAR AGAINST TERROR "...In this article I want to explore just two
things from the climate of post-September 11
terrorism. First, the danger of simplifying terrorism
down to the immediate act and second, the
way the war against terrorism has been used by
states, specifically focusing on Burma, to justify
persecution of its Muslim entities..."...GIVING HOPE TO IDPS "...The problem with working on the IDP issue in
Burma has always been how to get the international
community interested and aware of a group
of people they can?t really see. How to get them
active on an issue that is growing increasingly
catastrophic but is difficult to get statistics about..."...News Briefs: USDA trains villagers to lie; Burma fails on forced labour; Economic woes.
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2003-03-00
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SEARCHING FOR PEACE:; KNU CEASEFIRE TALKS: NEGOTIATING A RETURN TO THE ?LEGAL FOLD? AND THE
FATE OF MLLIONS OF KARENS...PORTER SOLIDARITY:
A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME IN BURMA?...NON-VIOLENCE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRUGGLE; Strategies of Non-Violence...News Briefs: Suu Kyi To Be Freed? Burma-Indian trade may reach
1 billion $; US will maintain Burma
sanctions; Thai government denies mass
repatriation for economic
reasons; Burmese Army Attack KNU
In Spite of Ceasefire
Agreement.
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"Burma Issues"/Peace Way Foundation
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2004-03-00
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