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Title: FUEL PRICE HIKES INFLAME BURMESE PEOPLE
Description: "On August 15, the SPDC increased fuel prices by up to 500% overnight, affecting the cost of essential commodities and transport. Burmese people from all walks of life participated in nationwide protests, showing their anger and courage in the face of the intolerable burden of the SPDC?s long-term economic mismanagement. The SPDC reacted by attacking and arresting over 150 peaceful demonstrators and key activists. The SPDC?s inflexibility is likely to prolong the economic crisis, worsening domestic instability and having negative implications in neighboring countries. The international community condemned the arrests of activists and protesters calling for their immediate release, and for the junta to engage in genuine dialogue. But more pressure is needed to resolve the root causes of Burma?s protracted political and economic crisis. We call on India, China and ASEAN to revive and step up their advocacy to ensure that the crisis is eased through dialogue, and to push further for a sustainable solution that involves all key stakeholders in Burma. We call on the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling upon the SPDC to actively cooperate with the UN in delivering on promises for genuine political and economic reform."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-09-14
Date of entry/update: 2007-10-28
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Title: SAFFRON REVOLUTION: UPDATE
Description: In the "Saffron Revolution," tens of thousands of Buddhist monks led massive anti-junta demonstrations. It was the largest show of peaceful protests against the military regime since 1988. Between 19 August and 2 October, 227 rallies defied military rule in 66 cities across all of Burma's States and Divisions. The SPDC arrested up to 6,000 people, including at least 1,400 monks, since the beginning of the crackdown on 26 September. This briefer contains the latest accounts of resistance and documentation of human rights abuses perpetrated during crackdowns.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-10-15
Date of entry/update: 2007-10-28
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Title: SHE MUST BE FREE
Description: "On 27 May, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?s latest term of house arrest comes up for review. On that day, Daw Suu will have spent approximately 11 years and 7 months under house arrest since she was initially detained on July 20, 1989. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has never been charged with a crime.1 Burma?s military regime continues to detain Daw Aung San Suu Kyi out of fear. Fear of her ability to mobilize Burma?s people to peacefully work for democratic reform. And fear of her as the symbol for the irresistible will of Burma?s people who yearn for a free and democratic society. In one of her notable speeches, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi said, ?It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” Despite the junta?s efforts to silence Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, peaceful acts of resistance continue to grow. Most recently: ?Open Heart”, Tuesday prayer campaign, ?White Sunday” and ?White Expression”... The Lady Speaks; Quick Biography; What they say; Awards/honors..."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-05-23
Date of entry/update: 2007-10-28
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Title: 8888 SPIRIT STILL STRONG AS JUNTA WEAKENS
Description: "Even 19 years after Burma?s national uprising, the spirit and goals of the 8888 movement remain relevant and alive through the peaceful resistance of diverse people. 88 generation students, the NLD, ethnic opposition groups, political prisoners and other pro-democracy activists continue to carry out campaigns and initiatives, defying threats, attacks, and arrests.The latest wave of resistance centres on the the junta?s economic mismanagement that is affecting their lives at a very fundamental level. The worsening economic conditions that is causing widespread human suffering in Burma have inspired citizens to protest in public, despite arrests and harassment... We support the common aspiration of the diverse ethnic groups for peace, justice and development and renew our determination to see the achievement of political reforms in Burma in the near future. We call upon the international community, in particular, the governments of ASEAN, India, China and East Asia, to actively support political and economic reforms in Burma..."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-09-13
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Title: BURMA BULLETIN ISSUE 8 ? AUGUST 2007
Description: KEY STORY: • Fuel price hike • Protests and crackdowns • International reactions... INSIDE BURMA: • MPs roadmap • National Convention • 8888 anniversary • NLD • Daw Aung San Suu Kyi honor • SPDC Army • Ethnic groups under pressure • Floods • SPDC hinders assistance • Bird flu • Killer fever... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Custodial deaths... DISPLACEMENT: • Border health threat • Malaysia crackdown • IDPs under attack... ECONOMY: • More gas... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-09-13
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 7 - July 2007
Description: IN THIS ISSUE - NATIONAL CONVENTION: 1 New session, old story; 2 Ethnic groups unhappy... INSIDE BURMA: 3 NLD ignored; 4 KIO under pressure; 4 SSNPLO ends ceasefire; 5 ICRC under attack; 5 Bird flu more widespread; 5 Dengue fever... HUMAN RIGHTS: 6 Arrests and imprisonments; 6 Releases... DISPLACEMENT: 7 Migrant workers in Thailand; 7 Refugees turned away... INTERNATIONAL: 7 ASEAN Charter; 8 Gambari?s travels; 8 US: sanctions extended; 8 Bangladesh and the SPDC; 9 India and the arms embargo... ECONOMY: 9 SPDC corruption; 9 Food shortages; 10 Gem sale... 10 CHRONOLOGY... 12 REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-08-02
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Title: NATIONAL CONVENTION: ROADMAP TO INSTABILITY
Description: "• The National Convention is part of the problem and not the solution to Burma?s troubles. The results will intensify the root causes of the ethnicbased conflicts perpetuated by Burma?s successive military regimes. • The National Convention, which is tasked with producing detailed principles for a new constitution, remains a fundamentally flawed and inherently illegitimate process aimed at formalizing and prolonging military rule in Burma. • Ethnic groups and the National League for Democracy have consistently proposed steps to salvage the National Convention and transform it into a venue for dialogue; however these recommendations have been rejected. • Originally devised by the military regime as a tactic to avoid convening Parliament after it lost the 1990 elections, the National Convention was mothballed in March 1996, and then revived in 2004 as part of the ?7-point roadmap to democracy”. The roadmap was a response to heightened regional and international pressure following the Depayin Massacre..."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-07-17
Date of entry/update: 2007-07-17
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 6 - June 2007
Description: KEY STORY: Health Crisis; Bird flu... INSIDE BURMA: Daw Suu?s Birthday; NLD and 88 Gen persecution; Resignations: NLD vs USDA; National Convention; Militarization in Karen State; Militarization of public service... HUMAN RIGHTS: ICRC, ILO and UN speak out; Arrests and releases; Drug cultivation reports; Karen State clashes; Attacks in Karenni State; Mon cultural groups banned... DISPLACEMENT: Thailand: Refugees unwelcome; Malaysia crackdowns... INTERNATIONAL: India-SPDC relations; Changes at ASEAN; EU resolution condemns SPDC; UN... ECONOMY: Shwe gas goes to China... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-07-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 5 - May 2007
Description: KEY STORY: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi... INSIDE BURMA: Soe Win?s adieu; NGO closures; Offensive in Karen State; Polio outbreak; Ethnic affairs... HUMAN RIGHTS: New wave of arrests; Detention conditions Freedom of information;... DISPLACEMENT: Migrant workers in Thailand; Protests against new law.. INTERNATIONAL: Russia: the nuclear deal; India: more arms; South Korea: Daewoo upset; North Korea: one more ship; US: sanctions extended; UN: Gambari returns... ECONOMY: Trade hits record high... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-04-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-06-01
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Title: ATS Briefer, July 2006
Description: " The briefer examines the global and regional impact of amphetamine production and use. With the increased use of amphetamines, there are almost twice as many users of amphetamines in the world than of opiates. The bulk of amphetamine production and trafficking in the world occurs in Southeast Asia. Burma is a primary source of amphetamines to the world market. Amphetamine production and trafficking has given the SPDC an alternative source of revenue that has allowed the SPDC to reduce opium and heroin production in response to international pressure. Regional governments need to seriously assess the health, social, and human security threats linked to increased amphetamine production and use. Injected and tablet forms of amphetamines are directly linked to the spread of HIV/AIDS from Burma to India and China. Every country neighboring Burma is negatively impacted by amphetamine use."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: BURMA BRIEFING: ISSUES AND CONCERNS VOL. 3 - July 2006
Description: "Issues and Concerns Vol. 3 contains a selection of articles covering developments in Burma and in the ASEAN community. Topics covered in the book include: • ASEAN?s increased frustrations in dealing with Burma?s junta. • The regime?s decision to move the capital to Naypyidaw. • Shake-ups and reshuffles in the SPDC. • Possible UNSC action on Burma. • Bomb blasts and instability within Burma • The SPDC?s continued mismanagement of Burma?s economy • India and China?s continued competition over Burma?s gas and oil reserves • Increased military aid from Russia • SPDC rejects NLD offer for dialogue • SPDC intensifies crackdown on NLD • Update on conditions of political prisoners and new arrests • Update on Ethnic relations and SPDC attacks on armed ethnic groups and SPDC Army offensive in Karen State • Update on SPDC interference in the delivery of humanitarian aid • SPDC ability to respond to bird flu • Update of forced labor"
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-06-30
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 0 - November 2006
Description: KEY STORY: • Gambari Returns to Burma... INSIDE BURMA: • Daw Suu meets with Gambari, receives medical checkup • NLD activities continue • Student leaders jailed • New administrative system • Corruption among SPDC • Karen State offensive continues... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Prison visits: ICRC out • ILO Considers ICJ option... DISPLACEMENT: • Burmese work permits under new Thai leadership... INTERNATIONAL: • Bush Tells ASEAN Leaders to Pressure Burma • US to Pursue UNSC Resolution • Thai PM Visits Burma... ECONOMY: • Thailand to reduce energy dependence on Burma • Burma not meeting its own energy needs • SPDC unpaid debts • Sale of Gold Mine... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 1 - January 2007
Description: KEY STORY: • China and Russia veto... INSIDE BURMA: • Student leaders • NLD activities • SPDC attacks Daw Suu • Than Shwe health • SPDC Corruption • Bombs • KNU and the ?ceasefire” • KIO and drugs • Infectious diseases threat... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Prisoner releases, detentions... DISPLACEMENT: • Rohingya Exodus • Migrant workers in Thailand... INTERNATIONAL: • ASEAN Summit • ASEAN Charter • India military ties... ECONOMY: • Rice Harvest • Energy Deals... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSESAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 2 - February 2007
Description: KEY STORY: • India?s quid pro quo... INSIDE BURMA: • Poor SPDC Army • SPDC Master Plan • Freedom of Assembly • Crackdown on opposition • New Karen splinter group... HUMAN RIGHTS: • Karen offensive • Prison conditions • Freedom of information • Child soldiers... DISPLACEMENT: • Migrant worker arrests • Trafficking... INTERNATIONAL: • Indonesia cooperation... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-01-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 3 - March 2007
Description: " Inside: SPDC Army's weakness; Arrests merry go round; Karen offensive; Bird Flu; Refugees' plight; ASEAN charter; Chronology of events; List of Reports"...KEY STORY: SPDC Army?s weakness... INSIDE BURMA: Harassment of activists; New arrests, releases; National Convention; Junta calls on the doctor; Attacks on the Karen continue; Ceasefire talks; Bird flu again... HUMAN RIGHTS: Situation worsening; More arrests; Custodial death; Birthday behind bars; Teenage rape victims jailed; More forced labor... DISPLACEMENT: Malaysia crackdowns; Bangladesh bulldozes camps; Rohingya boat people... INTERNATIONAL: AIPMC: stronger stand; ASEAN: no sanctions; ASEAN: no EU trade agreement; Thai-Burma border tension... ECONOMY: China gets the gas? More gas... CHRONOLOGY... REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Bulletin - Issue 4 - April 2007
Description: KEY STORY: 1 Humanitarian aid restricted... INSIDE BURMA: 2 Economic crisis fuels protests; 3 Political activism; 4 SPDC Army in disarray; 4 SPDC Army offensives; 5 Bird flu lingers; 5 Opium in Shan State... HUMAN RIGHTS: 5 Imprisonments; 6 Misrule of law... DISPLACEMENT: 6 Rohingya departures continue; 6 Arrests in Malaysia; 7 Migrant workers in Thailand... INTERNATIONAL: 7 EU renews sanctions 7 Renewal of N Korea relations; 7 India military deals... ECONOMY: 7 Salween dams; 8 Gas pipeline; 8 More Gas... 8 CHRONOLOGY... 10 REPORTS.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-03-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Burma Issues & Concerns Vol. 4: The Security Dimensions - April 2007
Description: "Issues and Concerns Vol. 4 analyzes the internal situation in Burma and presents compelling reasons as to why Burma should be considered a threat to ASEAN?s comprehensive regional security and why this threat is of such a serious nature to warrant action by the UN Security Council. Topics covered in the book include: • The World?s Longest-Running War: Whose Problem Is It? • Why ASEAN/Why the UNSC • Drug Production in Burma and the Trafficking of Drugs from Burma in Asia • The Social Impact of Burma?s Drug Production and Trafficking in Asia • Burma as a Vector for the Spread of Serious Diseases in Asia o HIV/AIDS o Malaria o TB o Filariasis o Avian Influenza • Refugees o Internally Displaced Persons (?IDPs”) o Thailand o Bangladesh o Malaysia o India • Civilians, Women and Children o Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts o Children and Armed Conflict o Women, Peace and Security"
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-03-31
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Title: China gambles on Burma at its own peril - October 2006
Description: "The briefer examines the negative impact on China?s society that is the result of China?s cozy economic and political ties with the SPDC. The serious implications of China?s economic and political ties with the SPDC include: 1. Considerable harm to China because of illegal drugs entering China from Burma and because China?s HIV/AIDS epidemic can be traced to injecting drug users in cities bordering Burma. 2. Increased tension between the SPDC and Burma?s ethnic groups who have previously depended on direct trade with China. This will destabilize China?s border regions with Burma. Instability in Burma will further frustrate efforts by China to address its serious drug problems, HIV/AIDS epidemic and other problems related to migration, human trafficking, social ills and organized crime. 3. Assuming China?s blind support, the SPDC has intensified its crackdown on dissent by re-arresting student leaders and former political prisoners, and implying that harsher persecutions are on the way."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-10-05
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Title: Forced labor in Burma: time for action - November 2006
Description: "The forced labor situation in Burma has not improved in the six years since the ILO first addressed the issue in November 2000. While the regime has responded to ILO pressure with positive measures, any gains have been lost as soon as pressure is eased. Most recently, the SPDC failed to comply with the ILO recommendations on forced labor issues made in June 2006. The SPDC?s recent release of activists Su Su Nway and Aye Myint in June have not been followed with any genuine moves by the SPDC to end forced labor. Forced labor involving portering, sentry/patrol duty, military and SPDC infrastructure projects, and commercial agriculture activities are still prevalent throughout Burma."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-11-10
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Title: The KNU 7th Brigade defection: SPDC?s propaganda over substance - February 2007
Description: "Instead of pursuing genuine reconciliation with the recognized leaders of ethnic groups, the State Peace and Development Council continues to engineer splits and factions in opposition groups. In its latest move, on 11 February, the SPDC announced in its own media a ?peace” deal with the newly formed splinter group Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army Peace Council (KNU/KNLAPC) headed up by disaffected former Karen National Union (KNU) Commander Htain Maung. The deal has provided Htain Maung and his small band of followers with supplies and televisions, but no promise of peace or the end of the military violence which forced 27,000 people to leave their homes in 2006 in Eastern Burma. Karen grassroots and civil society organizations have responded to the attempt to cause division by rallying around the KNU, confirming their place as the legitimate leaders of the community."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2007-02-23
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: Rohingya and Muslims in Arakan State: slow-burning genocide - August 2006
Description: "Almost 14 years have passed since the UN General Assembly recognized the suffering the Rohingya experienced at the hands of Burma?s military regime. Yet, Rohingya and Muslims from Burma continue to be subjected to a widespread and systematic campaign of persecution and discrimination at home and the denial of basic protection and fundamental rights in neighboring countries. Often overlooked in global media coverage, the plight of more than 1 million Rohingya and Muslims from Burma should be more closely watched by the international community, to prevent what increasingly appears to be another genocide in the making"
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-07-31
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Title: THE SPIRIT OF 8888 LIVES ON - August 2006
Description: "The courageous actions of ordinary people and political leaders alike to stand up for the principles of human rights and democracy in the past 3 years prove that the spirit of 8888 is alive and well in Burma. That these actions are being done despite threats of death, detention or persecution, show that the peoples of Burma refuse to give up on their vision of a free and democratic Burma.Altsean-Burma salutes the courage of the peoples of Burma, both in and outside the country, in their struggle. We support the common aspiration of the diverse ethnic groups for peace, justice and development and renew our determination to see the achievement of political reforms in Burma in the near future. We call upon the international community, in particular, the governments of ASEAN, India, China and East Asia, to actively support political and economic reforms in Burma. We urge them to support initiatives to bring Burma before the UN Security Council as a means to hasten reforms. 8888 - Don't Forget, Don't Give Up!"
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2006-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2007-05-02
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Title: "Show Some Self-respect!" - An Interview with Debbie Stothard
Description: Burma activist group leader speaks out on Asean dilemma... "As the 2006 date for Burma?s assumption of the Asean chairmanship draws ever closer, the organization?s policy towards Rangoon comes under increasingly close scrutiny from the Alternative Asean Network on Burma. Formed in 1996, ALTSEAN is a network of Southeast Asia activists, NGOs, academics and politicians who are working for democracy and respect for human rights in Burma. The Irrawaddy recently talked to Altsean?s co-ordinator, Debbie Stothard, about her movement?s approach to the thorny question of Burma?s suitability for chairing Asean..."
Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 13, No. 4
Date of publication: 2005-04-26
Date of entry/update: 2006-04-27
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Title: "Blurred Vision" -- Report Card, January - March 2004
Description: Inside: Ethnics Draft Alternative Roadmap , NLD?s 4 Minimal Demands, Resource Diplomacy Bails Out Regime, A New Narcotic Drink Called ASEAN... CONTENTS 3 BLURRED VISION... 4 DEMOCRACY & DIALOGUE: * National Convention to Restart; * Myanmar Road to Democracy”: The Way Backward; * Making & Believing Promises; * Reactions to the Roadmap: 4 Minimal Demands, Tripartite Dialogue First, Alt. Roadmap; * International Community: Looking For a Timeframe; * Repression Continues: Criticizing Roadmap gets 17 Years Jail; * Razali Leads Choir of Optimists... 17 MILITARY THREAT: * Going Nowhere; * Command & Control; * Procurement & Recruitment: Upgrading the Airforce, Ethnic Recruitment, Forced Portering; * International Military Ties; * Breaching the Ceasefires: Karenni, Karen, Shan, Mon; * Security Tightened; * Army in Short Supply? 25 DRUGS: * Counter Narcotics: Thailand; Orders Friendly Ties, China Getting Fed-Up, India to Intensify Cooperation; * US Report: Small Concession; * Opium Production: Rising Or Falling? Crop Substitution Fails, Villagers Forced To Pay; * Junta & Police Clash At SPDC Poppy Plantation; * ?Asean”: The New Narcotic Drink; * New Trade Route? * Wa Ecstasy? Wa Refineries Move, ATS Factories At Panghsang, Wa Take Ruby Hill; * Seizures; 35 ECONOMY: * Natural Resources: Regime?s Redemption * A Golden Land: Diamond And Gold Mining At Set Ga Done * Change To Euro Confirmed * India: New Official Trade Point * No Go Area: Bangladesh Shipping Route Suspended * BIMSTEC Free Trade Area * Domestic Economy: More Contradictions: Rice Export Ban, Raw Goods Liberalization, Three Banks Reopen * Foreign Trade: Buy Less, Export More, No More Prawns, China- Burma Trade US$1 Billion in 2003, East-West Corridor * Quick Money Makers: A Guide For Dictators: Japan Tax, Foreign Investment For Tourism, Concessions In Exclusive Economic Zone, Sell Some Gems * Mekong Power Grid: Questionable Policies * ICFTU Updates Shame List 47 AID * Japan Resumes Aid * EU To Offer Border Assistance * US Supports Aids Projects * FAO * UN Rice To Ex-Poppy Farmers 50 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS * United Nations: No One Happy * India: Looking East? * China * Bangladesh * ASEAN: Easily Intimidated? * ASEM * Bangkok Process * European Union: A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action * United States * Australia 59 THAI-BURMA RELATIONS * Enduring Faith…. * Understanding Is The Key * Bangkok Process: Yes, No, No…..Yes * Economics * Tavoy Port * Thaksin Defensive Over McConnell Accusations... * Human Rights Watch, Another Damning Report * Bo Mya Thanks Thais 65 ETHNIC RELATIONS * KNU Ceasefire: No Formal Agreement * New Hopes For KNPP Ceasefire * KIO: Failed Coup * Shan State Army-South: Committed To Peace * Salone/Moken Forced On Land For Tourism * Arakan National Council: A Source of Concern For Rohingyas * Chin National Front: Ready For Ceasefire Talks * Ethnic Council Formed 73 HUMAN RIGHTS * Political Prisoners: New Arrests, Political Prisoner Dies One Month Before Completing Sentence, Deteriorating Health Condition Of Political Prisoners, 15 Years Jail For Sports * Total In Burma: French Activist Denies Wrongdoing * Freedom Of Movement * Forced Labor: Junta Agrees To An Independent Mediator, Junta Will Review Death Sentences Of ?ILO 3”, Forced Labor, Extortion, Confiscation Continues * Burma: High Risk Of Genocide * Burmese In Bangladesh Prison Despite End Of Sentence * Freedom Of Information: More Press Freedom In China Than In Burma * The US On Burma: Worsening Human Rights Record * Pinheiro: Caution & Despair * Min Ko Naing: 15 Years in Jail 82 WOMEN & CHILDREN * Junta Continues To Rape Women Despite Ceasefire Talks * Lack Of Attention To Women?s Rights Fuels HIV/AIDS Epidemic * Burmese Women?s Reproductive Health At The Thai-Burma Border * NLD Women Demand Releases * Forced Recruitment For Junta Org * Child Soldiers, Girl Soldiers * Child Prisoners: Judges Ignorant Of The Country?s Laws 87 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM * Junta Tightens Its Grip On Buddhist Clergy: Monks Arrested, Disrobed And Imprisoned, Jailed for Refusing SPDC Donations * Buddhist-Muslim Clashes In Arakan State * Christians Persecuted In Chin State * Activist Monk Passes Away * Inter-Faith Prayer Amidst Repression At Thai-Burma Border 91 DISPLACEMENT * IDPs: 3,500 Displaced In Karenni & Karen States, Asian Highway Forces Relocation In Sagaing Divn * Refugees: Japan, Bangladesh, Malaysia * UNHCR Plans Repatriation While Displacement Continues * Thailand: UNHCR Suspends Refugee Status Determination For Burmese, No More Persons Of Concern (POC) Status For Refugees, Hunger Strike In Bangkok Prison * Migrant Workers: Thousands Flee Ahead of Thai Crackdown, Repression of Labor Activists * Human Smuggling 98 HEALTH * Bird Flu Stories * HIV/AIDS Joint Proposal 100 ENVIRONMENT * Chinese Dams On The Nu/Salween River * Thai-Burma Projects For The Salween River * Mangrove Reforestation * A Tiger Reserve For The SPDC * Wildlife Trade Thriving 103 CHRONOLOGY: JAN ~ MAR 2004 119 MEDIA ABBREVIATIONS
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Date of publication: 2005-02-28
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Title: CALL FOR FATF TO MAINTAIN BURMA?S NCCT STATUS
Description: In 2001, Burma was designated Non-Cooperative Country or Territory (NCCT) by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), indicating major deficiencies in a country?s anti-money laundering regime, and cautioning financial institutions to pay special attention to their business relations and transactions. In November 2004, the FATF removed extra measures against the regime as a result of ‘improvements? in the SPDC?s money laundering standards. This action overlooked flaws in the SPDC?s anti-money laundering mechanisms, as well as failings in newly enacted laws. Despite the regime?s recent showcase closing of two banks, the SPDC has not taken significant action against money laundering. Closing the banks was merely an attempt to convince the international community that the SPDC is ?tough on money laundering” in the lead up to the next meeting of the FATF in June... The SPDC?s approach to money laundering remains sub-par and a threat to regional economies and global efforts to combat money laundering. "The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) must renew Burma?s placement on the Non- Cooperative Country or Territory (NCCT) list. Despite the regime?s recent showcase closing of two banks, the SPDC has not taken significant action against money laundering..."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-05-31
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Title: INTERIM REPORT CARD: JULY 2004 ? FEBRUARY 2005
Description: A Summary of Political and Human Rights Developments in Burma Prepared for the 61st Session on the UN Commission on Human Rights, March 2005... CONTENTS: 2 DEMOCRACY BLUES 3 MILITARY PURGES: INHERENT INSTABILITY The Fate of Gen Khin Nyunt The New MI Corruption Continues Unabated Continuing Instability Mass Prisoner Releases 9 THE NATIONAL CONVENTION Illegitimate, Unrepresentative, Militaristic Tightening Control of Ceasefire Grps Entrenching Military Rule Order 5/96: 20 Years? Jail for Criticism Democratic Forces Reject Roadmap Not Representative of Burma?s People Divide and Rule Tactics USDA: The SPDC?s New Party 17 DEMOCRACY, SPDC-STYLE: NO POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Continued Arrests & Detentions NLD Calls for Dialogue Rejected CRPP Head Threatened by Junta NLD Petition Campaign 22 ETHNIC RELATIONS Shan Leaders Arrested Battles Ahead 26 DISREGARD FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ILO ? No Intention to Change Bangkok Process: Thailand holding on UN Envoys 28 OVERVIEW: HUMAN RIGHTS 29 ABUSES OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS 30 EXTORTION & LAND CONFISCATION 32 FORCED LABOR 34 TORTURE 35 ARBITRARY DETENTION Detained Beyond the their Sentences Prisoner Deaths Life-Threatening Health Conditions 39 SUMMARY EXECUTIONS & EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS 41 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION 43 RULE OF LAW Junta Cracks Down On Romance Miscarriages of Justice Complainants Sent To Jail, Killed 46 RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE 46 FORCED RELOCATION & DISPLACEMENT 48 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 49 HUMAN TRAFFICKING 50 RIGHTS OF THE CHILD 51 IGNORING TSUNAMI-AFFECTED BURMESE 52 LANDMINES
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-02-28
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Title: PRESSURE WORKS: BURMA BACKS OFF FROM ASEAN CHAIR
Description: "Unprecedented pressure from ASEAN has forced the Burmese regime to back off from claiming the coveted chair for 2006. Although billed as ?Burma?s own decision”, the move ? affecting the regime?s credibility and prestige ? was a defeat for regime head Senior-General Than Shwe. Burma?s decision to relinquish its turn at the ASEAN chairmanship shows that persistent pressure works, and it works most effectively when applied from within ASEAN. Although being forced to relinquish the chairmanship was undoubtedly a success for ASEAN and the Burma democracy movement, it was only one of many steps towards the country achieving a genuine democracy. Moving beyond the chairmanship, ASEAN should now insist the junta set a clear timetable in fulfilling its long-standing pledge to ASEAN and the international community to commence a genuine and inclusive process towards democratization in Burma. In this process, ASEAN should engage with China and India ? both countries which have significant influence and business ties with the regime ? to convince them that a free, democratic and prosperous Burma presents a better business case and strategic partner than the bankrupt, pariah state it is now...Page 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Page 3 MOVING ON: BEYOND THE CHAIRMANSHIP Asean?s Continuing Leverage Page 4 THAN SHWE BACKS DOWN The Official Announcement Asean?s New Reality: Pressure Works! Asean, US, EU elated Burma, China, Rangoon diplomats upset ARF hits out at Burma News Blackout in Rangoon Page 6 THE ROAD TO VIENTIANE Asean Parliamentarians Lead the Charge Asean Ministers Follow Suit Page 8 THE CHAIR WAS IMPORTANT TO THAN SHWE He wanted it ? bad Why did he need it? SPDC Rank and File Demoralized Evaporating Ethnic Trust Economy in the Doldrums No Face, No Money Page 13 WHAT THEY SAID: STATEMENTS ON BURMA?S ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP NCGUB Asean Press International Press Asean Leaders Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus Other International Leaders & Commentators
Source/publisher: ALTEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-08-06
Date of entry/update: 2006-01-01
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Title: WAITING TO EXPLODE?
Description: Three bombs detonated in central Rangoon on 7 May 2005. The SPDC has been accused of having had foreknowledge of the bombings, but only organizing protection of military buildings. The bombings have been commonly assumed to be an ?inside job” to justify increased military actions against dissident groups, or as an expression of tensions between Vice-Sr Gen Maung Aye and ?young guns” aligned with Sr Gen Than Shwe. The reshuffle of half of the country?s regional commanders and the recall of many Burmese ambassadors, reported two weeks after the bombings, heighten speculation about the internal integrity of the regime post-Khin Nyunt ouster.
Source/publisher: ALTEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-06-01
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Title: BURMA BRIEFING - BURMA?S NATIONAL CONVENTION: ILLEGITIMATE, UNREPRESENTATIVE & OPPRESSIVE
Description: On 17 February 2005, Burma?s ongoing National Convention was scheduled to reconvene. The briefer examines the National Convention including information on structure, process, reasons why it is illegitimate, democratic alternatives, and international responses... FEBRUARY 2005 UPDATE:- NO CHANGES IN SIGHT: Tightening Control of Ceasefire Groups; National Convention Process Unchanged; Crackdown On Shan Leaders Ahead Of National Convention; Discontent Brewing Amongst Ceasefire Groups; CRPP Rejects National Convention... CONCLUSION... RECOMMENDATIONS... BACKGROUND INFORMATION:- AN EXCUSE NOT TO CONVENE PARLIAMENT... ENTRENCHING MILITARY RULE: The Military Junta Does Not Want Democracy; Six ?Objectives”; Chapter Headings; 104 ?Principles”... FIRST STEP IN A ROADMAP TO DEMOCRACY? The 7-Point Roadmap; Fundamentally Flawed; Continuation of a Previous Failure; No End in Sight; Who Will Draft the Constitution?; 1990 Election Results Must Be Upheld; Democratic Forces Reject the Roadmap... NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURMA?S PEOPLE: Worse Than the 1993 Convention; Thugs and Drug Lords at the NC... THE REGIME?S DESPERATION: NC Structure; SLORC Order 5/96: Freedom of Expression Criminalized; 1,076 Handpicked Political Prisoners; Bizarre Regulations; Strict Script Supervision; Media Gagged, Blindfolded, Deaf; Divide-and-Rule: Joint Proposal Refused... ALTERNATIVES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION: Ceasefire Groups Also Want Democratic Process; Ethnic Groups Draft an Alternative Roadmap; Eight New Basic Principles from Democracy Movement... INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES: Exclusion of the International Community; ASEAN: The Failure Of Unconditional Engagement; UN Consensus; Western Condemnation.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-02-16
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Title: BURMA BRIEFING: ISSUES AND CONCERNS VOL. 2 - Nov 2004
Description: UPDATE: THE KHIN NYUNT OUSTER: It?s Not Over, Yet; Another Generation of Political Prisoners?... MILITARY RESTRUCTURING... BORDER ISSUES: Border Trade; Confiscations, Arrests; Thailand... ECONOMY AND BUSINESS: Closures; Kyat; Trade & Investment... DRUGS... ETHNIC NATIONALITIES: National Convention... THE NLD & DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI... NCGUB... INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS: ASEAN Turns Up the Heat? Thailand: Soe Win ‘A Nice Guy?; Malaysia: Why Weren?t We Told? Philippines: More of ‘The Usual? Indonesia: Surprise Visit; China: Quietly Concerned; India: Friendly Overtures; EU: Asians Should Help; US: More Pressure, Please; UN... WHO?S IN, WHO?S OUT... WHO?S WHO: SPDC LEADERS? BIOGRAPHIES... PRISONER RELEASES: EASING THE PRESSURE VALVE? Who Was Released? Some Still Waiting; What About Aung San Suu Kyi; No Signs of Change; A Response to Pressure; Not the First Time; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: Burma?s Most Famous Political Prisoner... WHY THE RELEASES? International Pressure; Internal Pressure; What Next?; Conclusion... LOTS OF NOISE, LITTLE CHANGE: HUMAN RIGHTS POST KHIN NYUNT... LEGISLATORS ACTING ON BURMA: Inter-Parliamentary Union; 3,285 Parliamentarians Sign Solidarity Declaration; European Parliament Calls for Increased Pressure on Burma; Parliamentarians Support the CRPP; US Congress: United on Burma; Other Recent Parliamentarian Initiatives; ASEAN: Parliamentary Caucuses Emerge: Malaysia; Thailand... RECENT CIVIL SOCIETY INITIATIVES ON BURMA: Nobel Laureates; Regional Activists; Labor Groups... RESPONSES FROM INTERNATIONAL BODIES: UNGA?s Annual Resolutions; ILO: Pressure Triggers Response; FATF: Money Laundering Concerns... LEGAL PROOF OF A DICTATORSHIP: Emergency Provisions Act (1950); State Protection Law (1975); Television & Video Law (1996); 21 Unlawful Associations Act (1908); Interpretation of Expressions Law (1973); Printers & Publishers Registration Law (1962); The Official Secrets Act (1923); Habitual Offenders Act (1961); The Burma Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933); The ?National Convention” Law 5/96 (1996); 22 Uses & Abuses of the Law; But Sometimes the Law isn?t so Important… Further Deficiencies; Guilty Until Proven Innocent; Inaccessible Laws; Legal Bid to Free Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Fails; More Sackings... THE LAST WORD - QUOTES FROM AUNG SAN SUU KYI on: Burma & ASEAN; ASEAN?s Constructive Engagement; Refugees; Democracy; 25 Human Rights & Asian Values; The UN Special Envoy Razali Ismail; The 1990 Election; Power-Sharing? On the NLD?s ?Inflexibility”; Some Resources from Altsean-Burma.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2004-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Title: TSUNAMI IMPACT ON BURMA - Update 28 January 2005
Description: Note: This briefing note is an update of a previous Altsean-Burma paper entitled ?Tsunami Impact on Burma ? Update as of 4 January 2005”. It covers tsunami-related developments affecting the Burmese population inside Burma and in Thailand from 4 to 28 January 2005...In December of 2004, an undersea earthquake near Indonesia triggered a tsunami that caused widespread destruction in Indonesia, Thailand, India and, most likely, Burma. Because of Burma?s secretive military regime, it has been had to assess the full extent of the tsunami?s damage to Burma. The briefer examines the probable damage caused by the tsunami to Burma, the SPDC?s reporting and response to the event, as well as the impact of the tsunami on migrant workers from Burma working in Thailand and the Thai government?s treatment of the migrant workers. Note: This briefing note is an update of a previous Altsean-Burma paper entitled ?Tsunami Impact on Burma ? Update as of 4 January 2005”. It covers tsunami-related developments affecting the Burmese population inside Burma and in Thailand from 4 to 28 January 2005.
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-01-28
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Title: TSUNAMI IMPACT ON BURMA ? Update as of 4 January 2005
Description: "The tsunami has highlighted the reality that Burma is a failed state that has been slow to recognise the seriousness of the situation. The military authorities have denied the severity of the effects of the tsunami and associated earthquakes. Besides being slow to act to support its own citizens, the regime has also hindered aid agencies and concerned people from providing direct assistance. The impacts on Burmese have not just been felt in the country, but also amongst thousands of migrant workers and asylum-seekers in Thailand. However, the Burmese authorities has not moved to provide support to their citizens overseas, neither has it been committed to helping account for foreigners who may have been present in coastal areas affected by the tsunami..."
Source/publisher: ALTSEAN-Burma
Date of publication: 2005-01-04
Date of entry/update: 2005-02-26
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Title: A Failing Grade - Burma's drug eradication efforts
Description: "...Since the assumption of power of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) in September 1988, Burma has experienced a dramatic rise in the production and export of illegal narcotics. Since 1996, opium and heroin production doubled. In the years since there has been a steady decline in opium production and the export of heroin. Far from being the result of government and international efforts, this has been largely the cause of a production and market shift, from opiates to amphetamine type stimulants (ATS). The drug trade in Burma is conducted predominantly by Chinese criminal organizations, protected at every step by ethnic militia armies with links to transnational criminal networks. They are routinely and systematically assisted by members of the Burmese Army (Tatmadaw) in a network that has no official approval, but which is so widespread and deep as to be systemic and multi-layered, from the troops on the ground to the generals in Rangoon....The SPDC has failed to resolutely interdict the narcotics trade in Burma. Efforts so far to accord with its stated aims and international obligations have been insufficient to increase the current level of United Nations funding, or for the United States Government to certify the regime as cooperating fully on stopping the drug trade. Narcotics eradication efforts cannot be depoliticized or sequestered from the SPDC's wider aims, which includes the pacification of ethnic people. The humanitarian crisis facing opium farming communities in the Shan State must be urgently addressed by the international community. This should entail greater lobbying of the SPDC to slow down their eradication drive and take a more gradual, sustainable approach to eradication. The regime must demonstrate that their war on drugs is one conducted with greater respect for human rights, providing sustainable alternative incomes and more positive development for the communities. Other communities affected by drug eradication projects, such as Shan displaced by UWSA and UNODC sponsored forced relocations should also be recognized and assisted..."
Source/publisher: Altsean-Burma
Date of publication: 2004-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2004-12-14
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Title: BRIEFING NOTE: IT IS TIME TO ACT ON BURMA,
Description: SHOULD THE SPDC BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH LIES? Patience & Flexibility... WHY ACT NOW?-- SPDC's Broken Promises; Lack of Democratic Progress; Continuing Human Rights Abuses; Releases from international pressure; Security Concerns, Military Threat... PRESSURE WORKS:-- Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; U Lwin, NLD Spokesman; Asian Activists; Malaysian Parliamentarians; Sen. John McCain & HE Madeline Albright; Sanctions Take Time; Engagement is not working... WHAT THE REGIME IS BEING URGED TO DO... WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CAN DO... A BAN ON FINANCIAL REMITTANCES � THE PRACTICAL OPTION... A LIFELINE FOR THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT... A NON-VIOLENT BARGAINING CHIP... TAKING AIM AT SPDC'S ECONOMIC LIFELINES... CREATING DOMESTIC PRESSURE FOR CHANGE:-- Undermining Moderates?... INSTIGATING REGIONAL ACTION... SPDC � FEIGNING REFORM & ROLLING OUT THE CHARM... DAMPENING EFFORTS: Relabeling; Enabling Remittances; Business Diplomacy... SANCTIONS & SEX WORK:-- Burma's biggest pimp; Increasing since 1988; Jumping the Gun; Low Factory Wages; Insufficient evidence; Numbers of job losses disputed; Job losses from capital flight; Reforms needed... PEOPLE OF BURMA SUPPORT SANCTIONS... PREDICTIONS: Brief Chronology of �Predictions' by the Thai Government... RECENT ARMS& DEFENSE EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS... ROGUE REGIMES � Pyongyang & the SPDC... GOING NUCLEAR!... REGIONAL THREAT... THE WORST SANCTION: The Ongoing Banking Crisis; Investor-Unfriendly Climate... APPENDIXES: Burma: An Albatross for Both Asean & Europe, By Kavi Chongkittavorn. The Nation, Jun 14 04... Non Interference In Burma Is Not An Option, By Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein. The Asian Wall Street Journal, Jun 14 04... Declaration of the Regional Strategy Meeting on Burma, Jun 8 04.... Press Statement by the Pro-Democracy Myanmar MPs' Caucus of The Malaysian Parliament, Jun 8 04... Envoy: Assembly a "Mass House Arrest�. The Nation, Jun 2 04... Now is the time for action on Burma, By Tashika Elbegdorj. The Nation, May 10 04... �Window Dressing,' Baltimore Sun, May 12 04... Don't Help Burma's Generals, by Zaw Oo, Far Eastern Economic Review, May 6 04... Imposition of Special Measures against Burma, Myanmar Mayflower Bank, and Asia Wealth Bank, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, May 3 04... A Need to Act on Burma, by John McCain & Madeleine Albright, Washington Post, Apr 27 04... No Excuse for Inaction on Burma, Fred Hiatt, Washington Post, Apr 5 04... Press Release: FATF Strengthens Global Anti- Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Campaign, Feb 27 04... Foreword to Ready, Aim, Sanction: Non-Military Options to Support Burma's Democratization, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nov 03... Press Release: FATF decides to impose counter-measures on Myanmar, Nov 3 03.
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Date of publication: 2004-06-01
Date of entry/update: 2004-07-06
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Title: DECLARATION OF THE REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON BURMA
Description: "We, the participants of the Regional Strategy Meeting on Burma, from 40 organisations in 10 countries, met for 2 days in June in Thailand, AFFIRM THAT: * The democratisation of Burma is integral to freedom and democracy in the entire region. * Tripartite dialogue premised on observance of human rights and democratic principles is essential to genuine National Reconciliation. * Free and fair elections are a cornerstone to any democratic state, therefore the outcome of the 1990 multi-party elections organised by the military regime must be acknowledged. * Asean is a key actor in determining the future of Burma, and therefore the future of this region. * Asean and the international community need to focus more effort and resources to advocate effectively for genuine reforms in Burma. * Sanctions, particularly economic sanctions, are vital non-military options to support the democracy movement in Burma. Hence, the continuation and expansion of such sanctions are needed. RECOGNISE THAT:..."
Source/publisher: Regional Strategy Meeting on Burma
Date of publication: 2004-06-08
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Title: ON THE ROAD TO DEPAYIN:
Description: "The following excerpts have been translated from footage of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's tour of Mandalay Division, Kachin, State, Shan State and Sagaing Division in the weeks leading up to the murderous attack on her entourage on May 30, 2003. She made these impromptu speeches at rallies that attracted thousands of people who traveled great distances to see her despite harassment and severe warnings by the authorities. Several isolated protests organized by the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) acting under the direction of Burma's military leaders. These went relatively unheeded until the USDA stepped up their campaign of threats and intimidation, which culminated in the Depayin attack which resulted in scores killed, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD Deputy Chair U Tin Oo detained..."
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Date of publication: 2004-06-04
Date of entry/update: 2004-06-08
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Title: SPECIAL REPORT: ON THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY?
Description: A Summary of Political & Human Rights Developments in Burma September 1 2003 - February 29, 2004... Prepared for the 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, March 2004... CONTENTS: 2 ON THE ROAD TO DEMOCRACY? 4 Context of the Roadmap; 5 Nation-Wide Crackdown; 5 No Justice - No Accountability; 6 Rise of the Hardliners; 6 Forced Military Training; 8 Dissecting the Roadmap; 9 'Moderate' vs 'Hardline'? 10 Democratisation or Delay Tactic? 13 Broken Promises; 15 Lessons from the National Convention 1990-1996; 16 SPDC Actions Thus Far to Implement the Roadmap; 17 Bangkok Process - Dialogue with One Side; 17 USDA PIan to Destroy Democratic Movement; 19 Ethnic & Pro-Democracy Groups Reject Roadmap; 20 NLD: Dialogue or Detente; 21 Ethnic Nationalities Seminar's Common Position; 22 Ceasefire Groups: Conditional Support, Misrepresentation; 23 Pushed to the Ceasefire Table at Gunpoint; 26 Rethinking the Roadmap; 26 A Starting Point, Not a Fait Accompli; 28 OVERVIEW: HUMAN RIGHTS: 29 Arbitrary Detention; 31 Miscarriage Of Justice; 32 Update on Depayin Victims; 32 Arbitrary Detentions May 31 -Aug 31, 2003; 34 Torture; 36 Exlrajudicial Killings & Summary Executions; 37 Freedom of Expression; 37 Religious Intolerance; 38 Update on Ethnic Nationality Relations; 39 Forced Labor; 41 Forced Relocation & Displacemt; 42 Landmines; 44 Violence Against Women; 45 Child Soldiers; 47 Abuse of Economic Rights.
Source/publisher: Altsean-Burma
Date of publication: 2004-02-29
Date of entry/update: 2004-03-24
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Title: Under Pressure: Report Card July-September 2003
Description: UNDER PRESSURE: DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE:- * No Justice For Black Friday Victims * Depayin Victims Missing / Detained * U Tin Oo & Other NLD Leaders * Daw Aung San Suu Kyi * ICRC Visits * More Eyewitness Accounts * Ethnic Groups Warned Not To Speak Out About Black Friday * The Big Picture - Nationwide Crackdown & �Clean Up' * Ongoing Arrests, Sentencing, And Harassment Of Opposition Members * NLD MPs Flee To Thailand * Authorities Shoot Hunger Strike Prisoners * Activist Dies After Depayin Attack * Releases * SPDC Propaganda Offensive * Bomb Blasts - SPDC Points Finger At Opposition Groups * Anti-SPDC Leaflets * Asean Interventions-Little Attempted, Little Gained * Thai �Road Map' * Indonesian Envoy * Razali's Visit - No High Hopes * Regime Roadmap-Another �Road To Nowhere' * The Perfect Stalling Tactic * National Convention Background * What's Missing From �Road Map' * What The Convention Does Offer * Play By Our Rules Or Stay Out * Who's On Board * SPDC Rallies And Prayers To Support Road Map And Ward Off Sanctions * Reactions To The Roadmap * Ethnic & Political Groups' Rejection * Ceasefire Groups' Conditional Support * International Community: Wait & See� MILITARY THREAT:- * SPDC Reshuffle Rise Of The Hardliners * General Khin Nyunt-Promoted Or Demoted? * Forced Conscription * New Bases, Battalions & Tanks * Military Border Buildup * ABSDF Forced Out Of KIO Territory * Tatmadaw Goes International * China - Military Visit * Thailand - More Naval Cooperation * India - Quid Pro Quo * Bangladesh - Shopping For Arms & Intelligence * Bombs * Attack On SPDC Warship * Students Clash With Police * MI Sergeant Arrested For Corruption� 33 DRUGS:- * Thaksin Gets Tough * Wa * Goodbye Opium, Hello Amphetamines * Newer, Stronger Yaba Pill * Burma Destroys Poppy Crops * France Funds Drug Monitoring Project * Militia Leader Top Drug Producer * US Burma �Failed Demonstrably' * Regional Meetings * Regional Threat ECONOMY:- * Sanctions Begin To Bite * Eating Lobster In Rangoon * More Cash, Less Credit * Fecs On The Way Out? * Changing To Euros * Effects On Border Trade * Job Losses * Wobbly Kyat * Bank Crisis Continues To Bite * Root Cause * Arakan State - Govt Control & Private Monopolies * New Agriculture Policies Amid Shortages * New Agricultural Census * IT Workshop * Regional Economic Integration * GMS, Regnl Routes = $$ For Junta * Foreign Trade & Investement * Regional Imports Up, Exports Down * Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam * Pressure & Divestment * More Companies Jump Ship * Premier's Long Goodbye * ITF Calls For Boycott * BAT - Fishy Business * Unocal Trial Moves Forward * SPDC Launches New Airline * Tourism - Still Bringing In $$ For The Junta * Britain Tells Travel Companies To Pull Out� AID:- * China funds power projects * Australia funds ICRC in Burma * Backdoor funding via ADB & GMS * ERI's Needs Assessment On Aid * UN FAO� INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:- * Actions Speak Louder Than Words * Junk Salesman * United Nations * United States Applies Sanctions * Sanctions "Bad� * Sanctions "Good� * Effects of Sanctions * Canada * Asean � What Would You Like To Hear? * No Parliament, MPs Not Welcome * Malaysia � Hard & Soft * Indonesia � Patience Thins * Philippines Maintains Position * Singapore: No Comment * Vietnam Silent * Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) * India, China, Bangladesh � Courting the SPDC * India 's New Best Friend * China � Maung Aye Sent to Grovel * Bangladesh - Buying Friends * Japan Takes A Stand * South Korea At Odds * Pakistan Warming * Australia's Mixed Message * European Union � Big Bark, No Bite� THAI-BURMA RELATIONS:- * Thai Roadmap * Thaksin's Response To Black Friday * Thai � US Relations * Sanctions * Economic Links * Crackdown On Refugees * Migrant Workers * Thai-Based Dissidents * Arrested For Murder And Released * Military Relations� ETHNIC RELATIONS:- * Junta Tells Ceasefire Groups To Keep Quiet * Ethnics Welcome US Sanctions * Arakanese Tell ASEM: More Pressure Needed * Wa Want Political Recognition * ALD Leader Dies * KNLA: 66 Battles In 64 Days * Naga Rebel Base Destroyed * Ceasefire Groups Invited To China HUMAN RIGHTS:- * ICRC Visits Shan State * Human Trafficking � Failure To Comply * KHRG Report Exposes Military Violations * Political Prisoners * Violence Against IDPs In Eastern Shan State * Forced Labor * Forced Fire Safety Training * Extortion * Freedom Of Information * Freedom Of Movement * Human Rights Training For Youth In Bangladesh� WOMEN AND CHILDREN:- * More Women Leaders * Sanctions = Sex Slavery? * SPDC Pays Parents For Child Soldiers� RELIGIOUS FREEDOM:- * Forced Religious Conversion * USDA's Anti-Muslim Pamphlets * Anti-Muslim Riot In Mandalay * Authorities Ban Muslim Prayers * Mosque Demolished - PM Loses Face * Forced Mantra Chanting * Revered Monk Dies Suddenly * Buddhist Monks Warned To Stay Away From Politics� DISPLACEMENT:- * INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPs) * REFUGEES * Thailand Tightens Up * India: Thousands Of Chin Refugees Expelled * Bangladesh Repatriation Continues * Malaysia Gets Hostile * Japan Reprieve * MIGRANT WORKERS * Thai Authorities Fail To Protect Workers In Mae Sot * Japan: SPDC Denies Passports To Burmese� LANDMINES� EDUCATION:- * SPDC Claims * Reality For Mandalay Students� HEALTH:- * Still Waiting For Water * "Condom� Word Used For First Time� ENVIRONMENT:- * Tigers Face Extinction� CHRONOLOGY: 1 JUL ~ 30 SEP 2003� APPENDIX I: RECOMMENDATIONS: "SHAN REFUGEES: DISPELLING THE MYTHS"... APPENDIX II: INTERVIEWS ON FORCED MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
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Date of publication: 2003-12-31
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Title: ARRESTED: Report Card: 1 April ~ 30 June 2003 1
Description: 3 BLACK FRIDAY: A SLAP IN THE FACE OF ASEAN: Asean � Paying the Price of Constructive Engagement; Plans for the Future - Another �Road to Nowhere'; SPDC Reshuffle � Rise of the Hardliners; The Big Picture � Nationwide Crackdown & Military Buildup; Attack was Premeditated; Chronology - the Attack & its Aftermath; SPDC Cover-up & Damage Control; Partial List: Dead, Arrested, Detained, Releases; International Response; Rogues Gallery for Black Friday... 36 DEMOCRACY AND DIALOGUE: Razali Locked Out; NLD Trip to Chin State � SPDC Turns Up the Heat; Tissue of Lies; 38 MILITARY THREAT: Building Capacity; Good Friends & Neighbors; Forced Conscription On Rise; Bomb Blasts; Navy Extortion... 41 DRUGS: WA; US Report: SPDC Link to Drugs; EU & Japan: More Money for Drug Aid, Boycott; Regional Threat... 46 ECONOMY: Funny Numbers; Bank Crisis Continues; SPDC Ends Rice Procurement Policy; Petroleum & Hydro � Yet Another Plan; Foreign Trade; Foreign Investment Figures on Decline; Pressure and Divestment; Tourism: Mixed News... 54 AID: Japan: Aid Suspended; Australian Ambivalence; ICRC Pushes for Greater Access; Britain, Sweden, and Norway to Support AIDS Program; UK Wildlife Aid; Aid for UN Drug Reduction Program; UN Development Gap Plan... 56 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Unhappy With Empty Promises; Asean; China � Friendship First; India: Engagement for Security; Bangladesh: Warming Up; Japan Delicately Pushing; US Complains Dialogue Has �Ground to a Halt'; EU: Dashed Hopes; UN: Human Rights Resolution... 62 THAI-BURMA RELATIONS: Economic Links; Border: Murder, Porn, Intrusion; Crackdown Against Thai-Based Dissidents. Refugees... 67 ETHNIC RELATIONS: KNU Protests International Support for Junta; ICG Report: Ethnics Need More Political Influence; KNU Attacks SPDC to Incite Talks; Ethnics: Black Friday Will Bring �Catastrophe'... 68 HUMAN RIGHTS: Forced Labor; Political Prisoners; New Arrests; Student Fracas in Mon State; Right to Food; Freedom of Information... 72 WOMEN AND CHILDREN: Rape; Trafficked Woman Granted Asylum in Australia... 73 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: 6 Muslims Arrested, Madrassa Destroyed; Burmese Muslim Supplying Weapons to Al-Qaeda? Muslim Leader Calls on Neighboring Countries to Help... 74 DISPLACEMENT: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); Refugees; Bangladesh: Rohingya Repatriation Continues; Migrant Workers; Trafficking... 80 EDUCATION: South Korea to Cooperate in Maritime Training; ABSFU Releases Education Report; 80 HEALTH: Repression & Disease... 81 ENVIRONMENT: New Construction in Pagan; Logging; 82 CHRONOLOGY: 1 APR ~ 30 JUN 2003 96 APPENDIX I: RECOMMENDATIONS & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "NO SAFE PLACE� 99 APPENDIX II: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S TRAVELS BEYOND RANGOON.
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Date of publication: 2003-10-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-11-21
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Title: CHARM OFFENSIVE: Report Card March 2003
Description: 3 DEMOCRACY & DIALOGUE: Inviting the US, Keeping the UN Out; SPDC Lashes Out at Opposition; Harassment of Daw Suu; CRPP, SPDC Refuses to; Recognize Ethnic Parties,,, 7 MILITARY THREAT: Reshuffle; Ne Win Family Appeal Rejected; Explosion on Gas Pipeline; 18 Villagers Killed in Crossfire; Bombs; Army vs NaSaKa; New Equipment & Infrastructure; Upgrading NaSaKa... 12 DRUGS: Thaksin's War on Drugs; UWSA Deny Putting Contract on Thaksin; Wa Continue Production; SSA Joins War on Drugs; Less Opium, More Meth; US Fails to Certify Burma; US Not Invited to Opium Survey; India & China; Aid for Crop Substitution... 16 ECONOMY: Price Hikes; Pay Rise for Civil Servants; Forced Sale of Crops; Oil & Gas; Bank Crisis; Foreign Trade & Investmen; Tourism, Pressure and Divestment... 30 AID: United Nations, Japan, Israel; Helen Keller Intl/ TotalFinaElf; FIFA... 32 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: US-Running Out of Patience; Vietnam � Strengthening Close Friendship; Russia, Malaysia China - Exchanging Goodwill Visits; UK - Growing Criticism; Asean, Asean � EU Meeting; Bangladesh �Trading Ties; Japan Defends Policy; India, Australia... 38 THAI-BURMA RELATIONS: High Level Visits to Burma; Princess Smoothening Relations; Thaksin, the Great Mediator? Border... 43 ETHNIC RELATIONS: 5 Armies Establish Joint Command; Defections, Divide and Rule; Ceasefire Groups Strengthen Ties; Arakan State � Rangoon Tightens its Grip; Shan, Karen, Mon... 48 HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty Intl Inside for 1st Time; SPDC Threatens Villagers before ICRC Missions, Villagers Trained to Lie to Intl Monitors; Political Prisoners, New Arrests; Pinheiro's 5th Mission, "the Bug"; US Country Report on HR; Forced Labour, Extortion; Land Confiscation, Shoot Order; Freedom of Press & Expression... 55 WOMEN & CHILDREN: Rape, Child Soldiers... 57 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Blacklist; WCC Chair Meets Khin Nyunt; Discrimination Against Muslims; Discrimination Against Christians; Forced Conversion... 59 DISPLACEMENT: IDPs; Refugees & Asylum-seekers; Migrants... 64 LANDMINES... 65 HEALTH... 66 ENVIRONMENT... 67 CHRONOLOGY: 1 JANUARY ~ 31 MARCH 2003... 72 APPENDIX I: Current Composition of the CRPP... 73 APPENDIX 2: SWAN Recommendation to UNHRC... 74 APPENDIX 3: Diplomatic Visits/
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Title: Ready, Aim, Sanction!
Description: 1 FOREWORD BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU; INTRODUCTION:- 3 FLAWED IMPLEMENTATION; 3 MOVING AHEAD; 4 RESISTANCE; 4 BROKEN PROMISES; 5 NO DELAY; 6 SMART SANCTIONS... PART 2: THE STORY SO FAR:- 7 CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS; 9 ROADMAPS LEADING NOWHERE: * Thai �road map' _ Much Ado About Nothing; * The SPDC Roadmap_ the Perfect Stalling Tactic; * National Convention background; * What's missing from the �road map'; * What the convention does offer; * NLD & ethnic nationality participation not required; 12 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; 14 BROADER INDIRECT IMPACT OF SANCTIONS; 17 LIMITATIONS OF SANCTIONS: * �Carroty Sticks'; 18 SANCTIONS & THE ECONOMY... PART 3: CURRENT SANCTIONS:- 21 CANADA'S SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 22 EUROPEAN UNION SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 23 JAPAN'S POLICY ON BURMA; 24 UNITED STATES SANCTIONS ON BURMA; 25 SANCTIONS & ACTIONS: AN ASSESSMENT; 25 IMPORT BAN: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 26 BAN ON REMITTANCES TO BURMA: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 28 FOREIGN INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 30 ARMS EMBARGO / NON-PROVISION OF ARTICLES/SERVICES THAT COULD BE USED FOR REPRESSION * Direct Impacts: * Room For Improvement; 33 ASSETS FREEZE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 34 TRAVEL/VISA BAN: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 35 BAN ON DIRECT FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; * Japan Suspends Aid to Burma; * Drug Eradication Assistance; * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 37 SUSPENSION OF MDB & IFI ASSISTANCE: * Direct Impacts & Room For Improvement; 38 TRADE PREFERENCE SUSPENSIONS: * Direct Impacts; * Room For Improvement; 40 DIPLOMATIC DOWNGRADES; 40 INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION (ILO): * A Model For Sanctions; 43 UNITED NATIONS: * SPDC Thumbing Their Nose At The UN; * UN Interventions; * Extreme Violations; * Broad Based Support; 46 WHAT ABOUT THE UNSC? 47 UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO BURMA: * Turning of the Tide; * A New Strategy; * UN Special Envoy's Mandate; 49 THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S OBLIGATION: * A Different Tune; 50 UNDERMINING ITSELF; PART 4: RECOMMENDED ACTIONS & SANCTIONS:- 51 �RECIPE FOR RECONCILIATION'; 51 PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT: * Nominations for the Burma Diplomatic Squad; * Components of the Recipe; * Reconstruction of Burma; 54 NO MORE TOYS FOR THE BAD BOYS; 54 WIDEN BAN ON REMITTANCES TO BURMA; 55 IMPORT BAN ON GOODS FROM BURMA: * 10% of Exports Profits Directly Fund the Regime; 58 BAN ON CONFLICT RESOURCES: * SPDC Involvement; * Examples of SPDC �unofficial' involvement in logging; * Local Communities � Logging often hurts more than it helps; * Gems; * Environmental Destruction; * Employment; * Forced Labor; * Ethnic Nationalities � Between A Rock & A Hard Place; * Drugs, HIV/AIDS & Money Laundering; * Resource Diplomacy; * Who's Operating? * Some of the Big Boys... 70 BAN ON NATURAL GAS IMPORTS FROM BURMA; 71 RESTRICTION ON FUEL SALES TO BURMA; 72 BAN ON OIL & GAS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI): * Oil & Gas; * New Pipeline Proposal; * Yadana Partners Strike Again; * Greater Mekong Subregion Project; 74 FULL INVESTMENT BAN: * Major FDI Players; * FDI 2001-2002; * Trade Fairs; * FDI Exposure to Money Laundering; * What About the Workers? 79 SPECIAL FOCUS: TENTACLES 'S HOLD ON THE FORMAL ECONOMY: * The BIG Tentacles � A Snapshot! * Ministry of Defense; * DDP: Directorate of Defense Procurement; * DDI: Directorate of Defense Industries; * MEC: Myanmar Economic Corporation; * UMEH (UMEHL): Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings; * MOGE/MPE/MPPE; * Ministry of Industry I; * Ministry of Industry II; * Myanmar Agricultural Produce Trading (MAPT); * Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE); * Myanmar Export-Import Services (MEIS); * Ministry of Post and Telegraphs (MPT); * Ministry of Hotels & Tourism; * Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE); * Directorate of Ordnance; * State-Owned/Controlled Banks; 86 A CLOSER LOOK: UNION OF MYANMAR ECONOMIC HOLDINGS LTD (UMEH/UMEHL/UMEHI): * Gems; * Jade; * UMEH Business Ventures; * Keeping It In The Family: Industrial Estates; * It Gets Worse; * Six Degrees Of Separation; * Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA); * Na Sa Ka: Making Human Rights Violations Profitable... 95 WIDEN THE ASSETS FREEZE; 95 IMPLEMENT FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE (FATF) RECOMMENDATIONS; 98 WITHHOLD ASSISTANCE FROM IFI/MDBS: * Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS); * East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC); * Power Trade Operating Agreement (PTOA); * Technical Assistance; * Withhold GMS Funding For Projects In Burma... 102 SUSPEND JAPAN'S OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) TO BURMA: * Options; 105 PRESSURE ON JAPAN; 105 BOYCOTT AND DIVESTMENT CAMPAIGNS; 108 DELAY TOURISM: * Benefiting Whom? 109 ASEAN TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY: * The Reality; * Credibility on the Line; 111 INCREASE PRESSURE ON THE REGIME'S KEY PARTNERS; 112 SPORTS EMBARGO; 113 OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR THE CRPP; 113 INCREASE CAPACITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT; 114 PUT SPDC ON PROBATION; 114 TAKE BURMA TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL (UNSC): * Rampant Military Growth; * Known weapons procurement during 2001-July 2003; * Civilian Military Porters; * Child Soldiers; * Drugs; * Civil War; * Displacement of People; * Systematic human rights abuses; * Failure to recognize democratic elections; * Regional Implications... PART 5: MYTHS & REALITIES:- 132 MYTH 1: Sanctions on Burma have not worked.; 133 MYTH 2: The effectiveness of sanctions is too limited to beconstructive; 134 MYTH 3: The SPDC is not influenced by international pressure; 135 MYTH 4: Sanctions can be used as a scapegoat by the SPDC for internal policy failures; 136 MYTH 5: Sanctions will alienate the �moderates' in the regime; 137 MYTH 6: Sanctions take away incentives for the regime to make progress; 138 MYTH 7: Constructive engagement would be successful in bringing reforms in Burma; 139 MYTH 8: Sanctions and principled engagement cannot work as complementary approaches; 141 MYTH 9: Western nations' economic stake in Burma is not large enough for sanctions to be effective; 142 MYTH 10: Sanctions will not impact the regime but will mostly hurt civilians: * Formal and Informal Economy; * Reality Check; * Jobs Lost? 146 MYTH 11: Sanctions are starving the population: * Very Low Nutrition and Life Expectancy Rates; * More Displacement in Ethnic and Central Areas; * Logging and Increased Poverty; * Military Forces and Arms Procurement Have Increased; * More Oppression; * Four-Cuts Program; * Mawchi Township: Impoverished by the SPDC; 151 MYTH 12: Investment and trade has brought better working conditions; 153 MYTH 13: Sanctions destroyed Burma's investment climate: * Mandalay Brewery: A Cautionary Tale; 156 MYTH 14: Sanctions created Burma's current financial crisis; * Foreign Exchange Certificates (FECs); 158 MYTH 15: Burmese people do not want sanctions; 159 MYTH 16: International pressure & sanctions will isolate the regime, push it closer to China; PART 6: IRREVERSIBLE STEPS FORWARD:- 162 LESSONS FROM AFGHANISTAN: * A Few Steps Behind; * Engagement & Reward � A Dangerous Game; * Transformation; 164 SANCTIONS FOR CHANGE: * Clear Recipe; * Period of Leverage & Enforcement Actions; * Timing & Strength; * Committee oversight; * Communication; * Moderates?; * Lose-Lose Situation; * Premature Action; 172 EU'S NEW STRATEGY APRIL 2003 � WHY IT DIDN'T MEASURE UP; 174 LESSONS FROM HAITI, NIGERIA, AND SOUTH AFRICA: * Haiti; * Nigeria; * South Africa; 179 RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: * A Non-Zero Sum View of the Conflict; * Sticks as Well as Carrots; * Asymmetry of Motivation Favoring the State Employing Coercive Diplomacy; * Opponent's Fear of Unacceptable Punishment for Noncompliance; * No Significant Misperception
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Date of publication: 2003-11-20
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Title: BRIEFING: BLACK FRIDAY & THE CRACKDOWN ON THE NLD (update)
Description: • Sr-Gen Than Shwe is responsible for the murderous ambush on NLD leaders Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin U, and their entourage and the ensuing crackdown on the democratic movement in Burma. Than Shwe perpetrated such criminal behavior because he was confident that Asean, India and China would help his regime weather criticism, and continue to supply him with weapons. • Black Friday May 30 and the ensuing crackdown has been the most ruthless and bloodiest attack on the democracy movement in Burma since the 1988 massacre. 's nationwide high alert a week before the attack, and a high-level meeting on the eve of Black Friday (see section below). • 500-1,000 of USDA members, police, men dressed as monks, armed soldiers, and prisoners ambushed hundreds of unarmed NLD supporters, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, and the NLD team with lethal weapons: guns, sharpened bamboo stakes, catapults, and steel and iron pipes. • Hundreds have been arrested, killed, and are missing. Reportedly, 65 bodies were secretly cremated in the Northwest Military Command compound. Scores of people, including NLD Deputy Chairman U Tin U, are missing. • Universities are closed, NLD offices are padlocked and the SPDC is trying to terrorize the population to suffocate the widespread support for democracy by the people of Burma. ||| This briefing is divided into the following sections: Pg 2 Premeditated â€? summary of developments indicating that the Black Friday ambush and subsequent crackdown was planned. Pg 3 A List of Travels out of Rangoon made by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in the past year. Pg 3 The Lead-Up â€? key events prior to May 6, 2003. Pg 4 The Kachin Tour & Related Events (May 6-30,2003) Pg 9 Map of locations visited by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Pg 9 Anatomy of the Attack â€? details from eyewitnesses. Pg 11 The Aftermath: The Investigation â€? U.S. Embassy officials visit the scene, Damage Control Pg 12 Casualties, Missing, Arrested, Detained, Released, ICRC, Ensuing Crackdown Pg 17 Razali Visit Pg 18 The Initial International Outcry â€? response from governments, organizations, and key individuals. Pg 27 3 Weeks after Black Friday â€? A Time to Stand and Be Counted â€? AMM & ARF, sanctions Pg 33 Global Day of Action June 19 & Beyond Pg 34 A Time for Serious Action - No More Business As Usual, Upcoming Events, ASEAN, Sanctions, Boycotts, United Nations, UN Security Council, International Labor Organization, Methods to Increase Pressure on the SPDC.
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Date of publication: 2003-06-24
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Title: Abused Bargaining Chips (Women's Report Card on Burma, July 2001-January 2003).
Description: WOMEN AND POLITICS: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Women�s Participation; Women in Opposition; Recommendations... RAPE: No More Shame & Silence; SPDC Response; Smokescreen; International Outcry; Endemic; Not Safe Anywhere; Recommendations... VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: UN Rapporteur on VAW; Violence for Silence; Women Outside of Burma; Domestic Violence; Recommendations... TRAFFICKING: SPDC Angle; Recommendations... 19 Forced Labor; HIV/AIDS: Prevalence; High Mobility; Sex Work; Education & Cultural Restrictions; SPDC Manipulation; Recommendations... HEALTH: Access to Health Care; The Result; Birth Spacing & Contraception; Maternal Health in Thailand; Funding; Migrants & Displaced Persons; Recommendations... DISPLACEMENT Unwelcome; Justice; Recommendations... EDUCATION: Recommendations... NON-BURMAN ETHNIC NATIONALITIES: Recommendations... APPENDICES: Licence To Rape; UDHR Article; Abbreviations; Women and Solidarity Group Contacts; Urgent Action Contact Information... Resources from Altsean.
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Date of publication: 2003-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Balancing Act (Report Card, Burma, 1 October-31 December 2002)
Description: DEMOCRACY & DIALOGUE: Razali�s Waning Influence;; Daw Suu�s Trips; CRPP; Political Prisoners; New Arrests; Watchdog; Letter Bombs To Embassies; Ethnic Parties... MILITARY THREAT: New Equipment and Infrastructure; Military Training and forced conscription; Reshuffle; Ne Win�s Death; Coup Plot Trial � Round 2... DRUGS: Uwsa Threat; Wa Versus Shan; Neighbours Get Their Share; Us Drug Certification: A Close Call; Aid For Crop Substitution... ECONOMY: Crisis & Rampant Inflation; Rice Shortage & Ban On; Commodities; Fuel Crisis; Border Trade With Thailand; Trade; Pressure & Divestment; Investment; Petroleum & Hydro Infrastructure Projects; Air Links; Tourism... AID: United Nations, Australia, Britain, China, Japan... INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Asean, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Japan, Israel, Ukraine, Serb Republic, Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, United Nations, International Labour Organisation, International Committee of The Red Cross... THAI-BURMA RELATIONS: Border Reopens; Drugs; Goodbye Task-Force 399; Critical General Removed; �Peace Dividend�; Crackdown And Arrests... ETHNIC RELATIONS: Rohingya� Highly Vulnerable!; Shan � Highly Vulnerable!; Karenni; Karen; Mon... HUMAN RIGHTS: Pinheiro, UNGA & UNCHR; ILO Mission; Extortion; Land Confiscation; Child Soldiers; Human Trafficking; Freedom of Press & Expression... WOMEN & CHILDREN: Multilingual Poster; Children... RELIGIOUS FREEDOM... DISPLACEMENT: IDPs; Refugees; Repatriation & Deportation; Migrants... LANDMINES... EDUCATION... HEALTH... ENVIRONMENT... CHRONOLOGY: 1 SEPT ~ 31 DECEMBER 2002... APPENDIX I: THE NEW CHAIN OF COMMAND... APPENDIX II: ICFTU DATABASE OF FOREIGN COMPANIES WITH BUSINESS LINKS TO BURMA... APPENDIX III: RECOMMENDATIONS: �MY GUN WAS AS TALL AS ME�... APPENDIX IV: DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S ITINERARIES... ALTSEAN PUBLICATIONS ON THE INTERNET... ALTSEAN LIST OF RESOURCES...
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Title: Burma: Tentative Steps
Description: Report Card Sept.�00 ~ Jan.�01. Bumper Issue �Talks� Special. Inside: 5 parter on the Rangoon Talks, Landmines, ILO, Drugs, Women & the Usual Topics; Chronology 1st Sept.�00 ~ 31st Jan.�01. Printed in Bangkok, March 2001 ISBN 974 88306 � 4. TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS DIALOGUE: � Expectations; � Outcomes; � The SPDC; � The NLD; � The Ethnic Nationalities; � �Concessions� to Asean; � Public Relations Rhetoric; � Role of Sanctions; � Where Do We Go From Here? WOMEN & HEALTH: � 2nd Myanmar Women�s Conf.; � Rohingya Women: Double Burden; � Women�s Reproductive Rights Infringed in Thailand; HIV/AIDS: � A Tragedy Unfolding; � Denial & Ignorance; � The Reality; � Geographical Mobility. � HIV Prevention; � Declining Health & Education Standards; DRUGS: � Drug Production; � Transmigration of the Wa Cont.; � UWSA & SSA (South); � SPDC & Drugs; � Drug Eradication Measures; ECONOMIC SITUATION: � SPDC Growth Fantasies; � Foreign Investment Collapse; � Prices of Basic Items Will Rise Again; � Japan; EDUCATION: � New Education Plan from SPDC; � Revolving Door of Closures; HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION: � The ILO Resolution; � Landmine Monitor Report 2000; � US Court Case against Unocal; RELATIONS WITH RELIGIOUS & ETHNIC GROUPS: � God�s Army Surrenders; RELATIONS WITH THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT: � Traveling in Burma With the NLD; � The Revolving Door of Arrests; � Homeless in Rangoon; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: � �Mediation� by Asean; � Mahathir Visits Burma; � EU-Asean Meeting; � The Off/On EU Troika; � Changes in Foreign Policy: Thailand & The United States; � U N Special Rapporteur Resigns; REFUGEES & MIGRANT WORKERS: � Repatriation of Karen; � Repatriation of Rohingya; � Burmese Refugees in Guam; � Migrant Labour in Thailand; CHRONOLOGY: September 1st 2000 - January 31st 2001. Appendix 1: Leadership Calls for NTl Reconciliation; Appendix 2: Intl Strategy Meeting on Burma statement; Appendix 3: Burma At The Crossroads; Appendix 4: The Coming Transition & The Ntl. Reconciliation Program; Appendix 5: ICFTU: Election of Burmese Official TO chair major U N C�tee; Appendix 6: Index of Economic Freedom for Burma 2001.
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Title: Burma's Secret Talks: Some Talk, Little Action
Description: Talks Checklist; Uneasy Dance - Confidence Building or Confidence Trick? Dashed Hopes; Razali Backstep; Concrete Signs; Sshhh! Mid-Term Developments That Signal Imminent Reforms - tripartitie talks, Release of political prisoners, political freedom; Ethnic Nationalities; The Wider Picture. Factors in the Dynamic - Military consolidation - March 2002 "coup plot", refashioning of khin nyunt, the army's party, Leverage - Forced Labor, Pinheiro, Drugs; CRPP; National Convention. What Do They Say? - NLD - ethnic politics; Ethnic Groups; SPDC - talk on ethnic groups; Pro-Democracy Allies; International Community - west, east. 39 Who's Who - Aung San Suu Kyi; Than Shwe; Khin Nyunt; Maung Aye; Razali; Kyaw WIn; Than Tun; U Lwin; Other Players. Chronology
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Date of publication: 2002-03-31
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Title: New Page, Old Story (Report Card, Burma: 1 April - 30 June 2002)
Description: DEMOCRACY: The Talks, The "Big" Development, SPDC Word Games, Tripartite, Working for National Reconciliation, International Response, Sanctions, Razali, Political Prisoners, That's All Folks. MILITARY THREAT: The "Coup Plot" Trial, Power Struggle, Weapons, Restructuring. THAI-BURMA RELATIONS: Bordering on Disaster, Let the Games Begin, Thaksin Appeases, Drugs. DRUGS: Production, Eradication & Prevention, A New Way to Play the Same Card, UNCDP, Regional Problem, US Position Shift. ETHNIC RELATIONS: Shan, Kachin, Karen, Rakhine & Rohingya, Chin, Mon. RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION. HUMAN RIGHTS: Extortion, Forced Labour, Political Freedoms, Death Sentences, Arbitrary Arrests, Forced Relocation, Village Destruction, UNCHR, ILO, International Actions, Legalizing Abuse of Power. WOMEN: License to Rape, Trafficking. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Asean, EU, US, DCI Associates, China, India, Japan, Russia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, East Timor, Australia. ECONOMY: The Crisis, The Kyat, Gold Rush, 2001-2002 Fiscal Year, Jan-Feb 2002, Investment, Pressure & Divestment, Import/Export Bans, Watchdog, Expensive Lobbyist, Aid Update, International Crisis Group, The Money Move, Sanctions Remain but HIV/AIDS Planned. DISPLACEMENT: Repatriation & Deportation, Migrant Workers, Refugees, IDPs. EDUCATION. CHRONOLOGY: 1 April ~ 30 June 2002. APPENDIX i: AN INTERVIEW WITH DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI. APPENDIX II: Executive Summary: We are Not Free to Work for Ourselves.
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Date of publication: 2002-08-31
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Title: A Peace of Pie? - Burma's Humanitarian Aid Debate
Description: A PEACE OF THE PIE? AID & POLITICS: PEACEBUILDING & NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: National Reconciliation, Humanitarian Aid & �Neutrality�, From �Secret Talks� To Tripartite Dialogue; THE HUMANITARIAN 'CRISIS': Taking The Politics Out Of Aid, Leaked UN Memo; �BETTER GOVERNANCE IS THE ANSWER� - Transcript Of Interview With Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, August 2002; THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT; THE ETHNIC NATIONALITIES: The �No AID� Position; THE SPDC; WHOSE RESONSIBILITY?: Causes Of Humanitarian problems in Burma, Oppression Of Civil Society, SPDC Society, Armed Conflict, Human Rights Violations, Killings, Forced Labour, Rape, Food Security, Forced Relocation & Dislocation, Economic Mismanagement, The Way Forward; ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT AID: Building Civil Society And Pluralism, Gongos, Independence Of Ingos, Reducing Conflict, Assistance To The Most Needy, Strengthening State Capacity For Responsibility, Lack Of Expertise, Aid Cannot Wait, Witnessing Human Rights, Corruption, Complementary Work, Bums-On-Seats; �THE RIGHT WAY�: Transparency, Accountability, Monitoring, The Role Of Aid Agencies, Donors and The International Community; CHRONOLOGY; APPENDIX 1: NGOS & DONORS IN BURMA: International Ngos In Burma, Donors, Donor/Government Policies, Multilateral Organisations, Corporate; APPENDIX II: POLITICAL & NATIONAL RECONCILIATION by Dr. Chao-Tzang Yawnghwe; APPENDIX III: Myanmar: a silent humanitarian crisis in the making; APPENDIX IV: DCI � SPDC�s newest weapon; BIBLIOGRAPHY; RESOURCES FROM ALTSEAN-BURMA.
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Date of publication: 2002-10-13
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Title: Rangoon Suspense (Report Card Burma: 1 Dec '01-31 March '02)
Description: Includes "coup plot" & chronology. DEMOCRACY: The Talks, Political Prisoners, Political Freedom. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Theme: "Democracy", China v. India. INTERNATIONAL AID, UPDATE: Japan, South Korea. ECONOMIC SITUATION: Heading for Economic Collapse, The Kyat: Downhill all the way, International Trade, Pressure, Foreign Direct Investment. DRUGS: Production, UWSA, Eradication & Prevention, Regional Problem, UNDCP & Funds. THAI-BURMESE RELATIONS: Drugs, Fighting on the Border, Aiding Rebels, People from Burma in Thailand. MILITARY REGIME: The 'Coup Plot', USDA, Police, T he Weapons Keep Coming, Regional Security, The Nuclear Reactor. WOMEN & CHILDREN: Women award, violence, Children sex work, violence. HUMAN RIGHTS: Prof. Pinheiro's 2nd Trip to Burma, Forced Labour, Extortion, Freedom of Expression, Labour Rights. ETHNIC: Chavalit's Intervention, Karen, Shan, Karenni, Lahu, Mon. RELIGION. HEALTH: Prosthesis, HIV/AIDS, Thailand & the Health of People from Burma. EDUCATION: Monastic Education, Study Abroad, Closure. DISPLACEMENT: IDPs. REFUGEES - Thailand, Rohingya; MIGRANT WORKERS - THAILAND highl y vulnerable, registration. ENVIRONMENT: Ivory, Logging & Furniture Smuggling. CHRONOLOGY. APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEW WITH DR. CHAO TZANG YANGHWE. BIBLIOGRAPHY. ERRATA.
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Date of publication: 2002-06-30
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Title: Report Card Burma: Burma's Plea
Description: Report Card Burma: 1 May-31 Aug '01 In memory of Daw Kyi Kyi (18 May 1920-15 June 2001). Introduction; Democracy: Progress? Open & Tripartite, Response, Humanitarian assistance; International Relations: "Pat on the back", Keeping a distance, Japan; Drugs : SPDC involvement, Thailand, Anti-Drugs; Thai-Burma Relations : Drugs & Armed Conflict, Social Relations, Prime Minister's visit; The Military: Internal turmoil, New weapons, Ramifications; Economic Situation: Growth & GDP, Mismanagement, Private sector, Agriculture, Kyat & Inflation, Border Trade, Foreign trade & investment, Textiles, Quotas, Tourism, ILO & Safety, Appeal for aid; Health : HIV/AIDS, Thai-Burma Health Initiative, Humanitarian assistance; Human Rights : Forced labour, Human rights Training, Pipeline investment, Freedom of information; Education : Funding, NHEC Education seminar, It's political; Displacement: IDPs, Refugees & Migrants : Shan-Wa, Hunger strike, Thai Refugee camps, Registration, Repatriation, Xenophobia, Asylum & HIV; Ethnic & Religious Relations: Ethnic relations, Religion; Environment: : Salween dam, Logging, Refugees & Deforestation; Landmines : Victims, SPDC, Others use, Medical treatment; Chronology ; Appendix A: Mobility & HIV ; Appendix B: Prisoner Releases ; Bibliography.
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Date of publication: 2001-09-30
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Title: Report Card Burma: Labour Pains
Description: Report Card Burma: 1 Sept- 30 Nov '01 Introduction; Dialogue & Democracy: What are concrete steps? 1. Tripartite Dialogue 2. Release of political prisoners 3. Political freedom; International Relations: The Military Red Carpet, Than Shwe in Malaysia; Humanitarian Assistance: Spdc Plea Continues, European Union (eu), Who, Australia, Japan, Baluchaung Dam; Economic Situation: Economic Delusions, A not so merry go-round, Currency & the Kyat, Rampant Inflation, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Thailand & Border Trade; Drugs: United WA State Army (UWSA)- Not in my backyard, Spdc and Drugs, Drug Eradication sham, Money Laundering; Thai-Burma Relations: Drugs, Tensions; The Military: Effects of Militarisation, Reshuffles; Health: HIV/AIDS; Human Rights: Forced Labour, Extortion, IDPs, Landmines, Freedom of Expression, Pinhero's first report; Women: Thailand, Violence; Refugees & Migrants: Refugees, Migrant Worker Registration - Thailand, Repatriation from Thailand; Ethnic Relations; Religious Persecution; Chronology; Appendix 1: Military Structure; Appendix 2: RTM Statement, 15-16 November; Bibliography.
Source/publisher: Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
Date of publication: 2002-02-28
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Report Card, Burma: Still Waiting
Description: Report Card, Burma: 1st Feb - 30 April '01 Democracy : Dialogue, Calls for Caution; Thai-Burma Relations : Armed Conflict, Border Trade, Blockade, Drugs, Espionage, Making Amends; Military Consolidation : Myanmar Armed Forces Day, Military Strength, Power Struggle; Economic Situation : SPDC Reports, Industries of Interest, Non-SPDC Reports, Inflation, Currency Exchange, Free Market & Private Enterprise, Border Trade, International Trade & Tourism, Thailand, Japan & Baluchaung; Drugs : Heroin, Methamphetamines, SPDC: a main player?, UWSA, Shan State; Health : Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Japan's Role; Human Rights : Forced labour, Taxation, Responses to the ILO Call for Sanctions, Procurement Policy, Land Confiscation, Torture, Freedom of Information, Political Prisoners, Human rights Training, UN Special expert on human rights situation in Myanmar; Women : Rape, Women from Burma in 2nd Countries, Health; Children : Health, Child Soldiers, Trafficking Ethnic & Religious Relations : Peace v. Armed Conflict, Kachin Coup, Religious Relations, Chinese; Forced Relocation & IDPs ; Refugees & Migrant Workers : Bangladesh, Guam, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Repatriated Refugees; Chronology ; Bibliography .
Source/publisher: Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
Date of publication: 2001-08-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Smokescreen (Report Card, Burma, 1 July-30 Sept 2002)
Description: Contents: Smokescreen; Democracy & Dialogue: Stonewall; Razali; Tripartite; National Reconciliation; Political Freedoms; Political Activity Resurfacing; PR Exercise; New Arrests... Military Threat: Growing Military Power; Coup Plot Trial; Reshuffle; Backstabber; Na Sa Ka Border Security Forces... Thai-Burma Relations: Pushing The Limits; Making Friends; All About The Money; Playing Hardball; Crackdown & Arrests; �Business Diplomacy�; Drugs; Thaksin�s Profit; Wa Threat; Thai Solidarity... Drugs: Opium Survey 2002; Structural Problems; Focus On The Wa; Drug Decline?; The New Drug Front; Degrees Of Separatn(?) Drug Clinics... Ethnic Relations: Shan; Karen; Mon; Kachin; Rohingya & Rakhine; Wa; Chin; Amnesty Report... Religion... Economy: The Crisis & The Kyat; Econ. Devt. Outlook; Trade; Imports & Exports; Divestment; Investment; Malaysia �Big Winner; Tourism; Petroleum & Hydro... Aid: Transparency & Accountability; Japan; China; European Union; United Nations; ADB... International Relations: United States; Malaysia; India; European Union; Japan; China; Vietnam; Bangladesh; South Korea; Israel; Singapore; Bhutan; United Arab Emirates; Greece; International Actions; Asean... Human Rights: Lack Of Security; Pinheiro & UNGA; ILO; Forced Labor; Forced Portering; Freedom Of Expression & Info; Extortion; Forced Relocation; Trafficking; Political Prisoners; Health & Death In Custody; International Concern; Watchdog... Women: No More Shame & Silence; Smokescreen; International Outcry; Endemic; Not Safe Anywhere... Displacement: Refugees & Asylum Seekers; Migrants; IDPs; Repatriation & Deportation... Education... Health... Landmines: Victims... Enviroment; Cchronology: 1 July-30 Sep 2002... List Of Abbreviations... Appendis 1: Japanese Foreign Minister's Visit... Appendix 2: Recommendations fr �License To Rape�... Appendix 3: Recommendations fr Amnesty Security Report.
Source/publisher: Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
Date of publication: 2002-11-30
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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Title: Women's Report Card on Burma 2001
Description: WOMEN AND POLITICS: The Democracy Movement, "Dialogue", Women's Organisations, Inside Burma, Outside Burma; WOMEN, POVERTY & THE ECONOMY: Living in Poverty; SPDC and Poverty; WOMEN AND EDUCATION: Access to Basic Education, Education and Politics; "Relevant History", The Re-Opening of Universities; WOMEN AND HEALTH: Access to basic health standards and facilities, Demographics; HIV/AIDS: Women, Children & HIV, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Family Planning, Refugees & Migrant Workers; VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: Rape, Women outside Burma, Commercial Sex Workers (CSW); RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SPDC: BIBLIOGRAPHY; WHAT YOU CAN DO; CONTACTS: Women of Burma Groups, Groups Working with Women of Burma, Burma on the Internet; RESOURCES FROM ALTSEAN-BURMA.
Source/publisher: Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)
Date of publication: 2001-05-31
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
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