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CHAPTER I.Mrs. Judson?s Birth,Education, and Conversion...
CHAPTER IT.Mrs. Judson?s Connexion with Mr. Judson,...
CHAPTER III Embarkation -- Voyage -- Arrival in Calcutta...
CHAPTER IV.Difficulties with the Bengal Government -- Mr. and Mrs. Judson and Mr. Riee, become Baptists...
CHAPTER V.Mr. and Mrs. Judson and Mr. Rice sail for the Isle of France -- Mrs. Newell?s Death -- Mr. Rice sails for America -- Mr. and Mrs. J. sail for Madras -- Arrival at Rangoon,...
CHAPTER VI.Sketch of the Geography, History, Religion, Language, &tc. of the Burman Empire,...
CHAPTER VII.Establishment of the Mission at Rangoon,...
CHAPTER VIII .Letters of Mrs. Judson -- Birth aad Death of a Son -- Arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Hough,...
CHAPTER IX -- Mr. Judson?s Visit to Chittagong -- Persecution of Mr. Hough and his Departure for Bengal -- Return of Mr. Judson -- Arrival of Messrs. Colman and Wheelock,...
CHAPTER X.-- Mr. Judson commences Preaching -- First Convert baptized -- Death of Mr. Wheelock,. .
CHAPTER XI.-- Visit to Ava -- Unsuccessful Interview with the King... .
CHAPTER XII.-- Arrival in Calcutta -- Return to Rangoon -- Dr. Price joins the Mission -- Mrs. Judson sails for America,
CHAPTER XIII-- Mrs. Judson?s Visit to America -- Mr. Wade joins the Mission -- Sail for Calcutta,...
CHAPTER XIV.-- Messrs. Judson and Price visit Ava -- Mrs. Judson and Mr and Mrs. Wade arrive at Rangoon,...
CHAPTER XV.-- Mr and Mrs. Judson visit Ava -- War with the British,...
CHAPTER XVI.-- Account of the Scenes at Ava during the War,...
CHAPTER XVII.-- Narrative continued -- Removal of the Prisoners to Oung-pen-la -- Mrs. Judson follows them -- Release of the Prisoners,...
CHAPTER XVIII-- Removal to Amherst -- Mrs. Judson?s Death -- Epitaph -- Obituary Lines -- Address to the Ladies of America....N.B. GOOGLE NOTE, PAGES AND COVERS PRECEEDING TITLE PAGE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE END OF THE TEXT. FOR ORIGINAL ORDER, SEE THE ALTERNATE URL.
James Davis Knowles
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Google Books
Date of publication:
1845-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-05
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Individual Documents
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English
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"The following work was drawn up by F. Sangermano, partly during his residence as a missionary in Ava, and partly after his return to Europe. He was sent out as a missioner in 1782, and in the July of the following year arrived at Rangoon, whence he proceeded directly to the city of Ava. But shortly after he was remanded to Rangoon, which was the scene of his future missionary labours....The following note found among F. Sangermano?s papers, after the work was partly translated, indicates the original documents he has principally followed.
"1. The Burmese cosmography has been extracted almost entirely from a book expressly composed for the elder brother of the reigning monarch, by a Zarado or master of the Emperor, wherein he succinctly describes the system of the world, as taught by Godama, according to the expositions and opinions of the most celebrated Burmese Doctors.
2. All that is related of the ancient Burmese monarchs, and of the foundation and subsequent history of this kingdom, has been faithfully copied from the Maharazaven, that is, the great history of the kings.
3. In what I have said of the superstitions, astrology, religion, constitutions of the Talapoins, and the sermons of Godama, I have not followed the tales and reports of the common people, but have carefully consulted the classical writings of the Burmese, known by the name of Kiam......PREFACE: Description of the Burmese Empire . 1 Burmese cosmography. CHAP. I. Of the measures and divisions of time commonly used in the sacred Burmese books�. CHAP. II. Of the world and its parts� CHAP. III. Of the beings that live in this world; of their felicity or misery, and of the duration of their life..... CHAP. IV. Of the states of punishment..... CHAP. V. Of the destruction and reproduction of the world�CHAP. VI. Of the inhabitants of the Burmese Empire � BURMESE HISTORY: CHAP. VII. Origin of the Burmese nation and monarchy� CHAP. VIII. Abridgement of the Burmese annals, called Maharasaven�. CHAP. IX. Of the present royal family, and of the principal events that have taken place under the reigning dynasty�CONSTITUTION OF THE BURMESE EMPIRE: CHAP. X. Of the Emperor, and of his white elephants..... CHAP. XI. Officers of state and of the household, tribunals, and administration of justice.... CHAP. XII. Revenues and taxes� CHAP. XIII. Army and military discipline� RELIGION OF THE BURMESE: CHAP. XIV. The laws of Godama� CHAP. XV. Of the Talapoin� CHAP. XVI. The Sermons of Godama� CHAP. XVH. Superstitions of the Burmese� MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE RURMESE EMPIRE: CHAP. XVIII. Character of the Burmese� CHAP. XIX. Manners and customs of the Burmese .... CHAP. XX. Literature and Sciences of the Burmese ... CHAP. XXI. Natural productions of the Burmese Empire� CHAP. XXII. Calendar of the Burmese. Climate and Seasons of the Burmese Empire� CHAP. XXIII. Of the currency and commerce of the Burmese Empire�BURMESE CODE. CHAP. XXIV. Abstract of the Burmese Code entitled Da-masat, or the golden rule......N.B. THE GOOGLE NOTE, PAGES AND COVERS PRECEEDING THE TITLE PAGE HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE END OF THE TEXT. FOR ORIGINAL ORDER, SEE THE ALTERNATE URL.
Father Vincentius Sangermano, Trans. William Tandy
Source/publisher:
Google Books
Date of publication:
1832-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Google has scanned many thousands of books and placed them on this website, but for copyright reasons the full texts are limited. To access available full texts, follow the instructions on the site, using Advanced Search if necessary.
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Google
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-05
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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Major online locations of books, reports and articles on Burma, Online collections containing books, records etc. on Burma/Myanmar
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Executive Summary: "The people of Karenni State are living ghosts. Their daily survival is an
achievement; however, it also signifies their further descent into poverty and a
spiralling system of repression. Whilst this report documents the deteriorating
situation in Karenni State over the past six years, this is nothing new for the
ethnically diverse population of this geographically small area. They have been
living in a protracted conflict zone for over 50 years with no respite from decades
of low-intensity conflict and frequent human rights abuses. All the while both
State and Non-State actors have marginalised the grassroots communities? voices,
contributing to the militarisation of their communities and societies.
Burmese soldiers oppress Karenni villagers on a daily basis. Villagers are isolated
from members of their own communities, and other ethnic groups; they report
daily to local Burmese troops about Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP)
troop movements and other activities in their areas; community members spy on
one another, reporting back to the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC);
and they are punished by the SPDC in retaliation for the actions of the KNPP. All
of these strategies create an environment of fear and mistrust between ethnic
groups, communities, and even family members. These tactics successfully
oppress the villagers, as they are too fearful and busy to think beyond daily survival.
Further exacerbating the situation is the fact that villagers face oppression not
only from the Burmese army, but also ceasefire groups and the KNPP. Soldiers
from both the KNPP and ceasefire groups physically maltreat villagers and
undermine their livelihoods. While these occurrences are certainly less frequent
and less severe than similar acts by the SPDC, they still oppress the civilian
population and undermine their ability and capacity to survive.
Additionally the presence of many different actors has resulted in the militarisation
of Karenni State. Thousands of landmines have been indiscriminately planted
throughout the state, without adequate mapping or markings to minimise civilian
causalities. The SPDC, ceasefire groups and the KNPP all recruit and have
child soldiers in their armies. The Burmese army has the largest number of child
soldiers anywhere in the world, and approximately 20 per cent of the KNPP?s
troops are under 18 (the minimum age for recruitment into the armed forces
under Burma?s national law). The increased militarisation of Karenni State has
resulted in increases in human rights abuses.
However villagers are staging their own non-violent resistance movement. They
have developed and implemented a number of early warning systems and
household and village-wide risk management strategies so as to minimise the
impact of the SPDC and other armed groups violence and abuses. These
resistance strategies have become the biggest threat to local and regional
authorities; consequently the villagers are increasingly becoming the targets of
hostilities from the Burmese army.
Most people in Karenni State rely on agriculture as their primary source of income
and are living a subsistence existence. Despite the villagers? best efforts to secure
their livelihoods, their ability and capacity to do so is constantly undermined by
the SPDC and, to a lesser extent, ceasefire groups and the KNPP via crop
procurement, forced production of dry season crops, arbitrary taxation and fines,
theft and destruction of property and food, forced labour and land confiscation.
This is further exacerbated by the drought that has been occurring in Karenni
State for the past decade, which affects crop yields. When coupled with
skyrocketing commodity prices, villagers? ability to ebb out a living is further eroded
– to the point of impossibility in some cases.
The abject poverty in Karenni State prevents villagers from accessing basic health
and education services. Whilst the SPDC claims to provide free health care and
education, in reality this does not occur. Health and education services provided
by the state are extremely expensive and are well-below international standards.
As a result, for most people education and medical treatment becomes a luxury
they simply cannot afford.
As a result of poverty some villagers are turning to illegal activities in order to
survive - mainly poppy production. In Karenni State there are two areas where
villagers are growing poppies with the permission of ceasefire groups. Farmers
can earn a significantly higher monetary return on their poppy yields than for
other crops using the same quantity of land. Poppy growers can earn up to
300,000 Kyat per 1.5 kilogram package of raw opium they produce (a 1.5 kilogram
package of raw opium can be produced in four months). A teacher supported by
the SPDC would have to work for 60 months in order to earn the same amount.
Additionally amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) are being produced in Karenni
State. Three factories producing ATS in Karenni State have been identified, again
in areas controlled by ceasefire groups; however as it is difficult to distinguish
between factories and ordinary dwellings it is possible that there are many other
ATS factories in Karenni State that have not been identified. Each factory can
produce between 250,000 and 300,000 pills per month. From the three known
factories in Karenni State between 9 million and 10.8 million ATS pills are being
produced and released into the international drug market each year.
Today over a quarter of the population in Karenni State have been forced from
their homes as a direct result of the actions of the Burmese military junta. Between
70 and 80 per cent of those displaced are women and children. Displacement
has increased 42 per cent since 2002 and represents eight per cent of the total
population in Karenni State. Karenni State has the highest level of displacement
to population ratio in all of eastern Burma. When similar comparisons are made
to the five countries with the largest displaced populations in the world (Sudan,
Colombia, Uganda, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of Congo) the percentage
of displaced persons in Karenni State is alarmingly higher. Over 12 per cent of
Sudan?s population is displaced – less than half that of Karenni State.
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in eastern Burma receive very little assistance,
if any at all, primarily due to the policies of the SPDC, which severely restrict
humanitarian agencies accessing these vulnerable populations. The SPDC
deems IDPs as enemies of the state and implements a shoot on sight policy,
which includes children and the elderly. IDPs are vulnerable to human rights
abuses, exploitation and violence from the
SPDC, as well as food shortages and have
severely limited access to education and
health care services.
The most pressing need of the people and
the IDP population is physical security. Most
people have the capacity to earn a livelihood
mitigating food shortages, to educate their
children, establish a medical clinic and
develop their communities; however, they
lack the security necessary to do so. There
are humanitarian organisations working in
Karenni State, including local community
based organisations (CBOs), nongovernmental
organisations (NGOs) and
international agencies such as the United
Nations Development Programme. Despite
this presence the humanitarian situation in
Karenni State continues to deteriorate and
people are finding themselves slipping further and further into the poverty abyss
– with no foreseeable escape.
The impacts from the situation in Karenni State are not confined to the State?s
boundaries - they spill over into other states and divisions in Burma and also
across international borders, especially into Thailand. These spill over effects
in
Source/publisher:
Burma Issues
Date of publication:
2008-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination against the Karenni (Kayah), Internal displacement/forced migration of Karenni villagers, Karenni (Kayah) State, Karenni (Kayah) - cultural, political
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English
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A wealth of online primary (1947-present) and secondary documents on India?s foreign relations, including a number dealing with Burma/Myanmar, India?s Look East policy etc. Go to http://www.thescotties.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ for material on China and other parts of the Asia-Pacific
David Scott
Source/publisher:
David Scott
Date of entry/update:
2008-04-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
India-Burma relations
Language:
English
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Abstract"
"This research was framed by a human rights approach to development as pursued by Amartya
Sen. Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development but they are the principle means of
development. The research was informed by international obligations to human rights and was placed
within a context of global pluralism and recognition of universal human dignity. The first research aim
was to study the State Peace and Development Council military regime confiscation of land and labour of
farmers in villages of fourteen townships in Rangoon, Pegu, and Irrawaddy Divisions and Arakan,
Karenni, and Shan States. Four hundred and sixty-seven individuals were interviewed to gain
understanding of current pressures facing farmers and their families. Had crops, labour, household food,
assets, farm equipment been confiscated? If so, by whom, and what reason was given for the
confiscation? Were farmers compensated for this confiscation? How did family households respond and
cope when land was confiscated? In what ways were farmers contesting the arbitrary confiscation of their
land?
A significant contribution of this research is that it was conducted inside Burma with considerable
risk for all individuals involved. People who spoke about their plight, who collected information, and who
couriered details of confiscation across the border into Thailand were at great risk of arrest. Interviews
were conducted clandestinely in homes, fields, and sometimes during the night. Because of personal
security risks there are inconsistent data sets for the townships. People revealed concerns of health,
education, lack of land tenure and livelihood. Several farmers are contesting the confiscation of their
land, but recognise that there is no rule by law or independent judiciary in Burma. Farmers and their
family members want their plight to be known internationally. When they speak out they are threatened
with detention. Their immediate struggle is to survive.
The second aim was to analyse land laws and land use in Burma from colonial times,
independence in 1948, to the present military rule by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC).
The third aim was to critically review international literature on land tenure and land rights with special
focus on research conducted in post-conflict, post-colonial, and post-socialist nations and how to resolve
land claims in face of no documentation. We sought ideas and practices which could inform creation of
land laws, land and property rights, in democratic transition in Burma."
Dr. Nancy Hudson-Rodd; Sein Htay
Source/publisher:
The Burma Fund
Date of publication:
2008-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-29
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Agricultural land confiscation/grabbing, Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Land rights
Language:
English
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11.22 MB
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Executive Summary:
"This assessment set out to
1 map the learning landscape in the seven refugee camps served
by ZOA, showing points of learning, and if and how they are
connected and/or integrated;
2 identify learning needs and interests of the camp communities,
including but not exclusively literacy, foreign language learning and
resettlement needs;
3 understand the barriers that learners face in gaining access to
learning....
Fieldwork was conducted in the seven camps served by ZOA. The sample
of respondents was selected using both random and snowball sampling.
The provision of adult learning activities:
The bulk of learning activities available are languages (English and Thai),
technical skills training (agriculture automechanics, sewing), professional
development and community issues. There is some provision for literacy,
numeracy, and basic and continuing education for adults but that is
patchy...
Learning needs and interests:
Refugees in the camps need literacy, numeracy, workplace skills and
general education to upgrade their basic skills and to enable them to grasp
and master technical and craft skills, English for resettlement and Thai for
possible integration. The majority of respondents were interested in
learning English, Thai, computing, agriculture and sewing...
Barriers to learning:
The most common barriers to learning were misconceptions about the
content, form and relevance of learning programmes, the scheduling of the
programmes and the lack of widely available course information...
Recommendations:
It is recommended that ZOA:
A uses current provision more efficiently and effectively;
B adds literacy, numeracy and workplace skills to current provision;
C expands basic and general education provision for adults and
young people.
Su-Ann Oh with Toe Toe Parkdeekhunthum
Source/publisher:
ZOA Refugee Care
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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The medical Wikipedia "Welcome to ganfyd.org - The free medical knowledge base that anyone can read and any registered medical practitioner may edit. Ganfyd is a collaborative medical reference by medical professionals and invited non-medical experts. The site is based around the wiki format, enabling true sharing of knowledge. Please join and help us to create a great source of information and experience! "
Source/publisher:
GANFYD
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-22
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Online health resources
Language:
English
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Sr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro
Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2008-03-13
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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306.8 KB
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The present report focuses on the main patterns of human rights violations committed in Myanmar from February 2007 to February 2008. Subsequent to Council resolution 6/33, the Special Rapporteur has submitted a follow-up mission report (A/HRC/7/24).
Sr. Paulo Sergio. Pinheiro
Source/publisher:
United Nations (A/HRC/7/18)
Date of publication:
2008-03-07
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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pdf
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100.57 KB
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"...The present report is submitted pursuant to Council resolution 6/33. It is based on
information gathered since the Special Rapporteur's report (A/HRC/6/14) on the human rights
implications of the crackdown on the peaceful demonstrations in Myanmar in September 2007,
its causes and consequences. The report covers the period from December 2007 to March 2008"
Source/publisher:
United Nations (A/HRC/7/24)
Date of publication:
2008-03-07
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Statements and reports by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to regular sessions of the Human Rights Council, Events of 2007 and their consequences: "The Saffron Revolution" and its aftermath
Language:
English, Arabic, French, Russian, Spanish
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Conclusion: "Most relevant reports and surveys I have been able to access state essentially that people from all parts of Burma leave home either in obedience to a direct relocation order from the military or civil authorities or as a result of a process whereby coercive measures imposed by the authorities play a major role in forcing down household incomes to the point where the family cannot survive. At this point, leaving home may seem to be the only option. These factors, which include direct forced relocation, forced labour, extortion and land confiscation, operate in, are affected by and exacerbate a situation of widespread poverty, rising inflation and declining real incomes. In other words, people leave home due to a combination of coercive and economic factors. One has to consider the whole process leading to displacement rather than a single, immediate cause. Where coercive measures, as described in this article, are involved, the resulting population movement falls under the Guiding Principles even if the situation that actually triggers movement, frequently food insecurity, may also be described in economic terms."
Andrew Bosson
Source/publisher:
Andrew Bosson
Date of publication:
2008-03-17
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Study of internal displacement/forced migration in SPDC-controlled areas, Agricultural land confiscation/grabbing, Policies leading to food insecurity in Burma, Food Security and displacement in Burma, Economic oppression, Extortion, Robbery
Language:
English
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45.63 KB
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"Since 1962 Burma, with an estimated population of 54 million, has been ruled by a succession of highly authoritarian military regimes dominated by the majority ethnic Burman group. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), led by Senior General Than Shwe, was the country's de facto government. Military officers wielded the ultimate authority at each level of government. In 1990 prodemocracy parties won more than 80 percent of the seats in a general parliamentary election, but the regime continued to ignore the results. The military government totally controlled the country's security forces without civilian oversight.
The government's human rights record worsened during the year. The regime continued to abridge the right of citizens to change their government. Government security forces killed at least 30 demonstrators during their suppression of prodemocracy protests in September, and they continued to allow custodial deaths to occur and commited other extrajudicial killings, disappearances, rape, and torture. In addition, regime‑sponsored, mass-member organizations such as the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) and regime-backed "private" militias increasingly engaged in harassment, abuse, and detention of human rights and prodemocracy activists. The government continued to detain civic activists indefinitely and without charges, including more than 3,000 persons suspected of taking part in prodemocracy demonstrations in September and October, at least 300 members of the National League for Democracy (NLD), and at least 15 members of the 88 Generation Students prodemocracy activists. The government continued to prohibit the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from working unhindered in conflict areas and visiting prisoners privately. The army continued its attacks on ethnic minority villagers in Bago Division and Karen and Shan states to drive them from their traditional land. The government abused prisoners and detainees, held persons in harsh and life‑threatening conditions, routinely used incommunicado detention, and imprisoned citizens arbitrarily for political motives. NLD General Secretary Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD Vice Chairman Tin Oo remained under house arrest. The government routinely infringed on citizens' privacy and restricted freedom of speech, press, assembly, association, religion, and movement. The government did not allow domestic human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to function independently, and international NGOs encountered a difficult environment. Violence and societal discrimination against women continued, as did recruitment of child soldiers, discrimination against ethnic minorities, and trafficking in persons, particularly of women and girls. Workers' rights remained restricted. Forced labor, including that of children, also persisted. The government took no significant actions to prosecute or punish those responsible for human rights abuses.
Ethnic armed groups allegedly committed human rights abuses, including forced labor, although to a much lesser extent than the government. Some cease‑fire groups also reportedly committed abuses, including forced relocation of villagers in their home regions. Armed insurgent groups and cease‑fire groups also recruited child soldiers..."
Source/publisher:
US State Dept, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Date of publication:
2008-03-11
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-15
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Table of Contents: Acronyms and Abbreviations...
Maps...
Map of Burma Showing Protest Locations...
Map of Rangoon...
I Executive Summary...
II Government by Exploitation: The Burmese Way to Capitalism?...
Macroeconomic Policy...
Fiscal Policy...
Monetary Policy...
The Economic Cost of Militarization...
The Straw that Broke the Camel?s Back...
III Growing Discontent: The Economic Protests...
Early Signs of Dissatisfaction...
Protesting the Fuel Price Rise.......
IV The Saffron Revolution...
The SPDC and the Sangha...
Interdependence of the Monastic and Lay Communities...
Pakokku and the Call of Excommunication...
Nationwide Protests Declared...
V Crackdown on the Streets...
Wednesday, 26 September 2007...
Shwedagon Pagoda...
Downtown Rangoon...
Thakin Mya Park...
Yankin Post Office...
Thursday, 27 September 2007...
South Okkalapa Township...
Sule Pagoda...
Pansodan Road Bridge...
Thakin Mya Park...
Tamwe Township State High School No3...
Friday, 28 September 2007...
Pansodan Road...
Pazundaung Township...
Latha Township ...
Saturday, 29 September 2007, onwards...
VI The Monastery Raids...
Invitations to Breakfast? ...
Maggin Monastery ...
Ngwe Kyar Yan Monastery ...
Additional Raids in Okkalapa ...
Thaketa Township...
Raids in Other Locations around the Country...Arakan State
Mandalay Division...
Kachin State...
Continued Raids...
VII A Witch Hunt...
Night Time Abductions...
Arrested for Harbouring...
Arrests in Lieu Of Others...
Collective Punishment of Entire Neighbourhoods...
Release of Detainees...
Continuing Arrest and Detention of Political Activists...
VIII Judicial Procedure and Conditions of Detention...
Prolonged Detention without Charge...
Judicial Procedure...
Conditions of Detention...
Interrogation and Torture of Detainees....
Denial of Medical Care...
Deaths in Custody...
Treatment of Monks...
IX Analysis of the Crackdown: Intent to Brutalise, Cover Up and Discredit...
Hired Thugs...
Targeted and Intentional Killings...
Removal of the Dead and Wounded...
Treatment of the Injured...
Secret Cremations...
Suppression of Information...
The Internet...
Telephone Networks Severed...
The National Press...
Deliberate Targeting of Journalists...
Providing Information to the Media...
Defamation of the Sangha...
The Pro-SPDC Rallies...
X Conclusion...
XI Recommendations.
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Documentation Unit of the NCGUB (HRDU)
Date of publication:
2008-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Events of 2007 and their consequences: "The Saffron Revolution" and its aftermath
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
4.75 MB
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Ebook detailing the impact Saw Ba U Gyi, one of the founders of the Karen National Union,had the Karen revolution
Paul Keenan
Source/publisher:
KHCPS
Date of publication:
2008-03-06
Date of entry/update:
2008-03-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Karen Heritage
Language:
English
Format :
html
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Part I - Health:
Journey of the Foetus - Health Messenger;
Immunisation - Judith Leblanc, Nurse officer (AMI);
Developmental Milestones and Factors Influencing Childhood Development - Damarice Ager (ARC);
Caring for your Child - Damarice Ager (ARC)...
Part II - Medical:
Immediate Care of the Newborn Infant - Dr. Claudia Turner & Dr. Verena Carrara (SMRU);
Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (Children
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2007-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-29
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc., Child and youth health
Language:
English, Burmese
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.31 MB
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Source/publisher:
State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) via "The New Light of Myanmar" 28 February 2008
Date of publication:
2008-02-26
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Laws, decrees and regulations relating to the parliamentary process (texts), The 7-Step Roadmap, National constitutions, draft constitutions, amendments and announcements (texts), 7-Step Roadmap (Step 4): Adoption of the constitution through national referendum (texts), Burma/Myanmar laws, decrees and regulations (State Peace and Development Council), 2008
Language:
English
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pdf
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This chronology was compiled in 1999 by David Arnott as part of the research for his chapter on Burma-China relations in ?Challenges to democratization in Burma: Perspectives on multilateral and bilateral responses. Chapter 3 - China?Burma relations” published by International IDEA in 2001.
Most of the extracts are from news sources, notably the official Burmese daily The Working People?s Daily (WPD), re-named The New Light of Myanmar (NLM) in April 1993. Most extracts from 1987-1996 are taken from The Burma Press Summary compiled by Hugh MacDougall. Other sources include the US Govt?s Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) and the Internet version of NLM.
A lighter China-Burma chronology updated to end 2001 exists on The Irrawaddy research pages at http://www.irrawaddy.org/research_show.php?art_id=446
David Arnott
Source/publisher:
WPD, NLM, FBIS ETC.
Date of publication:
1998-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
China-Burma relations
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.84 MB
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China-Burma_Chronology.pdf
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Introduction: "One of the key features of the Sino-Myanmar relationship since 1988 has been the growing bilateral
cooperation in the areas of trade, aid or development assistance, and investment. Since 1988, China has become one of the most important sources of trade and development assistance for Myanmar. Though overall investment volumes are small, a hallmark of Chinese investment in Myanmar is its heavy concentration in a few strategic sectors. The pattern of the Sino-Myanmar economic relationship has reflected what the "Modern World System" theorists call "centre-periphery" relations: the wealth flows from the periphery to the centre and the authority or influence
flows from the centre to the periphery."
Maung Aung Myoe
Source/publisher:
Asia Research Institute, Singapore Working Paper No. 86
Date of publication:
2007-03-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Chinese investment
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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"...it is most appropriate to
transform the administration of Tatmadaw into democratic administration of the
people. Thus, in accordance with the forthcoming State Constitution, the multi-party
democracy general elections will be held in 2010...Approval of the Constitution draft will be sought in a National Referendum to be held in May 2008...
In accordance with the forthcoming State Constitution,
the multi-party democracy general elections will be held in 2010...NAY PYI TAW, 10 Feb—The State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar issued Announcement Nos 1/2008 and 2/2008 yesterday.
The following is the full text of the announcements—..."
Source/publisher:
"The New Light of Myanmar"
Date of publication:
2008-02-11
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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285.26 KB
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Description/subject:
The past decade has witnessed a tremendous surge in investment in hydropower projects in Southeast Asian countries on the part of Chinese corporations at the same time as the PRC continues to overdevelop its own hydropower
potential and environmental protection takes greater priorities within the country. In this paper delivered at at a China - ASEAN power forum attended by hundreds of executives of leading PRC power companies, Zao Noam and Piaporn Deetes of Thailand argue that the social and environmental impacts from hydropower development in the Mekong countries must be seriously addressed in order to mitigate damaging impacts to regional economies, food security and rural livelihoods. Without comprehensive and
careful consideration of hydropower's multi-faceted impacts, millions of small farmers and fisher folk whose livelihoods depend on the richness of the Mekong ecosystems will bear most of the costs of the infrastructure development. Civil society in the Mekong region urges the Chinese corporate
sector to conduct hydropower development in the region according to international standards which minimizes socio-economic and ecological harm.
Source/publisher:
Living River Siam
Date of publication:
2007-09-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.04 MB
Local URL:
ChinaHydroPowerInMekon.pdf
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Description/subject:
The information below, currently found on the website of the Myanmar Ministry of Energy, has not been updated since the Ministry of Electric Power was reconstituted as two separate ministries in May 2006. While the data has not been updated since 2001, the information is useful for historical purposes. It also includes two maps, one showing the existing power grid system in 2000, and the other showing the locations of 29 hydro-electric projects then on the drawing boards. Updated information about the current Ministries of Electric Power can be found at
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs2/MMpresentation.pdf
Source/publisher:
SPDC(Ministry of Energy, Union of Myanmar)
Date of entry/update:
2008-02-11
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Ministries
Language:
English
Format :
doc
Size:
223.5 KB
Local URL:
Ministry_of_Electric_Power_(1997_-_2006).doc
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Description/subject:
This resource covers the visuals from a power point presentation by Myanmar delegates to an ASEAN energy seminar in September 2007. Organograms, otherwise unavailable, show the responsibilities of the two Myanmar ministries of electric power since they were separated in mid-2006. Charts provide lists of existing, planned and projected power stations and sub-power stations. They are accompanied by maps showing the current and projected transmission grids. The Myanmar presentation at the seminar can be usefully compared with similar presentations by other delegates from other ASEAN nations presently available on the website of Thailand?s Joint Graduate School of Energy and the Environment... Includes lists of hydropower projects in operation, under construction and in the planning stage.
Source/publisher:
Joint Graduate School of Energy and the Environment of Thailand
Date of publication:
2007-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-01-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Energy -- general, Ministries, General articles and reports, Dams and rivers - articles, reports, resources
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
669.71 KB
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The Report Highlights the Situation of Women Migrant Workers in Thailand and China...Executive Summary:
Ten BWU researchers eondueted 149 in-depth interviews with migrant women and girl workers in Chiang Mai, Mae Sot, Ranong (Thailand) and Rulli (China) between November 2006-March 2007. Women working in diverse areas of work, ethnicity and age were asked to participate in the research so that the report could represent a wide range of experiences... The research highlights the atrocious day-to-day working conditions and human rights abuses encountered by migrant women and girls working in irregular situations and provides insight into the occupational hazards and harms migrants from Burma face in Thailand and China. The interviews were designed to provide women workers with a much-needed opportunity to speak their mind and assert their own "voice" regarding their work, a power that was often denied in their host countries...
The research has showed that:
. Migrant women and girl workers from Burma have very limited
work opportunities in their host countries due to their irregular
status and are often relegated to working in so-called 3Ds jobs (dirty,
dangerous and demeaning) with little or no labor rights. . Migrant women and girl workers are doubly marginalized and highly
vulnerable to abuses of their human rights due to both their lack of
legal status and their gender. Security concerns for migrant women and girl workers are grave as
they regularly experience threats of sexual harassment and violence
while working in host countries...
The BWU strongly urges the SPDC and governments of the host countries to consider migrant workers' needs and basic human rights. BWU insists that international human rights law be upheld and states work to protect migrants working in irregular settings, by protecting their human and labour rights, and by providing channels for redress when they are abused.
Source/publisher:
Burmese Women's Union
Date of publication:
2007-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2008-01-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Migrant workers from Burma : general and mixed articles and reports, Women migrant workers, Articles, reports and sites relating to women of Burma
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.75 MB
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Abstract:
:Background: Burma records the highest number of malaria deaths in southeast Asia and may
represent a reservoir of infection for its neighbors, but the burden of disease and magnitude of
transmission among border populations of Burma remains unknown.
Methods: Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) parasitemia was detected using a HRP-II antigen based rapid
test (Paracheck-Pf®). Pf prevalence was estimated from screenings conducted in 49 villages
participating in a malaria control program, and four retrospective mortality cluster surveys
encompassing a sampling frame of more than 220,000. Crude odds ratios were calculated to
evaluate Pf prevalence by age, sex, and dry vs. rainy season.
Results: 9,796 rapid tests were performed among 28,410 villagers in malaria program areas
through four years (2003: 8.4%, 95% CI: 8.3 ? 8.6; 2004: 7.1%, 95% CI: 6.9 ? 7.3; 2005:10.5%, 95%
CI: 9.3 ? 11.8 and 2006: 9.3%, 95% CI: 8.2 ? 10.6). Children under 5 (OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.93 ?
2.06) and those 5 to 14 years (OR = 2.24, 95% CI: 2.18 ? 2.29) were more likely to be positive than
adults. Prevalence was slightly higher among females (OR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.02 ? 1.06) and in the
rainy season (OR = 1.48, 95% CI: 1.16 ? 1.88). Among 5,538 rapid tests conducted in four cluster
surveys, 10.2% were positive (range 6.3%, 95% CI: 3.9 ? 8.8; to 12.4%, 95% CI: 9.4 ? 15.4).
Conclusion: Prevalence of plasmodium falciparum in conflict areas of eastern Burma is higher than
rates reported among populations in neighboring Thailand, particularly among children. This
population serves as a large reservoir of infection that contributes to a high disease burden within
Burma and likely constitutes a source of infection for neighboring regions."
Adam K Richards, Linda Smith, Luke C Mullany, Catherine I Lee, Emily Whichard, Kristin Banek, Mahn Mahn, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, Thomas J Lee
Source/publisher:
Conflict and Health
Date of publication:
2007-09-05
Date of entry/update:
2008-01-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Malaria
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
"The Burmese Border Clinical Guidelines are specifically designed to assist medics and health workers
practising along the Thailand/ Burma border. They have been adapted from the international treatment
guidelines and medical literature of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Non-Governmental
Organisations (NGOs) that focus on common diseases present on the Thailand/ Burma border. Every
effort has been made to incorporate the experiences of the local medics and health providers who
have been working in the refugee camps and communities on the border for the last twenty years. The
language is in simple English...These guidelines should not replace clinical decision-making, but should act as an aid in confirming a
diagnosis when you already have an idea of the patient?s disease. These guidelines have been adapted
from medical reference books and are simplified for use in the context of refugee camps and peripheral
clinics on the Thailand/ Burma border, and therefore may not be appropriate for use elsewhere.
The treatment options help you to choose a therapy according to the severity of the disease and the
age of the patient. Treatment schedules mentioned in this book are just one way to cure a patient;
keep in mind that other therapies (suggested by other guidelines or new health workers) could be
used to treat your patient.
Read the TEXT for information about the disease. This tells you which signs and symptoms you
should expect, which tests you can use to make a diagnosis, which complications or signs of severity
to look for, which treatment to use and how to prevent the disease.
Read the TABLES for the medicine that you have chosen in order to find the correct dose according
to the age or weight of the patient. Here you will find contra indications and warnings for use
of medicines..." A 2016 English update of the BBG is available in this section and at the Alternate URL.
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale
Date of publication:
2006-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Medical handbooks and manuals, Burmese Border [clinical] Guidelines, Burma Border Guidelines, Languages of migrants from Burma, Online health resources
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format :
pdf
Size:
2 MB
Local URL:
BBG_2007-Bur.pdf
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Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2007-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-22
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
"Health Messenger" etc.
Language:
English
Format :
xls
Size:
212.5 KB
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Description/subject:
Conclusion: "...Myanmar women enjoy good life and rights in accordance with the laws or customs since
ancient time. The government is carrying out within the limited resources to enable entire Myanmar
women to face the challenges of knowledge age and to keep abreast with the world. In so doing, so
that all women enjoy full rights and for the comprehensive development of women, conservation of
Myanmar traditional culture is also considered seriously."... The report can also be found in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish by searching at http://documents.un.org/ -- paste CEDAW/C/MMR/3 into the Symbol box of the Simple Search.
Source/publisher:
United Nations (CEDAW/C/MMR/3)
Date of publication:
2007-09-04
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-18
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - UN/Myanmar documents
Language:
English (also Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish on the ODS site -- see Description)
Format :
pdf
Size:
196.67 KB
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Executive summary"
"The situation in Burma after the ?Saffron Revolution” is unprecedented. The September
2007 peaceful protests and the violent crackdown have created new dynamics inside
Burma, and the country?sfuture is still unknown. This led the FIDH and the ITUC to
conduct a joint mission along the Thai-Burma border between October 13th-21st 2007 to
investigate the events and impact of the September crackdown, and to inform our
organizational strategies and political recommendations.
The violence and bloodshed directed at the monks and the general public who
participated in the peace walks and protests have further alienated the population from its
current military leaders. The level of fear, but also anger amongst the general population
is unprecedented, as even religious leaders are now clearly not exempt from such
violence and repression. This is different from the pro-democracy demonstrations in
1988, when monks were not directly targeted. In present-day Burma, all segments of the
population have grown hostile to the regime, including within the military?s own ranks.
The desire for change is greater than ever. Every witness -from ordinary citizens to
monks, and Generation 88 leaders- told mission participants the movement was not over,
despite the fear of reprisals and further repression. The question is what will happen next,
and when? The future will depend of three factors: the extent to which the population will
be able to organize new rounds of a social movement, the reaction of the State Peace and
Development Council (SPDC), and the influence the international community can exert
on the junta.
What happened in Burma since the crackdown has proven that the international
community has influence on the regime. The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy
Ibrahim Gambari?s good offices mission was accepted. The UN Special Rapporteur on
Human Rights, Sergio Pinheiro was allowed access to the country for the first time in
four years, and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the National League for
Democracy (NLD) were given permission to meet with each other for the first time since
Daw Suu was placed under renewed house arrest, in May 2003. Yet these positive signs
are still weak: a genuine process of political change has not started yet. Such a process,
involving the democratic parties and ethnic groups, is fundamental to establishing peace,
human rights and development in Burma. To achieve that, the international community
must keep its focus on Burma, and maximise its efforts and capacity to help bring about
political transition..."
Source/publisher:
Federation Internationale des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)
Date of publication:
2007-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-14
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Events of 2007 and their consequences: "The Saffron Revolution" and its aftermath
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
388.2 KB
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HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL?S ATTENTION...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of
human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, mandated by resolution S-5/1 adopted by the Human Rights Council at its 5th Special Session*...Summary:
At its fifth Special Session de:dicated to the situation of human rights in Myanmar, the Human Rights Council, by its resolution S-5/1 of 2 October 2007, requested ?the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar to assess the current human rights situation and to monitor the implementation of this resolution, including by seeking an urgent visit to Myanmar, and to report to the resumed sixth session of the Human Rights Council” and urged ?the Government of Myanmar to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur”. On 19 October 2007, the Government officially extended an invitation to the Special Rapporteur and noted that he will be ?accorded full cooperation”. The Special Rapporteur conducted an official mission to Myanmar from 11 to 15 November 2007. He had additional meetings with the diplomatic community, United Nations agencies and civil society organizations in Bangkok from 16 to 17 November 2007.
The present report contains findings gathered by the Special Rapporteur prior to and during his official mission, with a focus on the current human rights situation, including the human rights implications of the crackdown on demonstrations and the severe reprisals. While covering developments from August until the end of the curfew on 20 October 2007, the report focuses in particular on the tragic events that took place in Myanmar from 26 to 29 September 2007. The report finally contains a number of recommendations by the Special Rapporteur."
Source/publisher:
United Nations (A/HRC/6/14)
Date of publication:
2007-12-07
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-13
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Reports to the CHR/HRC by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar (English), Statements and reports by the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to regular sessions of the Human Rights Council
Language:
English
Format :
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Summary: "In August and September 2007, Burmese democracy activists, monks and ordinary
people took to the streets of Rangoon and elsewhere to peacefully challenge nearly
two decades of dictatorial rule and economic mismanagement by Burma?s ruling
generals. While opposition to the military government is widespread in Burma, and
small acts of resistance are an everyday occurrence, military repression is so
systematic that such sentiment rarely is able to burst into public view; the last
comparable public uprising was in August 1988. As in 1988, the generals responded
this time with a brutal and bloody crackdown, leaving Burma?s population once
again struggling for a voice.
The government crackdown included baton-charges and beatings of unarmed
demonstrators, mass arbitrary arrests, and repeated instances where weapons were
fired shoot-to-kill. To remove the monks and nuns from the protests, the security
forces raided dozens of Buddhist monasteries during the night, and sought to
enforce the defrocking of thousands of monks. Current protest leaders, opposition
party members, and activists from the ?88 Generation students were tracked down
and arrested ? and continue to be arrested and detained.
The Burmese generals have taken draconian measures to ensure that the world does
not learn the true story of the horror of their crackdown. They have kept foreign
journalists out of Burma and maintained their complete control over domestic news.
Many local journalists were arrested after the crackdown, and the internet and mobile
phone networks, used extensively to send information, photos, and videos out of
Burma, were temporarily shut down, and have remained tightly controlled since.
Of course, those efforts at censorship were only partially successful, as some
enterprising and brave individuals found ways to get mobile phone video footage of
the demonstrations and crackdown out of the country and onto the world?s television
screens. This provided a small window into the violence and repression that the
Burmese military government continues to use to hold onto power..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2007-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-08
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Various rights: reports of violations against several ethnic groups, Events of 2007 and their consequences: "The Saffron Revolution" and its aftermath
Language:
English
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Description/subject:
"At night the Shweli has always sung sweet songs for us.
But now the nights are silent and the singing has stopped.
We are lonely and wondering what has happened to our
Shweli?" ... "Exclusive photos and testimonies from a remote village near the China-Burma border uncover how Chinese dam builders are using Burma Army troops to secure Chinese investments. Under the Boot, a new report by Palaung researchers, details the implementation of the Shweli Dam project, China?s first Build-Operate-Transfer hydropower deal with Burma?s junta.
Since 2000, the Palaung village of Man Tat, the site of the 600 megawatt dam project, has been overrun by hundreds of Burmese troops and Chinese construction workers. Villagers have been suffering land confiscation, forced labour, and restriction on movement ever since, and a five kilometer diversion tunnel has been blasted through the hill on which the village is situated.
Photos in the report show soldiers carrying out parade drills, weapons assembly, and target practice in the village.
"This Chinese project has been like a sudden military invasion. The villagers had no idea the dam would be built until the soldiers arrived," said Mai Aung Ko from the Palaung Youth Network Group (Ta?ang), which produced the report.
Burma?s Ministry of Electric Power formed a joint venture with Yunnan Joint Power Development Company, a consortium of Chinese companies, to build and operate the project. Electricity generated will be sent to China and several military-run mining operations in Burma. As the project nears completion, plans are underway for two more dams on the Shweli River, a tributary of the Irrawaddy..."
Source/publisher:
Palaung Youth Network Group
Date of publication:
2007-12-03
Date of entry/update:
2007-12-04
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Forced relocation of Palaung, Shan and Wa, Tenure insecurity in Burma (including land grabbing), Business and Human Rights (Burma/Myanmar-related), Dams and other projects on rivers in Burma/Myanmar (countrywide), Dams and other projects on the Irrawaddy and its tributories
Language:
English, Burmese, Chinese
Local URL:
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Summary:
"The present report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of
resolution 1612 (2005). It is presented to the Security Council and its Working Group
on Children and Armed Conflict as the first country report pursuant to paragraphs 2,
3 and 10 of that resolution. The report, which covers the period from July 2005 to
September 2007, provides information on the current situation regarding the
recruitment and use of children and other grave violations being committed against
children affected by armed conflict in the Union of Myanmar. While the monitoring
and reporting structures as outlined in the mechanism endorsed by the Security
Council in its resolution in 1612 (2005) are in place, the modalities of an effective
mechanism, including security guarantees, access to affected areas and freedom of
movement of monitors without Government escort, are lacking. This first report
therefore sets forth the general scope of the situation based on the information
available to the United Nations country task force on monitoring and reporting at the
present time.
Although there has been progress in terms of dialogue with the Government of
Myanmar and two non-State actors, the report notes that State and non-State actors
continue to be implicated in grave child rights violations. The Government of
Myanmar has made a commitment at the highest level that no child under the age of
18 will be recruited. The Government has set up a high-level Committee for the
Prevention of Military Recruitment of Underage Children and a working group for
monitoring and reporting on the same issue. Further, there are Government policies
and directives prohibiting underage recruitment. To date, the Government has not
acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (2000). Two non-State actors (the Karen
National Union and the Karenni National Progressive Party) have signed Deeds of
Commitment to cease the recruitment and use of children, to declare their adherence
to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and have
committed themselves to appropriate follow-up action. The Government has committed to bringing its current action plan on the
prevention of the recruitment of children into its armed forces, the Tatmadaw Kyi,
into line with international standards and to facilitate action plans with the United
Wa State Army and other non-State actors. The Government of Myanmar has also
recognized the need for the United Nations country task force in Myanmar to engage
the Karen National Union and Karenni National Progressive Party in the
development of action plans and monitor their compliance in accordance with
Security Council resolution 1612 (2005). A principal difficulty with regard to
monitoring grave violations of children?s rights remains the lack of access to some
locations of concern. Access to conflict-affected areas is severely restricted by the
Government, a situation that impacts greatly on monitoring and possible responses to
child rights violations."
Source/publisher:
United Nations Security Council
Date of publication:
2007-11-16
Date of entry/update:
2007-11-26
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UN Security Council, Children and armed conflict, Children
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
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Description/subject:
"...these women human rights defenders have been subjected to the following abuses,
in violation of their fundamental human rights as guaranteed under the UN Declaration on
Human Rights, the Declaration of Human Rights Defenders, the International Convention
on Civil and Political Rights, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women:
*Attacks on life, bodily and mental integrity ? including torture; hostage-taking?;
sexual assault such as tearing their clothes and sarongs; excessive use of force in
crackdowns on the demonstrations and the subsequent arrests;
* Physical and psychological deprivation of liberty ? such as arbitrary arrests and
detention, forcing many of them to go into hiding for their safety;
* Attacks against personhood and reputations ? which include verbal abuse; slander,
labelling them as terrorists?; smear campaigns through the media; sexuality-baiting,
which is the manipulative use of negative ideas about sexuality to intimidate, humiliate
or embarrass women, with the intention of inhibiting or destroying their political
agendas.
* Invasion of privacy and violations involving personal relationships such as arrest,
detention and intimidation of family members, endangering pregnant women and
separating breastfeeding mothers from their babies;
* Violations of women?s freedom of expression, association and assembly;
* Non-recognition of violations and impunity...."
Source/publisher:
Women's League of Burma
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-11-23
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Burma, Articles, reports and sites relating to women of Burma
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description/subject:
I. Health:-
1. Female reproductive system
(HM);
2. Lifestyle consideration during antenatal and postnatal period - Erika Garrity Pied (TBBC);
3. Breast-feeding
- Erika Garrity Pied (TBBC);
4. Family planning
(HM)...
II. Medical:-
5. Pregnancy changes and management of symptoms -
Dr. Htwe (AMI);
6. Antenatal care
(SMRU);
7. Genital Haemorrhage: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
- Dr. Bertrand Martinez-Aussel (AMI);
8. Vaginal Discharge -
Dr. Bertrand Martinez-Aussel (AMI);
9. Intra-natal and Post-natal care
(SMRU)...
Focus: "I don't have enough breast-milk!";
10. Interview with ARC staff in Umpiem;
Quiz.
Source/publisher:
Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI)
Date of publication:
2007-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-11-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
Burmese, English
Format :
pdf
Size:
3.15 MB
Local URL:
HM37-Maternal_Health-2007-09.pdf
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Description/subject:
I Summary:
The Government of Burma?s Armed Forces: The Tatmadaw;
Government Failure to Address Child Recruitment;
Non-state Armed Groups;
The Local and International Response...
II Recommendations 14
To the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) 14
To All Non-state Armed Groups 17
To the Governments of Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, India, and China 18
To the Government of Thailand 18
To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 18
To UNICEF 19
To the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and
Armed Conflict 20
To Member States of the United Nations 20
To the UN Security Council 21
To the International Labour Organization 21
To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human
Rights in Myanmar 21
III Methodology22
IV Background24
V The Tatmadaw: The State Military 29
The Tatmadaw?s Staffing Crisis29
Recruitment 32
Key Factors in Child Recruitment33
Children as Commodities: The Recruit Market 41
Recruitment of the Very Young 43
The Su Saun Yay Recruit Holding Camps45
Training 50
Deployment and Active Duty 56
Combat 60
Abuses against Civilians62
Desertion, Imprisonment, and Re-recruitment 63
The Future of Tatmadaw Child Recruitment68
The Government of Burma?s Response to the Recruitment and Use of Child
Soldiers 68
The Committee for the Prevention of Military Recruitment of Underage
Children 71
Demobilization73
Reintegration76
Measures for Raising Awareness77
Enforcement of Recruitment Laws and Regulations 81
Government Cooperation with International Agencies 84
VI Child Soldiers in Non-State Armed Groups 94
United Wa State Army 97
Karenni Army 98
Karen National Liberation Army 102
Shan State Army ? South 105
Kachin Independence Army 107
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army 109
Kachin Defense Army 111
Mon National Liberation Army 112
Karenni Nationalities People?s Liberation Front 113
Shan Nationalities People?s Liberation Army 115
Rebellion Resistance Force116
KNU-KNLA Peace Council117
VII The International Response120
The United Nations Security Council 120
United Nations Country Team 122
UNICEF 123
ILO 124
Neighboring country and cross-border initiatives 125
VIII Legal Standards 129
Child Recruitment as a War Crime 130
International Standards on Demobilization, Reintegration, and
Rehabilitation 131
Acknowledgements 132
Appendices 133
Appendix A: SPDC Plan of Action regarding child soldiers 133
Appendix B: Human Rights Watch letter to the UN Mission of Myanmar,
August 22, 2007 137
Appendix C: Reply from the UN Mission of Myanmar, September 12, 2007 139
Appendix D: KNPP Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 142
Appendix E: KNLA Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 146
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Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-31
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Special Features:
Legal comments of the Burma Lawyers? Council
on U Khun Htun Oo and Eight Other Shan Leaders;
Analysis on the Situation of the Refugee Camps
From the Rule of Law aspect...
In Brief:
Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the
conscience of the whole of humanity...
In Review:
Burma and the Common Law? An uncommon question...
BLC image:
Trip report...
Statement and Press release:
The Threat of Legal Action Against U Aung Shwe
and U Aye Tha Aung;
Arrests of Peaceful demonstrators in Burma;
Appeal from the Burma Lawyers? Council to Police
Officers inside Burma;
SPDC?s unlawful support to the DKBA;
Unlawful arrest and detention of Demonstrators in
Burma;
Korean Court continued its trial on the case of
Daewoo International;
International Seminar on Human Rights in Japan.
Source/publisher:
Burma Lawyers? Council (BLC)
Date of publication:
2007-04-07
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-31
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English
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Burma and the Common law?
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Ethnic Issues and Civil Society in Burma;
Thailand must steer Clear from Burma junta's way to
Democracy...
In Brief:
Junta and its New Constitution;
UN & Burma...
In Review:
Power Sharing and International Mediation in Ethnic
Conflicts - Timothy D Sisk Publisher, US Institute of Peace
Policy Papers, Letters and Statements - Ethnic
Nationalities Council...
News and Note:
Custody dealth;
Burma Restricts ICRC;
UNDOC- Dangerous drug trend in Burma;
Corruption;
Law Academy.
Source/publisher:
Burma Lawyers' Council (BLC)
Date of publication:
2006-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-31
Type:
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Language:
English
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Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her detention;
Burma's military leader and freedom of expression;
SPDC's assault on humanitarian assistance;
Legal analysis on the case of advocate U Aye Myint...
In Brief:
Waiting on the rule of law;
Burma's junta's loss of sense...
In Review:
Burundi transition;
Interpretation of statutes...
News and Note:
Open letter to UN Security General;
Activities of Pyi-Daung-Su Law Academy;
UN Human Rights Council.
Source/publisher:
Burma Lawyers' Council
Date of publication:
2006-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-31
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English
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
MAP OF THAI-BURMESE BORDER CAMPS;
ACRONYMS. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .. vi
1. INTRODUCTION .1
2. METHODOLOGY 2
3. CURRENT CONTEXT OF RESETTLEMENT ..3
4. IMPACT OF RESETTLEMENT: OVERALL OBSERVATIONS..4
4.1 Factors influencing depletion of skilled workers .5
4.2 Limited labour pool and the difficulty of replacement..6
4.3 Mood in the camps in the context of resettlement ..8
5. EDUCATION .8
5.1 Overall Impact on Education Sector...8
5.2 Actual and Anticipated Consequences of Resettlement on the Education Sector .11
5.3 Current and Possible Programmatic Responses to Resettlement: Coping Strategies ...12
5.4 Sectoral Recommendations for Education ...13
6. HEALTH14
6.1 Overall Impact on the Health Sector 14
6.2 Actual and Anticipated Consequences of Resettlement on the Health Sector...17
6.3 Current and Possible Programmatic Responses to Resettlement: Coping Strategies ...18
6.4 Sectoral Recommendations 19
7. CAMP ADMINISTRATION ...21
7.1 Overall findings ...21
7.2 Camp Committees ..22
7.3 CBOs..22
7.4 CBO and Camp Committee Recommendations ...25
8. OTHER RESETTLEMENT-AFFECTED GROUPS..25
8.1 Extremely Vulnerable Individuals (EVIs) ..25
8.2 Separated Children .26
9. POSITIVE IMPACTS ..26
10. FINANCIAL COSTS OF RESETTLEMENT..27
11. RECOMMENDATIONS TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS...27
11.1 NGOs and CBOs...27
11.2 UNHCR, IOM, OPE...29
11.3 Resettlement Countries.30
11.4 Royal Thai Government.31
11.5 Donors ..31
11.6 All Stakeholders 31
12. APPENDICES .32
Appendix A: Resettlement Activity vs. Education Level ..32
Appendix B: Guidelines and Procedures for the Identification of Myanmar .35
Refugees for Resettlement Submission.35
Appendix C: Camp-based workers, Education Level, and Projected Resettlement .39
Appendix D: Camp-Specific Data ..42
Appendix E: Financial Costs of Resettlement 49
Appendix F: List of Stakeholders Interviewed 51
DR. SUSAN BANKI AND DR. HAZEL LANG
Source/publisher:
CCSDPT
Date of publication:
2007-06-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-30
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Refugees: international standards, mechanisms and research, CCSDPT documents on resettlement
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