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Authorities feed on heroin epidemic in Hpakant
Photos and text by Kachin News Group
The jade mines of Hpakant in Burma’s northern Kachin State have long been notorious for high rates of drug addiction and HIV infection. What is less known, thanks to the military regime’s strict control of information from this remote area, is the collusion by the authorities in the narcotics trade.- Burma/myanmar after Nargis: Time to normalise aid relations
Asia Report N°161 – 20 October 2008
- Burma’s Cease-fires at Risk
Consequences of the Kokang Crisis for Peace and Democracy
By Tom Kramer
transitional institut
Peace & Security Briefing Nr 1
September 2009
Burma-U.S. Relations
CRS Report for Congress
Updated October 4, 2007
Larry A. Niksch
Specialist in Asian Affairs
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Burma’s Forgotten Prisoners
Key facts about Burma’s political prisoners
Human Rights Watch 2009
- Burma/Myanmar: How strong is the military regime?
December 2000
ICG Asia Report N°11
Bangkok/Brussels
Burma / Myanmar
International crimes committed in Burma:
the urgent need for a Commission of Inquiry
FIDH / ALTSEAN-Burma
- Burmese Uprising Redux
Alternative Asean network on Burma
publications@altsean.org
BN 2009/1054: August 7, 2009
- Country Report Myanmar (Burma)
February 2010
Economist Intelligence Unit
- Country Report Myanmar (Burma)
July 2010
Economist Intelligence Unit
- China-Burma Ties in 1954:
The Beginning of the “Pauk Phaw” Era
Siri Kertas Kerja
Working paper series
ICS Working Paper No. 2009-21
Fan Hongwei
Courage to Resist
Women Human Rights Defenders of Burma
Women’s League of Burma
November 2007
- Community-based assessment of human rights in a complex humanitarian emergency:
the Emergency Assistance Teams-Burma and Cyclone Nargis
Conflict and Health 2010
Crimes in Burma
A report from Harvard Law School, commissioned by some of the most respected jurists in international law, using the UN’s own reports to highlight how Burma’s generals have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Displaced Childhoods
Report by Partners Relief & Development and Free Burma Rangers. Burma’s military government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), has displaced hundreds of thousands of people with impunity, particularly in the country’s ethnic territories.
Dictatorship, Disorder and Decline in Myanmar
By Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson (eds)
ISBN: 9781921536328 (pbk.), 9781921536335 (pdf)
Subjects: Government, Resistance to–Burma.
Military government–Burma.
Dictatorship–Burma.
Human rights–Burma.
Burma–Politics and government.
Burma–Social conditions.
Burma–Economic conditions.- Doing Business in or with Burma
What are the consequences of investment in or trade with Burma? How does it work? Who profits?
Who suffers from it?
(January 2005)
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
(ICFTU)
Drug Policy Briefing
HIV/AIDS and drug use in Burma/Myanmar
Transitional Institut / Burma centre Netherlands
Euro Burma Report
Working to promote democracy in Burma
Report on over a decade of activities
The Findings in the Open Heard Letter Campaign
88 Generation Students
March 2008
- The Future of the Tatmadaw’s Political Role in Myanmar: Prospects and Problems
Muung Aung Myoe
- Giving Up the Burma Fantasy
Dissent Spring 2010
Neil A . Englehard
Laid Waste:
Human Rights along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline
A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland-Burma
May 2009
- Lifting the Bamboo Curtain
As China and India vie for power and influence, Burma has become a strategic battleground. Four Americans with deep ties to this fractured, resource-rich country illuminate its current troubles, and what the U.S. should do to shape its future.
By Robert D. Kaplan
September 2008 Atlantic monthly
Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics
Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy
By Gustaaf Houtman 1999
Copyright 1999 by the Institute for the Study of
Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa
ISBN 4-87297-748-3
Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VII
Myanmar: The State, Community, and the Environment
By Monique Skidmore and Trevor Wilson (eds)
ISBN: ISBN 9780731538119 (pbk.), ISBN 9781921313370 (online)
Subjects: 1. Burma – Economic conditions.
2. Burma – Environmental conditions.
3. Burma – Politics and government.
4. Burma – Social conditions.
I. Wilson, Trevor. II. Skidmore, Monique. III. Title.
Myanmar: The Road to Democracy
a select list
ISEAS Library
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore
- Myanmar Army
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Myanmar: The role of civil society
December 2001
Asia Report N° 27
Bangkok/Brussels
- Myanmar: The HIV/AIDS crisis
MYANMAR Briefing
Bangkok/Brussels, 2 April 2002
- Myanmar: Update on HIV/AIDS Policy
ASIA Briefing
Yangon/Brussels, 16 December 2004
- Myanmar: The politics of humanitarian aid
2 April 2002
Asia Report N° 32
Bangkok/Brussels, 2 April 2002
- Myanmar: The future of the armed forces
ASIA Briefing
Bangkok/Brussels, 27 September 2002
- Myanmar: The military regime’s view of the world
December 2001
ICG Asia Report N° 28
Bangkok/Brussels
- Myanmar: New Threats to Humanitarian Aid
Update Briefing
Asia Briefing N°58
Yangon/Brussels, 8 December 2006
- Myanmar in 2008 – Weathering the Storm
Souttieast Asian Affairs 2009
Tin Maung Maung Than
- Myanmar: Sanctions, Engagement or Another way forward?
April 2004
ICG Asia Report N°78
Yangon/Brussels
- Myanmar: Aid to the border areas
September 2004
Asia Report N°82
Yangon/Brussels
Neither War Nor Peace
The future of the cease-fire agreements in Burma
Tom Kramer
Transnational Institute
De Wittenstraat 25
1052 AK Amsterdam
Netherlands
Nowhere else to go:
An examination of sexual trafficking and related
human rights abuses in Southern Burma
By Woman and Child Rights Project (WCRP)
Human Rights Foundation of Monland
August 2009
- Promoting Human Rights in Burma: A Critique of Western Sanctions
Policy.
By Morten B. Pedersen. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. Hardcover: 291pp.
Contemporary Southeast Asia Vol. 30, No. 3 (2008), pp. 485-87
2008 ISEAS
- The politics of human rights: How the world has failed Burma
Rachel Schaire Vertannes
Asia Pacivic Journal on Human Rights and the Law
2001
She must be free
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.
BN 2007/1032: May 23, 2007
Alternative Asian Network On Burma
campaigns , advocacy & capacity – building for human rights & democracy
Resisting the flood
Communities taking a stand against the imminent construction of Irrawaddy dams
Published in October 2009
Sold to be Soldiers
The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma
Human Rights Watch
October 2007
Supply and Command
Natural gas in western Burma set to entrench military rule
A report from the Shwe gas movement
July 2006- The European Union and Burma: The Case for Targeted Sanctions
Produced by the Burma Campaign UK
March 2004
- The Geology of Burma (Myanmar):
An Annotated Bibliography of Burma’s Geology, Geography and Earth Science.
By R. Lee Hadden
Topographic Engineering Center, September 2008
US Army Corps of Engineers
7701 Telegraph Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22315
The Role of political prisoners in the national reconciliation process
Report by The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma).
This report sets out the vitally important role of Burma’s political prisoners in a process of national reconciliation, leading to democratic transition.
- Sino-Burmese Relations 1949-1953:
Suspicions and Equivocations
WORKING PAPER SERIES
ICS Working Paper No. 2008-19
SIRI KERTAS KERJA
Fan Hongwei
Transnational Crime Burma
CRS Report for Congress
Updated April 16, 2008
Liana Sun Wyler
Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics
Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division- Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma
Report Commissioned By:
The Honorable Vacláv Havel, Former President of the Czech Republic
Bishop Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1984)
September 20, 2005
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma report to the UN Human Rights Council
Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Mr. Tomás Ojea Quintana, to the UN Human Rights Council. The Special Rapporteur recommends that the UN consider establishing a Commission of Inquiry into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma.- War on drugs
Southeast Asian Affairs 2009
Paul Sarno
Article archive
- The Best Friend Library: Education is the key to Freedom - 2012-05-14
- Take Note: Young Migrants Make Waves with New Magazine - 2012-05-07
- URGENT UPDATE! Now Ashin Gambira’s doctor is refusing to see him - 2012-05-01
- Ashin Issariya’s Dhamma talks during Water Festival - 2012-04-20
- A special project needs your support: The Young Generation’s Note - 2012-04-19
- “Dreams Without a Home” – An interview with filmmaker Sascha Schöberl - 2012-04-02
- Monthly rice donation for the families on the dump - 2012-03-26
- Ashin Sopaka still under watch by authorities - 2012-03-06
- Assessing the complex current situation in Burma - 2012-03-04
- Run for Relief raises 100,000+ baht ($3,330) for Burma organizations - 2012-02-26
- 1 March: Global Day of Action Against Shwe Gas and China-Burma Pipelines - 2012-02-23
- Ashin Gambira: “Democracy is only a word in the newspaper” - 2012-02-20
- Sangha Maha Nayaka – government pulling the strings? - 2012-02-19
- Ashin Gambira: Human rights violations continue - 2012-02-12
- U Gambira released again after detention - 2012-02-10
- Ashin Sopaka in Thabyaeye village - 2012-02-08
- Ashin Sopaka – Update - 2012-02-03
- Members of The Best Friend about their release from prison - 2012-01-23
- Ashin Virathu “If the Sangha Council will work for the monks, I will wear my robe again.” - 2012-01-21
- Shwe Nya Wah Sayadaw ordered to leave his monastery - 2012-01-19
- Ashin Gambira Rebuilding Meggin Monastery – “We want to see real change” - 2012-01-18
- Official Statement on 13 January Amnesty - 2012-01-14
- “I need to hear that again and again” - 2012-01-10
- “Genuine political progress can not be achieved while democracy activists and ethnic leaders remain behind bars.” - 2012-01-03
- A Burmese monk in New York: U Agga Nya Na’s Story - 2011-12-23
- More than 10.000 signatures asking for forgiveness for Shwe Nya Wah Sayadaw - 2011-12-16
- Sardu Pariyatti Monastery to be evicted, Abbot U Pyinnya Thiha Sayadaw ordered to disrobe - 2011-12-15
- Young Generations’ Note Journal media training - 2011-12-12
- Ashin Sopaka being held under “Village Arrest” - 2011-12-01
- Support the Rally for Ethnic People and Political Prisoners – Send a message to Hillary Clinton - 2011-11-30
- URGENT! Rally in Chiang Mai, Thursday at 10 a.m. - 2011-11-29
- Nai Hongsar: “If the government cannot solve the ethnic issues, there will be no peace or development in this country” - 2011-11-27
- Banned by the Maha Nayaka Sangha Council - 2011-11-25
- Ashin Issariya: “This is not the time to criticize Daw Aung San Suu Kyi or her party, the NLD” - 2011-11-24
- Ashin Gambira transferred to yet another remote prison - 2011-11-19
- Mandalay Peace Protest – Sangha under pressure - 2011-11-18
- Mandalay Peace Protest – Update - 2011-11-16
- We call on all monks, people of Burma and people outside of Burma to join Ashin Sopaka - 2011-11-15
- Monks in Mandalay begin protest for peace in Burma and the world - 2011-11-15
- Best Friend newsletter now available for download - 2011-11-08
- Divisions art exhibit opens tomorrow in Chiang Mai! - 2011-11-01
- Candle Vigil for Ashin Gambira in Mae Sot - 2011-10-31
- Urgent humanitarian intervention needed for jailed monk Ashin Gambira - 2011-10-25
- 2012 Best Friend Calendar now available - 2011-10-24
- Release of only 10% of political prisoners shows regime is not committed to real change - 2011-10-14
- Thadingyut celebrations Mae Sot - 2011-10-13
- On Thadingyut - 2011-10-13
- “If I am sent back to Burma…it could be my death.” - 2011-10-05
- “If Burma had changed to a democratic country, they would free all political prisoners” - 2011-09-30
- Saffron rally attracts 200 in Chiang Mai - 2011-09-28
- Vigil and Rally Today in Chiang Mai, Thailand - 2011-09-26
- “Burma needs knowledge, information, and education” - 2011-09-23
- Two new guides from The Best Friend Library - 2011-09-21
- “I don’t want my parents to suffer from worry and depression any more” - 2011-09-20
- Ethnic leaders welcome U.S. envoy’s call to investigate abuses - 2011-09-16
- See through the regime’s lies, hold it accountable - 2011-09-14
- “You cannot extinguish fire with fire” - 2011-09-10
- A special library - 2011-09-08
- International protests at Burmese embassies 9/9/11 - 2011-09-01
- New ‘Campaigns’ section added to website - 2011-08-25
- Donations to monks during rains retreat - 2011-08-17
- Meeting with Germany’s Human Rights Commissioner: “Opening up the markets to Burma” - 2011-08-13
- Event: 8.8.88: Burma’s Past + Future - 2011-08-03
- Best Friend volunteer arrested and detained in Tachilek for activism - 2011-07-31
- “Please help the Burmese refugees around the world” - 2011-07-21
- Martyrs’ Day ceremony at The Best Friend - 2011-07-19
- Best Friend Visit to Burma’s Mon State, Part 2 - 2011-07-07
- A letter from prison: Metta by Ashin Gambira - 2011-07-06
- Open Letter to Germany’s Human Rights Commissioner - 2011-07-05
- Visit to Sangkhlaburi and Burma’s Mon State, Part 1 - 2011-07-05
- Create and send a postcard to Free the Burma VJs! - 2011-06-29
- Ashin Gambira: Fear - 2011-06-26
- Birthday Celebration for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Frankfurt - 2011-06-20
- Upcoming Events for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Birthday - 2011-06-16
- ‘It has been too long for us already—way too long’ - 2011-06-05
- “Political prisoners must have rights” – Ashin Gambira on hunger strike in Kale jail - 2011-05-31
- Earthquake Relief Project fundraising goal surpassed! - 2011-05-29
- Support our partner project: ExPPACT - 2011-05-19
- News: Tay Za’s wife granted EU visa - 2011-05-05
- Update: meeting the Swiss government - 2011-04-15
- Happy Thingyan! - 2011-04-13
- UPDATE: Shan State Earthquake Relief Project - 2011-04-12
- “The important steps must come from inside the country” – Notes from a meeting at the German Foreign Ministry - 2011-04-04
- Press release: Switzerland - 2011-04-04
- Shan State Earthquake Relief Project - 2011-03-31
- Mission in the Netherlands - 2011-03-30
- “The Pen is sharper than the Sword” – Martin Kovan interviews Ashin Kovida and Ashin Issariya - 2011-03-17
- Burma Film Series at the Peace Café - 2011-03-13
- Presseerklärung - 2011-03-14
- U Win Tin’s Birthday Celebrations - 2011-03-12
- U Win Tin’s 81st birthday - 2011-03-10
- 84,000 Karen Civilians Call on Ban Ki-moon to Help Stop Attacks in Burma - 2011-03-07
- European Buddhist Union supports monks’ call - 2011-03-07
- 12 February: Panglong Agreement remembered - 2011-02-12
- News on newly appointed prime ministers - 2011-02-11
- Leaked U.S. Cable: Than Shwe gave order to kill monks - 2011-02-10
- What is the All Burma Monks Alliance, and Who are its Founders? - 2011-02-09
- News on ministerial departments and NLD statement on sanctions - 2011-02-08
- ဆရာႀကီး ဦး၀င္းတင္ႏွင့္ ဒုတိယပင္လုံညီလာခံအေၾကာင္း ေတြ႔ဆုံေမးျမန္းျခင္း - 2011-01-11
- Societa Libera supports monks’ call for help - 2011-01-19
- Ashin Kovida and King Zero visit a school in NoPhou refugee camp - 2011-01-15
- BGAN supports Monks’ call for help - 2011-01-12
- The Mon Affairs Union (MAU) supports a Second Panglong Conference - 2011-01-10
- Monks’ statement of support to DASSK: update - 2011-01-06
- BDC Burma supports Monks’ call for help - 2011-01-06
- The Moustache Brothers: Peace in Burma NOW - 2011-01-03
- More than $2,000 raised for The Best Friend and other Burma-related organizations in Chiang Mai! - 2010-12-24
- Join Now: Send your Message to the People of Burma - 2010-12-07
- New library at NuPho refugee camp - 2010-12-08
- Villagers from Pa Lu village flee to Mae Sot area - 2010-12-01
- U Gambira: “Please continue the peaceful movement” - 2010-11-22
- Daw Khin Khin Leh: “I compare myself to a ‘pyit taing htaung’: you can push me, but I’ll always come back up” - 2010-11-20
- Ko Tun’s story: how a Best Friend member got reunited with his family - 2010-11-19
- School visit - 2010-11-16
- “I wish to work in unison with the people of Burma and the kind people all over the world” - 2010-11-14
- Aung San Suu Kyi is Free! - 2010-11-12
- Democrazzy - 2010-10-10
- Refugee Crisis Mae Sot – update - 2010-11-09
- No Support for an Inquiry into Crimes Against Humanity from Germany? - 2010-11-08
- Post-election: Refugee crisis in Mae Sot - 2010-11-08
- ‘Boycott Air Bagan’ Campaign Launched in Chiang Mai - 2010-10-28
- Photo Message Project – Only 6 More Days! Please Participate! - 2010-10-27
- Video: This is NOT Democracy - 2010-10-24
- The Scavengers (Burmese at the rubbish dump) - 2010-09-23
- Min Ko Naing’s 48th birthday - 2010-10-18
- No Easy Road: A Burmese Political Prisoner’s Story - 2010-10-15
- Flood in Mandalay and Bago - 2010-10-13
- Watch: My Message to the people of Burma - 2010-10-09
- Elections only one month away! - 2010-10-07
- U Ghosita – Supporter of the People, but considered an Enemy of the State - 2010-09-28
- Send your Message to the People of Burma now - 2010-12-20
- The Best Friend members in prison - 2010-09-27
- Peace Walk in Chiang Mai - 2010-09-21
- Walk for Peace in Chiang Mai, Thailand - 2010-09-17
- How the Ruling Junta Turns Its Enemy to Become Its Supporters - 2010-08-15
- Aung San Suu Kyi – The Voice of Hope - 2010-08-15
- A Military Selection is Not a True Election - 2010-09-14
- Open Letter from ex-political prisoners from Burma - 2010-09-10
- “I want to go home. I want to see my parents.” - 2010-09-02
- „Freedom to Lead“ for The Best Friend - 2010-08-29
- Ashin Issariya (aka King Zero): “We need unity. We need to act and work hard.” - 2010-08-17
- Take our “Peace in Burma now” stickers with you when you go to Burma - 2010-08-16
- Seven eleven elections: “We need to demonstrate again” - 2010-08-13
- Ashin Sopaka at the Peace Festval in Berlin - 2010-01-11
- Photo Petition – bring a UN commission of inquiry to Burma - 2010-08-09
- Peace Festival Berlin - 2010-08-09
- Burma Voices – speaking out in freedom - 2010-08-03
- Burma–India relations - 2010-01-02
- “India” by General Aung San (1946) - 2010-01-02
- Imagining ‘Burma’: a historical overview - 2009-06-02
- Country Report Myanmar – Main report: February 1st 2010 - 2010-02-01
- Burma and superpower rivalries in the Asia-Pacific - 2010-01-20
- Known knowns and known unknowns: measuring Myanmar’s military capabilities - 2009-08-01
- Resonant and unwavering - 2008-07-14
- Is Burma developing nuclear weapons? - 2010-08-02
- A conversation with Ma Lwin Lwin Myint - 2010-07-30
- The Best Friend goes to Washington - 2010-07-29
- Waso Ceremony at school - 2010-07-28
- Waso Ceremony - 2010-07-27
- Ashin Kovida on education: “Teaching is learning twice” - 2010-07-21
- Martyr’s Day Celebration - 2010-07-19
- We believe it is possible - 2010-07-08
- Burma Debate in Amsterdam - 2010-07-06
- Press Release: Protecting Refugees and Their Rights - 2010-06-29
- Burma VJ Screening in Berlin - 2010-06-27
- A Burmese monk on the run “If my country needs me, I’ll go back” - 2010-06-22
- Why Burma?, Why Me? - 2010-06-14
- “Burma Update” Presentation in Chiang Mai - 2010-06-12
- PRESS RELEASE: ARREST YOURSELF for AUNG SAN SUU KYI and the PEOPLE OF BURMA - 2010-06-11
- Buddhist Monk arrested for carrying PEACE IN BURMA NOW stickers! - 2010-06-09
- U Gambira and King Zero: The Minds behind the Saffron Revolution - 2010-05-26
- Peace Walk in Mae Sot - 2010-05-30
- Fire at Mingalar Zay - 2010-05-01
- Peace Walk in Mae Sot, come and join! - 2010-05-24
- More pictures from the drought in Burma - 2010-05-18
- Burma Election Preparations Rife with Trickery and Deception – Part II - 2010-05-20
- Burma Election Preparations Rife with Trickery and Deception – Part I - 2010-05-19
- Urgent: Burma’s People need your help! - 2010-05-18
- Urgent: Water crisis in Burma! - 2010-05-15
- We need more tourists like Garrett - 2010-05-08
- We will not stop - 2010-05-07
- “Please use your liberty to promote ours.” Aung San Suu Kyi - 2010-05-06
- Peace Stickers inside Burma - 2010-05-06
- Deported from Burma for sticking PEACE IN BURMA NOW! signs - 2010-05-05
- U Gambira: “Please take action” - 2010-04-30
- “You can kill me but you cannot shut my mouth” - 2010-04-28
- “This is not an election. It is like a football game with only one team playing.” - 2010-04-26
- Ashin Kesaras Geschichte - 2010-04-01
- “He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.” — Victor Hugo - 2010-06-20
- U Gambira always told me “Every religious person must work to free our country from the military regime.” - 2010-04-13
- Video: Burma’s second Saffron Revolution - 2010-03-12
- Peace Campaign - 2010-05-04
- Ashin Issariya's Voice - 2010-04-07
- Ashin Sopaka on DVB - 2010-03-05
- Burma Voices - 2010-04-05
- NLD must send out a clear message to the people now - 2010-04-04
- Press Release: The Best Friend Helps Families Move Away From Rubbish Dump - 2010-04-04
- Ashin Issariya: “We will march – If they try to stop us or not” - 2010-04-04
- U Win Tin: We Are Non-Violent, All The Time - 2010-04-04
- U Win Tin: Without political dialogue the upcoming elections will be nothing. They will be a sham. - 2010-04-03
- Kameras für Unterdrückte - 2010-04-03
- King Zero escapes arrest - 2010-04-02
- Refugees Observe International Refugee Day - 2010-04-02
- The Children of the Mae Sot Dump - 2010-04-01
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