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As a service to our readers, The Irrawaddy is creating a virtual library of Burma-related reports available on the Internet. Most of these reports can be downloaded free of charge from Web sites run by various organizations.
Please note that The Irrawaddy is not the source of these materials and is not in any way profiting from this new service. Just click on the “More information” link below each brief summary to go to a Web site where you can download the report. (The Irrawaddy is not responsible for the content of external Web sites.)
If you have a report that you would like to share with our readers, please let us know by submitting details to information@irrawaddy.org.
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From the Tiger to the Crocodile
Human Rights Watch, February 2010
The 124-page report is based on 82 interviews with migrants from neighboring Burma, Cambodia, and Laos. It describes the widespread and severe human rights abuses faced by migrant workers in Thailand, including killings, torture in detention, extortion, and sexual abuse, and labor rights abuses such as trafficking, forced labor, and restrictions on organizing. More information |
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The repression of ethnic minority activists in Myanmar
Amnesty International: February 2010
The 58-page report, The Repression of ethnic minority activists in Myanmar, draws on accounts from more than 700 activists from the seven largest ethnic minorities, including the Rakhine, Shan, Kachin, and Chin, covering a two-year period from August 2007. More information |
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Protracted Displacement and Militarisation in Eastern Burma
TBBC, November 2009
TBBC has been collaborating with ethnic community-based organisations to document internal displacement in eastern Burma since 2002. This year's survey update information about the scale and distribution of displacement in 38 townships and reviews trends through an analysis of interviews with over 3,100 households between 2005 and 2009. It also includes a conflict assessment based on community consultations in areas of ongoing fighting as well as cease fire areas. More information |
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Resisting the flood
Kachin Development Networking Group, October 2009
The source of one of Southeast Asia's greatest rivers, the Irrawaddy, lies at the confl uence, or Myitsone, of the Mali and N'Mai rivers in northern Burma's Kachin State. More information |
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Will ASEAN fail to confront the SPDC, again?
Altsean-Burma, October 2009
“Will ASEAN fail to confront the SPDC, again?” covers the SPDC actions between March and September 2009 and recommends that ASEAN pressure the SPDC to adopt the recommendations contained in the Burmese pro-democracy movement’s “Proposal for National Reconciliation”; address and resolve the Rohingya problem; pressure the SPDC to release Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners; and pressure the SPDC to stop human rights abuses and armed aggression against ethnic nationalities. More information |
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