After the Storm: Voices from the Delta

After the Storm: Voices from the Delta is the first independent report assessing the response of the Burmese regime to Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in May 2008. It exposes how the Burmese regime committed human rights abuses in its response to the cyclone by obstructing relief to victims of the cyclone.

March 1, 2009  •  By Emergency Assistance Team - Burma  •  Tags: Cyclone Nargis, Emergency Assistance Team - Burma, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health  •  Read more ➤

“We Are Like Forgotten People”: The Chin People of Burma: Unsafe in Burma, Unprotected in India

In this 93-page report, Human Rights Watch documents a wide range of human rights abuses carried out by the Burmese army and government officials. The abuses include forced labor, arbitrary arrests and detention, torture, religious repression and other restrictions on fundamental freedoms. In Mizoram state, India, Chin people remain at risk of discrimination and abuse […]

January 27, 2009  •  By Human Rights Watch  •  Tags: Chin, Human Rights Watch  •  Read more ➤

Post-Nargis Analysis: The other side of the story

A report that explores the obstructions to aid and human rights abuses committed by Burma’s military regime and corruption that have occurred in the cyclone-hit region.

October 1, 2008  •  By Another Development for Burma  •  Tags: Another Development for Burma, Corruption, Cyclone Nargis  •  Read more ➤