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Open Letter to Senior General Than Shwe
Dear Senior General Than Shwe,
The Parliamentary Friends of Burma (PFOB) has noticed the announcement by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) of new electoral laws in preparation for the planned elections this year.
We are very disappointed with the electoral laws, which exclude Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,100 political prisoners from political participation […]
Salween Watch (Vol.2)
The latest newsletter from the Salween Watch coalition gives an update on the Thai Prime Minister’s directive to study the impacts of the Hatgyi Dam, a new agreement on the upper Kunlong dam, and China’s plans to build seven new dams in eastern Shan State on tributaries of the Salween and Mekong rivers. There is […]
• • •From Rice Cooker to Autoclave at Dr. Cynthia’s Mae Tao Clinic
Twenty Years of Health, Human Rights and Community Development in the Midst of War
The book relates the oral history of the clinic as a tribute to our community, staff and supporters.
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Burma
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Burma, with an estimated population of 54 million, is ruled by a highly authoritarian military regime 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. […]
Progress report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana
The present report, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 10/27, covers human rights developments in Myanmar since the Special Rapporteur’s second report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/10/19) and the submission of his report to the General Assembly (A/64/318) in October 2009. […]
• • •Stateless and Starving Persecuted Rohingya Flee Burma and Starve in Bangladesh
In recent months Bangladeshi authorities have waged an unprecedented campaign of arbitrary arrest, illegal expulsion, and forced internment against Burmese refugees. In this emergency report Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) presents new data and documents dire conditions for these persecuted Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. PHR’s medical investigators warn that critical levels of acute malnutrition and […]
• • •The Union Election Commission Law (2010)
The full text of the SPDC’s Union Election Commission Law, passed prior to the 2010 Elections, in English and Burmese.
• •Burma’s Women Political Prisoners
An 8-page briefer on women political prisoners in Burma, illustrating that women from all across the country and from various sectors of society are imprisoned for their political beliefs. According to Assistance Association for Political Prisoners – Burma (AAPP) there are presently 177 women political prisoners across Burma. […]
• • •2010 Election Laws
Full-text of the SPDC’s 2010 Election Laws, including Union Election Commission Law, Political Parties Registration Law, Pyithu Hluttaw (Lower House) Election Law and Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) Election Law.
• • •An Analysis of the Elections in Burma in 2010 and the Following Period
For the past fifty years, military dictators have ruled Burma destroying the economy, abolishing rule of law, and perpetuating thousands of human rights violations against its own population. The military regime known as the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) regularly enlists child soldiers, uses sexual violence against the civilian population, has forcibly displaced and […]
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