| Political & Social
Issues |
Amnesty International Report:
Myanmar
2005; 2004; 2003; 2002; 2001; 2000 |
Annual reports on human rights conditions |
| Burma:
Feel-Good US Sanctions Wrongheaded |
Commentary by David I. Steinberg, Georgetown
University (YaleGlobal, 19 May 2004) |
| Burma
Forum Los Angeles |
"your source for the latest information
on current economic & political conditions in Burma (Myanmar),
as well as American local government & corporate involvement" |
| Burma
Project |
Project established by the Open
Society Initiative & "dedicated to the restoration & preservation
of fundamental freedoms ... for all the people of Burma":
extensive information on its own programs & on Burma |
| Burma's
Hardline Generals |
BBC News's profiles of Burma's ruling military
junta (last updated Nov. 23, 2004) |
| Conflict
and Displacement in Karenni: The Need for Considered Responses |
A report on internal displacement of populations
by the Burma Ethnic Research Group (May 2000) |
| Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi's pages |
A Web site honoring the leader of the democracy
movement in Burma & Nobel Laureate: biography, speeches, interviews,
awards, books, & discussion forum |
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices:
Burma
2004; 2003; 2002; 2001; 2000; 1999; 1998 |
Reports by the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State |
| Forgotten
Victims of a Hidden War: Internally Displaced Karen in Burma |
Report by Burma Ethnic Research Group (April
1998) |
| Free
Burma |
Dedicated "to hasten the replacement
of the current military government," & disseminating news & information
on Burma |
| Free
Burma Coalition |
"umbrella group of organizations around
the world working for freedom & democracy in Burma" |
| FreeBurma.org |
Links to "resources promoting
the establishment of democracy in Burma" |
| Frontline:
the Opium Kings |
Adrian Cowell's chronicle of
Burma's heroin trade & the rise & fall of warlord Khun
Sa: essays, interviews, maps & charts |
| Global
Business vs. Global Justice: Burma Past and Present |
From NOW with Bill Moyers: background to the
controversy over UNOCAL's alleged use of forced labor to construct
a natural gas pipeline in Burma |
| Global
Project on Internally Displaced Persons: Myanmar (Burma) |
Profile Summary; Causes and Background of
Displacement ; Population Profile and Figures; Patterns of Displacement;
Physical Security & Freedom of Movement; Subsistence Needs
(Health Nutrition and Shelter); Access to Education, etc.
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| Human
Rights Watch World Report 2002: Burma |
Human rights developments; defending human
rights; the role of the international community |
| Inside
Burma: Land of Fear |
Web site furthering information provided
in John Pilger's documentary, with video clips, chronology, related
sites, articles, & books |
| International
Crisis Group (ICG) Reports on Burma/Myanmar |
Reports & briefings by "an independent,
non-profit, multinational organisation ... working through field-based
analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly
conflict" |
| Internet
Law Library: Burma |
Originally developed under the direction
of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives |
| Internet
under Surveilance 2004: Burma |
From Reporters sans frontires's 2004 report
on "Obstacles to the free flow of information online" |
| Karenni
Rebels Dig in for Last Stand |
Lucy Murray on the struggles of the Kerenni
minority people for autonomy & their 50-year war with the military
regimes of Burma (Asia Times, Mar. 25, 2005) |
| Myanmar:
Lack of Security in Counter-Insurgency Areas |
An Amnesty International report (July 2002) |
| Mental
Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi & the
National League for Democracy |
Gustaaf Houtman's book on the Buddhist dimensions
of Burmese politics |
| National Coalition
Government of the Union of Burma (NCGUB) |
"constituted by elected members of parliament
in exile": news; birth of NCGUB; Burma - Country in Crisis;
Committee Representing People's Parliament (CRPP) -notifications & resolutions;
National League for Democracy (NLD) statements, resolutions & reports;
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's biography, speeches, interviews, awards,
letters from Burma, & books; international action; views; campaign
for a free & democratic Burma |
| National
Council of the Union of Burma |
"the broadest-based umbrella organization
of the pro-democracy Burman and non-Burman ethnic nationalities" |
| Profile:
Aung San Suu Kyi |
From BBC News, with related key stories, background & Internet
links |
| Social
Watch Country Report: Myanmar-Burma |
Compiled by an international network checking
on the fulfillment of internationally agreed commitments on poverty
eradication & equality: present situation; progress & regression;
signatures & ratifications |
| Soldiers
of Fortune |
A Time Asia article on the Wa tribe,
Asia's most dangerous drug cartel (Dec. 16, 2002) |
 Threat
to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma |
Report
on "on the threat that the Government of Burma poses both to its own people and to
regional peace and security," prepared by the global law firm of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary & commissioned by Vacláv Havel & Desmond M. Tutu (Sept. 20, 2005; PDF format) |
| World
Legal Information Institute: Myanmar |
Laws & legal information, organized by
various categories |
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