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Sectarian tension in Myanmar threatens aid workers
By IRIN News
16 April 2013

BANGKOK – Ongoing tensions between Buddhist and Muslim communities in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State have created a threatening environment for aid workers, hindering assistance to more than 127,000 displaced persons.

“Access to IDPs [internally displaced persons] is being seriously hampered by ongoing intimidation [of aid workers] by some members of the local community,” noted the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yangon.

Humanitarian organizations, including medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières, report aid staff have faced accusations by the local Rakhine community – who are mostly Buddhist – that their assistance favours the Muslim Rohingya minority.

The majority of the displaced are Rohingya, but there are also hundreds of Buddhists among them, according to government estimates. (read more) 

Genocide Emergency: Violence against the Rohingya and other Muslims in Myanmar
04 April 2013, updating Genocide Emergency by Genocide Watch 29 March 2012
By Katelyn Nawoyski 

The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority of one million people that has lived in Rakhine state for centuries.  But they face systematic religious and ethnic discrimination because under Myanmar’s constitution, they are not classified as one of 135 legally recognized ethnic minority groups with Myanmar citizenship.  Ethnic Burmese consider the Rohingya as “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh.  But Bangladesh does not recognize the Rohingya as its citizens.

Without citizenship, the Rohingya have no civil rights in Myanmar.

• The regime refuses to issue identification cards to Rohingya, which are necessary to be able to travel, as well as to obtain passports and enroll in higher education.
• They are denied land and property rights and ownership. The land on which they live can be taken away at any time.
• The Rohingya people are barred from government employment.
• Marriage restrictions are imposed on them.  They are limited to two children per couple.
• They are subject to forced labor, extortion and other coercive measures.
• Public services such as health and education are neglected. Illiteracy is 80%.
• More than 40,000 Rohingya children in western Myanmar are deprived of rights to travel,   to attend school, or to marry in the future, because their parents had an unauthorized marriage or exceeded the two-child limit the Myanmar government has imposed on the Rohingya. These blacklisted children are refused birth registration, and so are not included in family lists and must be hidden during the authorities’ population checks.
• The Rohingya are subject to curfews and other restrictions on basic freedoms.

The Rohingya are a dehumanized and persecuted minority in Myanmar.  Many attempt to flee to Bangladesh or Malaysia in rickety boats, but are not accorded the rights of refugees in those countries.  Some of these boat people drown.

Among the crimes against humanity the Myanmar military regime is committing against the Rohingya are: denial of citizenship, imprisonment in displaced persons camps, murder, denial of the right to travel, denial of education rights for children, and denial of food and medicines.

During 2012, violence increased against Rohingya and other Muslims in the Rakhine State. According to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Rohingyas have become one of the most oppressed ethnic groups in the world. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report on discrimination against the Rohingya.

Miss Thidar Htwe, a Buddhist woman from Rakhine, was murdered on 28 May 2012. Government officials arrested and charged three Muslim men with the attack. The Economist reported that six days later a mob of Buddhist vigilantes stopped a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims, killing ten and raping one. Violence by Buddhists against Muslims grew. Scores of Rohingya were slaughtered. Attacks against Muslims have now spread to other areas of Myanmar. Attacks by government forces followed shortly thereafter. Mass media have incited discrimination against the Rohingya and Muslims, using derogatory terms and twisted stories when reporting on incidences.

Violence against Muslims is not just targeted against the Rohingya; Muslims living in other states have also been targets of ethnic, racial, and religiously motivated violence. The Burmese government has committed atrocities against Muslims, including mass killings and rapes, burning of Muslim villages, arrests, forced labor, and torture. Many Muslims attempt to escape to Bangladesh for sanctuary. However, in Bangladesh the Myanmar refugees face discrimination, exploitation, and deportation. In Myanmar, the Rohingya are a stateless people.

On 28 March 2013, The New York Times reported that President Thein Sein publicly declared that he would begin using force to stop religious conflict and rioting in Myanmar. This was the president’s first public comment on the issue since 40 Muslims were killed during rioting in central Myanmar the week before. About 12,000 were forced out of their homes and into refugee shelters as a direct result of that rioting, which included burning of Muslim houses and mosques. This was the worst instance of violence against Muslims in the past year.

The release from house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and lifting of restrictions on trade have given much of the world press a false sense that the Myanmar regime is liberalizing.  In fact, the model it is following is China’s, with firm control by the military unshaken.

On 29 March 2013, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, issued a statement from Geneva in which he not only expressed the UN’s concerns about the violence between Muslims and Buddhists in Myanmar, but urged the government to take “bold steps” to rectify the ongoing violence. Quintana noted the violence has been occurring since June and the government has not been doing enough to stop it.

State-supported violence against Muslims not only continues a long pattern of discrimination, but is also a warning sign that genocidal violence against Muslims, Shin, Karen, and other minorities remains rampant in Myanmar.

Genocide Watch is issuing an updated Genocide Emergency Alert for the Rakhine State of Myanmar.  Genocide Watch recommends that the following actions be taken:

• Myanmar authorities should cease human rights violations against the Rohingya and other Muslims, and against other minority groups;

• The Myanmar Parliament should pass legislation that grants full citizenship to the Rohingya with all rights of citizens of Myanmar, including the right to hold land titles and travel, and other rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

• Bangladesh should adhere to its obligations under the UN Convention on the Protection of Refugees by accepting Rohingya refugees, permitting them to settle in refugee camps until they can be repatriated with full citizenship rights in Myanmar. 

Genocide Emergency: Kachin State
04 April 2013
By Katelyn Nawoyski

Fighting in Myanmar’s Kachin state pits the Kachin Independence Army and its majority Christian population against the Burmese Buddhist government.  Ethnic Shan in Kachin State have also been displaced.

Kachin State
In 1994, the Burmese government reached a peace agreement with the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) ending large-scale conflict between the two parties in the jade-rich territory. KIO maintained effective control, and political tension remained high for the next 17 years. In June 2011, that ceasefire agreement was shattered and fighting once again broke out between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese government when the government attacked KIA forces near a hydropower plant. Fighting since has been non-stop.

The government says it only attacks in self-defense. However, it appears that the government is trying to capture KIA headquarters in Laiza. The line of command for attacks is ambiguous since the creation of the new democratic government, and it is unclear whether many of the attacks are directed by the central government or are occurring on the basis of local government action. Government attacks on Kachin villages have intensified since December 2012.

Human Rights Watch estimates that since the attacks have begun, over 75,000 Kachins have been forced to flee their homes looking for refuge. Attacks include raids and burnings of villages and rapes and murders.  Many Kachin have fled to China, only to be deported.

On January 19, 2013, President Thein Sein declared a ceasefire, which was immediately broken by his own army. The two groups – KIA and the government – met for peace talks in February 2013, but tensions remain and there has been no stop to the violence. Tens of thousands of Shan Buddhists have also been displaced from Kachin state since June 2011. About 300,000 of Kachin State’s 1.2 million residents are Shan. Kachin Christians also face discrimination. It is estimated that over 100,000 Kachins have been displaced as a direct result of the fighting.

Relief groups from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the World Food Program (WFP) entered remote areas of the Kachin state to provide aid – in the form of supplies and relief workers – in late February. The UN had talks with the government to ensure that aid workers would be safe.

Genocide Watch has issued an updated Genocide Emergency Alert for the Kachin State of Myanmar.

Genocide Watch recommends that the following actions be taken immediately: 

• Myanmar authorities should cease human rights violations and violent attacks against the Shans and Kachins;

• Myanmar authorities should abide by a ceasefire agreement with the Kachin Independence Army and ensure it is maintained by government military forces in the Kachin State;

• China should adhere to its obligations under the UN Convention on the Protection of Refugees by accepting refugees from the Kachin State, permitting them to settle in refugee camps until they can safely return without threat from Myanmar government military forces. 

Toll Rises as Sectarian Violence in Myanmar Spreads to Nearby Villages
21 March 2013
By Thomas Fuller and Wai Moe

BANGKOK — Rioting and arson attacks spread on Friday to villages outside a city in central Myanmar where clashes between Buddhists and Muslims have left at least 20 people dead, according to residents, a member of Parliament and local journalists. A picture of chaos and anarchy emerged from the city of Meiktila, where mobs of Buddhists, some of them led by monks, have ransacked and burned Muslim neighborhoods since Wednesday. ( read more)

Genocide Emergency:  Western Myanmar, Rakhine State: The Rohingya 

The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic minority living in northern Rakhine state in Western Myanmar.  They face religious and ethnic discrimination by Myanmar’s military regime, which refuses to recognize the Rohingya as Myanmar citizens.  The Rohingya people are not considered one of 135 legally recognized ethnic minority groups in Myanmar. Myanmar considers them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, but they have lived in Myanmar for centuries, and Bangladesh will not accept them as its citizens.

The first Rohingya people arrived in Myanmar as early as the seventh century, but the Myanmar military regime maintains, to this day, that the Rohingya immigrated to Myanmar from India while under British colonial rule. This disregard for earlier settlers prohibits the Rohingya from being legally recognized as a minority group in Myanmar.

The Rohingya have permanently settled in Western Myanmar and make up 1/3 of the population of the Rakhine State. There are close to 750,000 Rohingyas in Rakhine State. 

Because of the Myanmar military regime’s denial of legal recognition, the Rohingya are denied fundamental human rights and freedom, and the military regime consistently perpetrates human rights violations against this vulnerable population.

• The regime refuses to issue identification cards to Rohingya, which are necessary to be able to travel, as well as to obtain passports and enroll in higher education.
•  They are denied land and property rights and ownership. The land on which they live can be taken away at any time.
•  The Rohingya people are barred from government employment.
•  Marriage restrictions are imposed on them.  They are limited to two children per couple.
•  They are subject to forced labor, extortion and other coercive measures.
•  Public services such as health and education are neglected. Illiteracy is 80%.
•  More than 40,000 Rohingya children in western Myanmar are deprived of rights to travel, go to school or to marry in the future, because their parents had an unauthorized marriage or exceeded the two-child limit the Myanmar government has imposed on the Rohingya. These blacklisted children are refused birth registration, and so are not included in family lists and must be hidden during the authorities’ population checks.
•  The Rohingya are subject to curfews and other restrictions on basic freedoms.

The Rohingya are a dehumanized and persecuted minority in Myanmar.  Many attempt to flee to Bangladesh or Malaysia in rickety boats, but are not accorded the rights of refugees in those countries.  Some boat people drown.

Among the crimes against humanity the Myanmar military regime is committing against the Rohingya are: denial of citizenship, imprisonment in displaced persons camps, widespread murder of civilians, denial of the right to travel, denial of education rights for children, and denial of food and medicines.

Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for the Rohingya of Myanmar. Genocide Watch recommends that:

• The Myanmar Parliament should pass legislation that grants full citizenship to the Rohingya, with all rights of citizens of Myanmar, including the right to hold land titles, travel, and other rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
• Plan measures to dissolve Rohingya displaced persons’ camps with international assistance, especially from countries in Asean;
• Myanmar authorities should cease human rights violations against the Rohingya;
• Bangladesh should adhere to its obligations under the UN Convention on the Protection of Refugees, by accepting boats of Rohingya refugees, permitting them to settle in refugee camps until they can be repatriated with full citizenship rights in Myanmar.

AS WESTERN powers make encouraging sounds towards Burma’s recent political reforms, on the country’s far-flung northern border with China a dark conflict is still raging.

The ethnic Kachin people – a largely Christian minority who picked up guns in 1961 to fight the Burmese army – say they have been left out of the reform process, which has seen ceasefires and a renewed attempt at reconciliation between the central government and the country’s myriad ethnic groups which have been in conflict with Rangoon.

In recent weeks, the outnumbered and outgunned Kachin have begun to use the word “genocide” to describe the campaign against them, as they fight to defend their defacto capital of Laiza. (Read more)

Updates

18 September 2012 “Report Burmese Army Continues Rights Violation in Karen” By Voice of America

2 August 2012 “Burma denies soldiers killed, raped Rphingya Muslims” By Australia Network News

27 July 2012 “UNHCR delivers aid to over 30,000 displaced people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state” By UNHCR

26 July 2012 “UN human rights expert asked to visit strife torn Arakan state” By Mizzima News

11 July 2012 “Burma: US Backtracks on Responsible Investment Pledge” By Reuters

11 July 2012 “Administration Eases Financial and Investment Sanctions on Burma By Office of the Spokesperson” US Department of State 

 9 July 2012″Rights groups urge Burma to revise citizenship law” By Mizzima News

2 July 2012 “Myanmar’s minority Muslims under attack” By Maryam Ishani

26 June 2012 “China urged to safeguard refugees from Myanmar” By Xinyan Yu, Associated Press

02 July 2012 “Myanmar arrests 30 over killing of 10 Muslims” By Reuters

19 June 2012 “Death sentence in Myanmar sectarian killing” By AlJazeera

14 June 2012 “Some 30,000 without food, shelter in Myanmer clashes” By Reuters

14 June 2012 “Violence tests Myanmar’s media, and its censors” By Reuters

14 June 2012 “Burma unrest escalates in worst violence in years” By Reuters

13 June 2012 “Myanmar’s minorities: The most persecuted group in Asia” By J.A., The Economist

13 June 2012 “What is behind Myanmar’s ethnic unrest?” By AlJazeera

12 June 2012 “Bangladesh bars Burmese boat people” By AFP

12 June 2012 ” ‘Dozens dead’ in wave of violence” By Assosiated Free Press

12 June 2012 ” Western Myanmar Faces Religious Violence, Emergency Declared” By Korva Coleman, NPR

12 June 2012 “UN Calls for Bangladesh to Protect Victims of Myanmar Clashes” By Daniel Ten Kate and Arun Devnath

12 June 2012 “Rohingya: stateless and ‘friendless’ in Myanmar” By Agence France-Presse

12 June 2012″ Bangladesh turns away 1,500 refugees from Myanmar” By The Associated Press

12 June 2012 “Sectarian violence continues in Myanmar” By AlJazeera

11 June 2012 “Emergency in Myanmar state following riots” By AlJazeera

11 June 2012 “Islamophobia and the fear of the “other”” By AlJazeera

22 January 2012 “Many Freed Burmese Weren’t Jailed for Politics”  By Edward Wong, New York Times

9 November 2010 “In Myanmar opposition concedes defeat in vote,” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

7 November 2010 “Turnout appears light in Myanmar’s election,” by The New York Times

7 November 2010 “Myanmar votes in election controlled by military,” by The New York Times

4 November 2011 “Women Used As Sex Slaves On Kachin Frontline – OpEd,” by Eurasia Review

31 October 2011 “Burma Crackdown On Local Bible Studies, Worship, report,” by BosNewsLife Asia Service

13 August 2010 “Myanmar junta sets election date,” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

21 June 2010 “War Crimes Prosecution Watch Vol. 5, Issue 6,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

21 May 2010 “Peace Negotiations Watch Vol IX No 21,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

5 May 2010 “Genocide in Burma: The Forgotten Tragedy,” by Alisa Wiskin

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16 April 2010 “Peace Negotiations Watch Vol IX, No 16,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

19 March 2010 “Peace Negotiations Watch Vol IX, No 12,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

12 March 2010 “Peace Negotiations Watch Vol IX, No.11,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

10 March 2010 “Increased Burma Abuses,” EarthRights International

February 2010 “Burma: Lawyers, Students & Alumni Defending Earth Rights,” by EarthRights International

26 February 2010 “Peace Negotiations Watch, Vol. IX, No. 9,” by Public International Law & Policy Group

18 December 2009 “Where Impunity Reigns,” by Benedict Rogers, The New York Times

11 December 2009 “UN Urged to Investigate Junta’s Crimes Against Humanity,” by Lalit K. Jha, The Irrawaddy 

23 November 2009 “Junta Crimes to be Raised in The Hague,” by Arkar Moe, The Irrawaddy

22 September 2009 “The Resistance of the Monks,” by Human Rights Watch

10 September 2009 “New Report Links Total and Chevron to Human Rights Abuses, Corruption in Burma,” by EarthRights International (ERI)

31 August 2009 “Myanmar Army Routs Ethnic Chinese Rebels in the North,” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

30 August 2009 “Burmese refugees flee to China town,” by Chris Hogg, BBC News

29 August 2009 “Fleeing Battle, Myanmar Refugees Head to China,” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

26 August 2009 “‘Thousands flee Burma violence’,” by BBC News

24 August 2009 “Strategies of Dissent Evolving in Burma,” by The Washington Post

20 August 2009 “Towards the Elections,” by International Crisis Group

15 August 2009 “US senator in Myanmar to meet leader,” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Liz Robbins, The New York Times

15 August 2009 “Burma to free Suu Kyi US ‘guest’,” by BBC News

12 August 2009 “Burmese activist receives new term of house arrest,” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

11 August 2009 “Burmese activist found guilty; House arrest to continue,” by The New York Times

11 August 2009 “Verdict expected for Burmese activist,” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

9 August 2009 “In Burma, Carefully Sowing Resistance,” by The Washington Post

3 August 2009 “Announcement: EarthRights International’s Ka Hsaw Wa awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership” by EarthRights International

1 August 2009 “Myanmar dissident’s verdict delayed” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

31 July 2009 “Verdict expected Friday in Myanmar trial” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

28 July 2009 “Trial of Myanmar rights leader nears end” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

25 July 2009 “Myanmar dissident’s trial nears end” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

23 July 2009 “US offers Burma possible benefits” by Glenn Kessley, The Washington Post

22 July 2009 “Clinton cites concerns of arms aid to Myanmar” by Mark Landler, The New York Times

11 July 2009 “Myanmar Dissident’s Trial Resumes” by Mark McDonald, The New York Times

4 July 2009 “Myanmar Junta Rebuffs Effort by UN Leader to Meet with Jailed Dissident” by Neil McFarquhar

26 June 2009 “Opposition Welcomes UN Envoy’s Arrival in Myanmar” by The Associated Press

31 May 2009 “Dissent in Myanmar is Improving” by Reuters

28 May 2009 “End Burma’s System of Impunity” by Paulo Sergio Pinheiro 

27 May 2009 “Myanmar Dissident Testifies at Trial” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

26 May 2009 “Perilous Plight: Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas” by Human Rights Watch

25 May 2009 “Burma: End Abuses Against Rohingya” by Human Rights Watch

22 May 2009 “Myanmar Again Closes Trial of Democracy Activist” by Seth Mydans and Mark McDonald, The New York Times

20 May 2009 “Is it time to take Than Shwe to International Criminal Court?” by Arkar Moe, The Irrawaddy

21 May 2009 “Harvard Report Calls for UN Investigation into Burma Rights Abuses” by Danieal Schaerf

20 May 2009 “World’s leading jurists call for investigation into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma” by International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School

20 May 2009 “Burma Presses Case Against Pro-Democracy Leader” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

19 May 2009 “Pro-Democracy Leader Goes on Trial in Myanmar” by Seth Mydans and Mark McDonald, The New York Times

18 May 2009 “Myanmar’s Democracy Leader Goes on Trial” by The Associated Press

16 May 2009 “After Years of Isolation a Dissident Still Torments her Tormentors” by Seth Mydans

15 May 2009 “Myanmar Junta Charges Democracy Leader” by Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans, The New York Times

14 May 2009 “Burmese Nobel Laureat to Face Trial Under Junta” by Thomas Fuller and Seth Mydans

26 March 2009 “Senior U.S. Diplomat Makes a Trip to Myanmar” by Mark McDonald, The New York Times

20 November 2008 ““I have no more left in my hands:” Human rights conditions in southern Ye Township and northern Tavoy District,” by HURFOM (Human Rights Foundation of Monland – Burma)

26 September 2008 “One Year After Violent Crackdown, Repression Continues” by Human Rights Watch

23 September 2008 “Seeking Justice for Burma: A Case for Revoking the Credentials of the SPDC” by Michael A. Newton,Vanderbilt University Law School

23 August 2008 “The Plight of the Shan People of Burma” by Antonio Graceffo 

10 August 2008 “Burma Shan Video: Porter and Human Shield” by Antonio Graceffo

8 August 2008 “Myanmar arrests “8-8-88” anniversary marchers” by Aung Hla Tun, Reuters

7 August 2008 “No Rights Reform 20 Years After Massacre” by Human Rights Watch

6 August 2008 “An auspicious, bloodstained day” by Ko Bo Kyi, International Herald Tribune

1 August 2008 “Twenty years on, more than 2,000 political prisoners” by Amnesty International

19 July 2008 “Seeds of further uprising amid the fear and intimidation” by Clancy Chassay, The Guardian

18 July 2008 “Burmese opposition ready to escalate pro-democracy fight” by Clancy Chassay, The Guardian

6 July 2008 “Suu Kyi vote win ‘no longer legal’: Myanmar state media” by Agence France-Presse

24 June 2008 “Built to Order: Myanmar’s New Capital Isolates and Insulates Junta” by The New York Times

23 June 2008 “Myanmar’s monks regroup after killer storm” by The Associated Press

20 June 2008 “Nursing the Shan” by Antonio Graceffo

20 June 2008 “12 Protesters Detained in Myanmar” by The Associated Press

18 June 2008 “The Other Karen Tribe” by Antonio Graceffo

15 June 2008 “The Power of the Powerless” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

11 June 2008 “Myanmar’s Junta Frees 15 Detainees” by The Associated Press

11 June 2008 “Burmese state mouthpiece defends Suu Kyi detention” by The Guardian

10 June 2008 “Burmese junta frees 15 opposition activists” by Peter Walker, The Guardian

8 June 2008 “Myanmar denies evictions from cyclone relief camps” by Reuters

7 June 2008 “Myanmar Junta Begins Evicting Cyclone Victims From Shelters” by The New York Times

5 June 2008 “Crimes against humanity in eastern Myanmar” by Amnesty International

5 June 2008 “Cyclone survivors at increased risk because of Myanmar government’s actions” by Amnesty International

3 June 2008 “Myanmar Rulers Still Impeding Access” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

2 June 2008 “A Day in Loi Tailang: The Shan People Live a Beautiful Culture which is being Driven to Extinction” by Antonio Graceffo, Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.)

2 June 2008 “Gates Accuses Myanmar of ‘Criminal Neglect’” by Eric Schmitt, The New York Times

31 May 2008 “Monks Succeed in Cyclone Relief as Junta Falters” by The New York Times

30 May 2008 “Myanmar Starts Mass Evictions” by Reuters

29 May 2008 “The case is clear: Burmese leader should face genocide trial” by Joel Brinkley, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

28 May 2008 “When It Comes to Politics, Burmese Say, Government Is All Too Helpful” by The New York Times

27 May 2008 “Myanmar extends opposition leader’s detention” by The Associated Press

27 May 2008 “Myanmar Detention Overshadowed” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

26 May 2008 “UN official sees Burma progress” by BBC News

23 May 2008 “U.N. Leader Sees Myanmar Cyclone Devastation” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

22 May 2008 “Myanmar junta stance on foreign aid a crime– monks” by Reuters

22 May 2008 “U.N. Chief Making Appeal to Myanmar” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

18 May 2008 “International Pressure on Myanmar Junta Is Building” by The New York Times

17 May 2008 “Burma ‘guilty of inhuman action’” by BBC News

16 May 2008 “Rain deepens Myanmar misery; casualty tolls jump” by Aung Hla Tun, Reuters

10 May 2008 “The Suffering Continues in Burma” by Antonio Graceffo, Burma Digest

10 May 2008 “Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar’s vote on constitution” by The Associated Press

10 May 2008 “China Should Push to Get Aid in” by Human Rights Watch

8 May 2008 “Roadmap to Autocracy: Burma’s Referendum is a Sham” by Human Rights Watch

8 May 2008 “Burma’s referendum of the absurd” by Human Rights Watch

8 May 2008 “A Reclusive Government, Forced to Ask for Help” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

7 May 2008 “A Challenge Getting Relief to Myanmar’s Remote Areas” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

7 May 2008 “When Will the People of Burma Catch a Break?” by EarthRights International

7 May 2008 “Aid for Myanmar Mobilizes, Mixed With Criticism” by Seth Mydans and Helene Cooper, The New York Times

2 May 2008 “Sanctions on 3 Companies” by Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times

1 May 2008 “Vote to Nowhere: The May 2008 Constitutional Referendum in Burma” by Human Rights Watch

April 2008 “The Human Cost of Energy: Chevron’s Continuing Role in Financing Oppression and Profiting From Human Rights Abuses in Military-Rule Burma (Myanmar)” by EarthRights International

29 April 2008 “Rights group accuses Chevron of complicity in Myanmar abuses” by Agence-France Presse

29 April 2008 “Killings alleged at Chevron’s Burma pipeline” by David R. Baker, The San Francisco Chronicle

29 April 2008 “Watchdog Group Says Chevron Complicit In Myanmar” by Reuters

15 April 2008 “UN rapporteur warns Burma on vote” by BBC News

14 April 2008 “More Refugees From Burma Expected in U.S.” by The New York Sun

11 April 2008 “Rights Groups Call for Probe into Migrant Deaths” by Sal Slip, The Irrawaddy

19 March 2008 “UN Burma Envoy Disappointed Over Lack of Results on Recent Trip” by Margaret Besheer, Voice of America

10 February 2008 “Myanmar Junta Calls For Vote” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

6 February 2008 “U.S. Imposes More Sanctions to Press Myanmar Rulers” by Reuters, The New York Times

31 January 2008 “After the Crackdown” by International Crisis Group

27 January 2008 “Rights Group Accuses Myanmar of Holding More Dissidents” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times

3 January 2008 “Myanmar Cracks Down in Ethnic Minorities” by Denis D. Gray, The Associated Press

19 December 2007 “Senate Passes Myanmar Sanctions Bill” by The Associated Press, The Washington Post

17 December 2007 “House Honors Suu Kyi” by The Associated Press, The Washington Post

15 December 2007 “Spies, Suspicion and Empty Monasteries” by Chris McGreal, The Guardian

8 December 2007 “U.N. Report Finds 31 Killed in Myanmar Crackdown” by Warren Hoge, The New York Times

20 November 2007 “Surprise Pressure From Myanmar’s Neighbors” by Wayne Arnold, The New York Times

12 November 2007 “U.N. Examining Myanmar Crackdown” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

9 November 2007 “Myanmar Leader Meets with Party” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times.

9 November 2007 “Myanmar Standoff Appears to Soften” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times.

3 November 2007 “Burma Expels U.N. Envoy Who Backed Pro-Democracy Protests” by Colum Lynch, The Washington Post.

30 October 2007. “Khun Sa, Drug Lord, Dies at 73” by Thomas Fuller, The New York Times

29 October 2007 “Myanmar Magic: Tell a Joke, and You Disappear” by Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times.

20 October 2007 “The Main Issue in Burma is Democracy, Not Economics” by The Nation

15 October 2007 “First Lady Raising Her Profile Without Changing Her Image” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg.

8 January 2007 “Ban Ki-moon Calls on Myanmar to Release all Political Prisoners” the UN News Centre.

30 November 2006 “Burma: Army Forces Thousands to Flee” Human Rights Watch.

24 November 2006 “Myanmar Wages Offensive Against Karen” by The Associated Press, The New York Times.

17 November 2006 “Myanmar Is Left in Dark, an Energy-Rich Orphan” by Jane Perlez, The New York Times.

17 November 2006 “Misery Spirals in Burma as Junta Targets Minorities” by Anthony Faiola, The Washington Post.

10 October 2006 “Bold Gestures on Myanmar Only Underscore Stagnation and Other Troubles” by Seth Mydans, The New York 
Times.

28 May 2006 “Myanmar Extends Dissident’s House Arrest” by The Associated Press, The New York Times.

27 May 2006 “Myanmar: Suu Kyi’s Detention Extended,” by Reuters, The New York Times

21 May 2006 “Myanmar Dissident Healthy, U.N. Agent Says After Meeting” by Reuters, The New York Times.

23 April 2006 “Burma’s Dear Leader” by Joshua Kurlantzick, The Washington Post.

31 March 2006 “Teachers Witness Genocide of Karen Refugees; Mother and Daughters Hear Tales of Junta’s Crackdown” by Alison Chiesa, The Herald

12 March 2006 “POLITICIDE AND GENOCIDE WATCH: BURMA (MYANMAR)” by K. Kelly and J. Margolis for Genocide Watch.

14 October 2005 “Human Rights Watch backs call for UN Security Council action on Myanmar, Agence France-Presse.

27 August 2005 “Burmese Power Struggle May Be Heating Up, or Not” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times.

13 August 2003 “A Burmese Activist Has the Attention of The White House and, He Hopes, the World” by David Montgomery, The 
Washington Post.

21 July 2003 “Don’t Let Burma Slide” by Morton Abramowitz, The Washington Post

20 July 2003 “Dissenters Said to be Well” by Seth Mydans, The New York Times.

17 July 2003 “Hill Passes Measure to Punish Burma With Trade Sanctions” by Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post

5 June 2003 “Suu Kyi Injured, Diplomats Confirm” by Ellen Nakashima and Alan Sipress, The Washington Post