Flynn Coleman, Intern, Asian Human Rights Commission The decision to form a truth and reconciliation commission can drastically affect the future of a society recovering from a traumatic past. The […]
Month: December 2003
The Depayin Massacre: A crime against humanity and its effect on national reconciliation
U Aung Htoo, General Secretary, Burma Lawyers’ Council, Thailand The Depayin Massacre was as particular as it was different from other crimes that have occurred in Burma previously. It was […]
Explanatory statement of the Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre
Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre (Burma) In every society, whenever such a heinous crime that impacts on several thousand people occurs, the respective governments, in cooperation with […]
Attack on democracy party in Burma demands an uncompromising international response
Asian Human Rights Commission The military rulers of Burma have in this past week again shown that their pretensions to human rights and political change are utterly fraudulent. The Asian […]
An opinion on the Depayin Massacre as a crime against humanity
Professor Michael C. Davis & C. Raj Kumar Upon examination of the preliminary report of the Ad Hoc Commission on the Depayin Massacre and various affidavits appended to the report, […]
An opinion on the Depayin Massacre
Paul Harris, Barrister, Chairman, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor DEPAYIN MASSACRE OPINION 1. I am asked to advise the Asian Human Rights Commission on matters arising from the preliminary report […]
Affidavits of eyewitnesses to the Depayin massacre
Affidavit of Wunna Maung I, Wunna Maung, hereby swear under oath that: 1. I am a citizen of Burma, holding National Identification Card No- 9/MCS- (N) 003840. I was born […]