Editorial board, article 2 The defining characteristic of the crackdown on the largest protests in Burma in almost two decades this September 2007 was its patent illegality by all standards […]
Burma/Myanmar
A non-existent criminal justice system
Burma Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong The existence of a justice system, in the true sense of the word, cannot be inferred from the existence of a building […]
The alms bowl and the duty to defy
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong On Wednesday, 15 August 2007, Burma’s military government increased the costs of fuels, over which it holds a monopoly, by up to five times […]
The right to provoke
Awzar Thi, Member, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong In August 2007, rallies against rising prices in Burma were met with familiar violence. In the former capital, Rangoon, government-organised gangs […]
Ten case studies in legal dementia
U Tin Nyein: Jailed because someone else flooded his land U Tin Nyein, 46, farmer, son of U Khwe, residing in Kwunthi Chaung village, Kyun village tract, Bogalay Township, Pyapon […]
Appendix I: International community is failing the people of Myanmar again
1. On 15 August 2007, the Government of Myanmar increased the cost of all vehicle and gener[Uator fuels, over which it holds a monopoly, without prior announcement. As has been […]
Appendix II: Burma—The myth of state stability & a system of injustice
During 2006 Burma continued to be characterised by wanton criminality of state officers at all levels, and the absence of the rule of law and rational government. Throughout the year, […]
Milking the cow dry in Burma
Awzar Thi, Member, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong If you are among those fretting about the global financial slump that has taken up so much news time lately, spare […]
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 […]