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Home / Regional / Asia / Myanmar / Society and Culture / Politics / Human Rights and Liberties
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Web Sites
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- Amnesty International: Myanmar - Annual reports and news from 1997 to the present.
web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/countries/myanmar
- Burmese Refugees in Thailand at Risk - Human Rights Watch says Burmese refugees may be forced to return to Burma, where their lives are at risk.
www.hrw.org/press/2000/05/thaiback0506.htm
- Canadian Friends of Burma - The United Nations and other international institutions have repeatedly condemned the SLORC for its perpetuation of gross human rights abuses, rampant use of forced labour, arbitrary executions, systemic rape, forced portering, imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners and denial of even the most basic forms of freedom of expression and association.
www.web.net/~cfob
- Human Rights Watch - Burma/Thailand - Unwanted And Unprotected: Burmese Refugees In Thailand. Report on the over 110,000 refugees in camps along the Thai-Burmese border and hundreds of thousands more in Thailand who were unable or unwilling to stay within the refugee camps but who had suffered clear abuse at the hands of the Burmese government.
www.hrw.org/reports98/thai
- Inside Burma: Land of Fear - John Pilger charts the history of Burma and the shocking events of the pro-democracy protest of 1988 and the democratisation of the 1990s.
pilger.carlton.com/burma
- Karenni State - Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation, UNPO, member page for Karenni State.
unpo.org/member/karenn/karenn.html
- Sacrifice: A Film Exposing Sex Trafficking in Burma - Screened at Sundance, the film examines the social, cultural, and economic forces at work in the trafficking of Burmese girls into prostitution in Thailand.
www.brunofilms.com/sacrifice.html
- Still No Durable Solution - Human Rights Watch notes about Rohingya refugee problem and difficulties of protecting refugees.
www.hrw.org/reports/2000/burma
- UNOCAL in Burma: Profits before People - Lawsuit by Burmese workers against UNOCAL, claiming the company knowingly benefitted from rights abuses. Appelate's brief, judge's decision, articles on UNOCAL in Burma, image gallery of forced labor in the country, and links.
www.laborrights.org/projects/corporate/unocal/index.html
- Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) - The KHRG is a small and independent group documenting the human rights situation of ordinary people in rural Burma. It distributes information in the form of detailed firsthand reports, photo sets, information updates, commentaries and analytical reports.
metalab.unc.edu/freeburma/humanrights/khrg/archive
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