MYANMAR: Where the refugees are Photo: David Swanson/IRIN A scene at the official Kutupalong refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, home to around 11,000 documented Rohingya refugeesAccording to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), there are more than 200,000 registered Burmese refugees worldwide. However, aid groups say there are hundreds of thousands more who would be
How Myanmar’s opium growsBy Brian McCartan/ AsiaTimesOnline BANGKOK – The controversy over the scale of Myanmar’s opium production took another turn with the release of a new report that claims cultivation has surged in territories where the military government has recently taken control. The report draws more extreme conclusions than recent research released by the
Christian Post http://www.christianpost.com/article/20061104/25778.htm http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070212/25778_Burma%92s_Persecuted_Christians_Plea_Case_in_Highest_U.S._Hearings.htm Christian Today http://www.christiantoday.com/article/burma.delegation.concludes.europe.us.awareness.tour/9526.htm http://www.christiantoday.com/article/burma.delegation.holds.milestone.meeting.with.uk.foreign.office.minister/9272.htm US Committee for Refugees http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1785 http://www.refugees.org/article.aspx?id=1504&rid=1179 The Voice of America http://216.109.125.130/search/cache?p=chin+human+rights+organization&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&fp_ip=MY&fr=yfp-t-501&u=www.voanews.com/burmese/2006-10-25-voa5.cfm&w=chin+human+rights+organization+organizations&d=FXQkV_mdOhg9&icp=1&.intl=us Christian Solidarity Worldwide http://www.csw.org.uk/latestnews/article.php?id=591 Irrawady http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6294&z=154 http://www.irrawaddy.org/aviewer.asp?a=6221&z=154 Mizzima http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2007/April/20-Apr-2007.html http://www.mizzima.com/MizzimaNews/News/2006/Dec/19-Dec-2006-35.html Christian Solidarity Worldwide USA http://www.cswusa.com/Reports%20Pages/Reports-Burma.htm Earth Rights International http://www.earthrights.org/burmareports/another_yadana_the_shwe_natural_gas_pipeline_project_burma-bangladesh-india.html Relief Web (Burmese Refugees Detained in Malaysia Raids) http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6UB96W?OpenDocument Unrepresented Peoples and Nations Organization http://www.unpo.org/article.php?id=6289 Citizen Against
Democracy Newsletter- NEDMarch, 2007http://www.ned.org/publications/newsletters/0307-burma.html On Friday, February 2, 2007, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Task Force for International Religious Freedom held a staff briefing and discussion on Human Rights Abuses and Religious Persecution in Burma. The Task Force heard from an array of witnesses including representatives from two NED grantees, namely, Victor Biak Lian of
Friday, 09 February 2007By BosNewsLife News Center Burma’s military government denies rights abuses. RANGOON/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife) A delegation of predominantly Christian Chin and Kachin activists ended a visit to the US Friday, February 9, after warning American officials of “the continuing violations of human rights,” charges denied by the Burmese military government. Their week-long visit to
Agence France Presse (AFP) October 25: A rights group that advocates for Myanmar ‘s ethnic Chin minority Wednesday applauded the US government for waiving a law that would allow Chin refugees to come to the United States . More than 80,000 Chin refugees currently live in Malaysia , India and Thailand . Many fled their
MungpiMizzima News (www.mizzima.com) October 20, 2006 – The Chin Human Rights Organisation today welcomed the decision of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to allow Burmese refugees into the United States even if they have supported rebels fighting against the Burmese government. Rice exercised her discretionary exemption authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act,
By Shah PaungIrrawwaddyFri 20 Oct 2006: Ethnic Chin refugees in Thailand , Malaysia and India are to be allowed to resettle in the US as long as they meet all eligibility requirements, the US State Department announced on Thursday. Applications would be considered even if refugees had provided “material support” to Chin rebel groups such
WASHINGTON-Oct 19, 2006 (AFP) – The United States has waived a law to accept thousands of refugees from Myanmar ‘s Chin state currently living in Malaysia , Thailand and India , the State Department said Thursday. Most of them had fled to the neighbouring nations after battling the military junta in Myanmar . A stringent
Media NoteOffice of the SpokesmanUS Department of StateWashington , DCOctober 19, 2006The Secretary of State, on October 11, exercised her discretionary exemption authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act, so that Chin refugees from Burma living in Malaysia , Thailand , and India can resettle in the United States even if they have provided “material