As Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy takes a strong lead in Burma's elections, Nafeez Ahmed warns that the military will remain the real power in the land. And as UK, EU, US, Chinese and Gulf state energy corporations compete to exploit Burma's hydrocarbons, don't expect them to denounce the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya, and anyone else in the way of their oil and gas infrastructure.
… Genocide: Burma's Rohingya sacrificed in global scramble … gas Nafeez Ahmed | 13th November 2015 News Burma Energy Oil Gas Indigenous Peoples Human … League for Democracy takes a strong lead in Burma's elections, Nafeez Ahmed warns that the …
The best way to deal with embarrassing, inconvenient facts is to ignore them, writes Guy Horton. And this is precisely what the international community is doing over Burma's demographic anomaly - 9 million people who ought to be there, but aren't. Their absence is prima facie evidence of genocide - but as we all celebrate the 'brave new Burma', no one wants to know.
… Explaining Burma's missing 9 million people - … Guy Horton | 20th November 2014 News Burma Indigenous Peoples Genocide War Human Rights burma-massacre.jpg The best way to deal with …
Or Myanmar, depending on which side of the military regime you find yourself. If like the companies below you support the regime, enjoy your visit to Myanmar. If not, please boycott Burma.
… BURMA The Ecologist | 1st February 2003 News Burma Myanmar Tourism Censorship Human Rights … your visit to Myanmar. If not, please boycott Burma. We’re free to travel there, but in …
Despite wreaking havoc on the health of local villagers and the environment, Burma's military regime is doing nothing to reduce the impact of the Tigyit power plant and mine
… Toxic waste from Burma's largest coal project could displace … Katharine Helmore | 20th January 2011 News Burma Mining Coal Toxic Power Plant Health … the displacement of thousands of people in Burma Despite wreaking havoc on the health of …
Decades violent expulsions, race laws and denial of citizenship lie at the root of the 'boat people' crisis in Thailand and Malaysia, writes Oliver Tickell. Attacks on the Rohingya minority have escalated since a new policy was announced in 2014 to permanently deny their rights.
… Burma's race laws, expulsions, driving … | 29th May 2015 News Human Rights Regligion Burma rohingya-rakhine-cut.jpg Decades violent … dramatic surge in boat people leaving western Burma and Bangladesh to "decades of repression …
As the world's media hails Burma's first elections since 1990 and the country's 'democratic transition' from military rule, Guy Horton warns against the delusional thinking that underlies these optimistic narratives. The reality is one of fascism, mass murder, genocide and systematic discrimination - in which Aung San Suu Kyi herself is complicit through her silence.
… Guy Horton | 10th November 2015 Comment Burma Human Rights Media … As the world's media hails Burma's first elections since 1990 and the … herself is complicit through her silence. As Burma is gripped in election frenzy, one could …
Aung San Suu Kyi is the international face of Burma and a global icon of courage, endurance and moral authority. But as Guy Horton reports from Burma, she is now actively colluding with the Burmese military's violent campaigns against minority ethnic and religious groups.
… tyranny Guy Horton | 31st October 2013 News Burma Mining Human Rights Indigenous burma-massacre.jpg Aung San Suu Kyi is the international face of Burma and a global icon of courage, endurance …
The president of Burma has decided that coal is the way to future wealth and prosperity, write Carole Oudot & Matthieu Baudey. But if the experiences of farmers and village people near Tigyit, site of the country's biggest coal mine and coal-fired power plant is anything to go by, it will bring only poverty, pollution, ill-health and land grabs to rural communities across the country.
… Burma goes for coal - but at what cost in … October 2015 News Energy Coal Fossil Fuels Burma Indigenous Peoples Health Farming 4-cut.jpg The president of Burma has decided that coal is the way to …
As Burma prepares for national elections activists have launched a film to highlight the negative environmental and social impacts of the country’s largest iron mine
… 'Thousands threatened' by giant iron mine in Burma Jemima Roberts | 5th November 2010 News Burma Mining Iron News Politics And Economics Resources burmamine.jpg As Burma prepares for national …
Ka Hsaw Wa has seen many of his friends killed and has suffered torture at the hands of the Burmese military. Now he is taking Unocal, one of the US companies that trades with the murderous regime, to court. One of the most wanted men in Burma, talks to The Ecologist.
… Jeremy Smith | 8th July 2004 News Military Burma Unocal ATCA Pipeline Slaves L Oil … to court. One of the most wanted men in Burma, talks to The Ecologist. He goes to … London hotel is one of the most wanted men in Burma. Thanks to his courage the most …
New analysis of Burma's forestry and trade data points to a multi-billion dollar illegal logging and exports black hole - indicating widespread criminality and official corruption.
… The Ecologist | 26th March 2014 News Forests Burmaburma-teak-logs.png New analysis of Burma's forestry and trade data points to a …
An illegal cross-border trade in endangered wild Asian elephants to serve Thailand's tourist industry is threatening the future of the species, an undercover investigation by the Ecologist Film Unit (EFU) has revealed
… fuelling brutal live elephant trade between Burma & Thailand The Ecologist | 23rd July … are removed from their forest homes in Burma each year to be traded illegally to …
An illegal cross-border trade in endangered wild Asian elephants to serve Thailand's tourist industry is threatening the future of the species, an undercover investigation by the Ecologist Film Unit (EFU) has revealed
… fuelling brutal live elephant trade between Burma & Thailand The Ecologist | 23rd July … are removed from their forest homes in Burma each year to be traded illegally to …
These websites all provide news, background information, campaigning tools and action alerts for anti-sweatshop activists.
… behind the labels. www.behindthelabel.org Burma Campaign UK Part of a global movement … campaigning for human rights and democracy in Burma. It publishes a dirty list of companies … the country, many of which are supported by Burma’s ruthless military junta. …
Grave dangers face those living next to ash disposal sites connected to Chinese power stations
… READ MORE... NEWS Toxic waste from Burma's largest coal project could displace … of local villagers and the environment, Burma's military regime is doing nothing to …
… More important to me, en route to my work in Burma, I would meet Nobel Laureates Niko … and von Frisch. In 1958, you travelled to Burma [Myanmar] to conduct a wildlife survey. … me. Do you recall any adventures in Burma? One day I was sitting at a waterhole …
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seminal book that has inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics.
… later, he was sent to Myanmar, then called Burma, by the British government and the UN to … the UK. Schumacher quickly realised that if Burma were to follow the western economic … extra happiness. After about six months in Burma, Schumacher wrote an essay called …
The Sumatran elephant, one of the smallest of the Asian elephants, is the most endangered elephant in the world. Currently there are between 2,400 and 2,800 left, making the species 'critically endangered', according to the charity Elephant Family.
… fuelling brutal live elephant trade between Burma & Thailand An illegal cross-border trade …
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The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
… of Kawthoolei, which is situated in the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot and is of global … disputes between them and communities. Since Burma’s independence, Karen communities have … knowledge and rights in Karen State of Burma, where the violence and inequities of …
A must-see documentary explores how campaigners are successfully using new technologies and tactics to change the status quo
… governments to account, notably in Iran and Burma.' But with powerful new media, come … events during the ‘saffron revolution' in Burma, when thousands of Buddhist monks …
Since colonising Tibet in 1959, China has ripped out virgin forests, dug up minerals and metals, and dumped nuclear waste with little regard for the fragile ecology of the Tibetan plateau.
… region alone, from rivers that flow into Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand. … China’s Yunnan province, which borders Laos, Burma and Vietnam. ‘If all these dams go … The Mekong traverses six countries – China, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam – …
Burmese migrants working onboard Thai fishing boats suffer brutal exploitation. And the boats involved supply so-called 'trash fish' for use in feed given to farmed prawns exported globally. The Ecologist Film Unit's Jim Wickens reports
… fleets. Like many before him, Wai Yan fled Burma in search of a better life. At the age … waters of other countries, most commonly in Burma and Malaysia, but also as far as …
The free-flowing Salween is the last big undammed river in Southeast Asia, home to a flurry of endangered species including tigers and clouded leopards, writes Tom Fawthrop in Hpa-an, Karen State, Myanmar. And thanks to support from both the indigenous Karen people, and senior officials in China who see the huge ecotourism potential of the river and its dramatic gorge, it could just stay that way.
… river Tom Fawthorp | 13th June 2016 News Burma Conservation Energy Water Hydropower … Twa concluded " If China does not build dams, Burma also should not build any. They should …
One hundred years ago this August, guns rang out as a Europe made unstable by hatred, nationalism and a complex web of treaties went to war. Now the entire world appears poised for conflagration, writes Guy Horton. But where are the leaders to pull us from the brink?
… as 'The man who uncovered the truth about Burma', has worked in Burma and its border zones since 1998. From … coverage and contributed to the submission of Burma to the UN Security Council in January …