http://www.burmapartnership.org Strenghtening Cooperation for a Free Burma Thu, 16 May 2013 10:21:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/statement-on-religious-and-ethnic-violence-that-has-occurred-in-myanmar/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/statement-on-religious-and-ethnic-violence-that-has-occurred-in-myanmar/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:41:23 +0000 48 Myanmar civil society organizations http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16042 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/statement-on-religious-and-ethnic-violence-that-has-occurred-in-myanmar/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/6-12-may-development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/6-12-may-development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16038 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/6-12-may-development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:28 +0000 <a href="/tag/burma-partnership/">Burma Partnership</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16036 “Local communities and internally displaced persons are concerned that the dam plans will lead to increased militarization, human rights abuses, environmental destruction and loss of local livelihoods,” said the environmental lobby group, China Dialogue, talking about dam construction on the Salween River earlier this week. In recent weeks, there have been several examples of development projects directly contributing to armed conflict and militarization in ethnic nationality areas.
Fighting renewed between the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) and the government-backed Border Guard Forces in late April after the Burma Army ordered the DKBA to leave the area near the Hat Gyi hydropower dam site in Karen State. The DKBA refused to comply. Clashes have ceased but tensions remain high with the Karen National Union Brigade 5 also opposing the construction of the dam [...]]]> http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/development-projects-fuel-conflict-in-ethnic-nationality-areas/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/former-political-prisoner-forced-to-serve-old-prison-sentence/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/former-political-prisoner-forced-to-serve-old-prison-sentence/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 15:07:45 +0000 <a href="/tag/burma-campaign-uk/">Burma Campaign UK</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16019 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/former-political-prisoner-forced-to-serve-old-prison-sentence/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/aappb-condemns-the-sentencing-of-former-political-prisoner-under-article-401-1/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/aappb-condemns-the-sentencing-of-former-political-prisoner-under-article-401-1/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 14:54:16 +0000 <a href="/tag/assistance-association-for-political-prisoners-burma/">Assistance Association for Political Prisoners - Burma</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16016 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/aappb-condemns-the-sentencing-of-former-political-prisoner-under-article-401-1/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letters-call-for-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letters-call-for-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:29:30 +0000 <a href="/tag/asian-ngo-network-on-national-human-rights-institutions/">Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16034 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letters-call-for-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-ts/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-ts/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:23:49 +0000 <a href="/tag/asian-ngo-network-on-national-human-rights-institutions/">Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16031 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-ts/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:17:50 +0000 <a href="/tag/asian-ngo-network-on-national-human-rights-institutions/">Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16029 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/open-letter-civil-society-consultation-on-the-enabling-law-of-the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burma-act-on-courts-police-covering-up-child-rape/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burma-act-on-courts-police-covering-up-child-rape/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 03:26:41 +0000 <a href="/tag/asian-human-rights-commission/">Asian Human Rights Commission</a> http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16025 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burma-act-on-courts-police-covering-up-child-rape/feed/ 0 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burmas-human-rights-commission-urged-to-probe-rights-abuses-in-ethnic-areas/ http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burmas-human-rights-commission-urged-to-probe-rights-abuses-in-ethnic-areas/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 09:16:38 +0000 http://www.burmapartnership.org/?p=16007 http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/05/burmas-human-rights-commission-urged-to-probe-rights-abuses-in-ethnic-areas/feed/ 0