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Published in: HomeTrade union building in MyanmarBasically all unions demand a stronger sanctioning capacity for the Arbitration Council.
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Published in: HomeThe Lady in the broken mirror: the politics of identity in MyanmarGlobal icon Aung San Suu Kyi faces the everyday challenges of governing a nation whose ethnic tensions threaten to...
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Published in: HomeSoutheast Asia: a new refugee crisis looming?Southeast Asia is seeing persecuted minorities fleeing their homeland. As in Europe, lack of political consensus has...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCan democracy and genocide co-exist in Burma?The treatment of Rohingya may be a detail in the general opening up and wooing of a state known for its unspoilt and...
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Published in: HomeIn Myanmar, outside the citiesCan the politicization of Myanmar's rural communities topple the self-serving military elite?
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Published in: civilResistanceAgainst Letpadaung: copper mining in Myanmar and the struggle for human rightsContention around a mine in Myanmar – especially police treatment of activists campaigning to close it – has grown...
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Published in: civilResistanceIn Myanmar, students test the sincerity of democratic transitionStudents in Myanmar have achieved what few other citizens have since independence: the creation of a lasting...
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Published in: HomeAsia at the crossroadsAside from China, nearly all the states in Asia make use of the trappings of democracy, such as elections,...
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Published in: openSecurityCivilian justice trumps military impunity in MyanmarThe rare conviction of a soldier in civilian court shows how, case by case, the criminal justice system is slowly...
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Published in: openSecurityMyanmar: the human-rights story behind the spinThe authorities in Nay Pyi Taw are steering the former authoritarian pariah state to open engagement with the world....
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Published in: HomeBurma: the clash of church, state and societyBurma's government and political leaders are now paying a bitter price for allowing the reform process to be...
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Published in: HomeMyanmar’s long walk to democracy becomes even longerThe deafening silence from the international community on the incidents of last week displays a worrying...
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Published in: HomeThe Myanmar contextFor the first time since independence, government forces and most Ethnic Armed Groups have stopped fighting. This is...
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Published in: HomeThe Rohingya refugee making factoryIf the production of refugees was an industry, Myanmar would be among the world’s market leaders. And of all its...
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Published in: HomeSecurity and status determination for urban refugees in MalaysiaIt seems probable – and entirely reasonable - that it will take several years to build trust in a ‘new’ Myanmar that...
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Published in: Home“A constant state of fear”: Chin refugee women and children in New Delhi
Ethnic Chin refugee women and children from Burma are the hidden victims of pervasive sexual and gender-based...
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Published in: HomeRefugees on the Thai-Burma border: ready for return?For refugees in camps on the Thailand Burma border to be able to return to Burma, two main issues need to be...
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Published in: HomeIntroducing Myanmar in transition? A displacement perspectiveIndividual posts in this week’s feature have provided a snapshot into a single issue. Collectively, they explore a...
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Published in: HomeThe dark side of Burma’s Facebook boom
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her political party the NLD and minority Muslims are being maliciously targeted...
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Published in: HomeBurma’s paradox of plenty
Military and crony interests remain closely aligned with large-scale extractive projects in Burma. As the country...
