List of all references and bibliography used in providing the background information on our website. Also makes for good reading list for anyone serious about learning about Burma and the Thailand-Burma border.

A biography of Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma Democratic Concern. http://www.bdcburma.org/AsskNldDetails.asp?Id=1

AAPP (2005). The Darkness We See: Torture in Burma’s Interrogation Centers and Prisons. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma), December 2005. http://burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AAPP-2005.-The-Darkness-We-See_Torture-in-Burmas-Interrogation-Centers-and-Prisons.pdf.

AAPP (2011). AAPP 2011 Annual Report. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). www.aappb.org/AAPP_2011_ANNUAL_REPORT.pdf. Accessed September 10, 2012.

AAPP (2012). Data – Political Prisoners List. Updated November 20, 2012. http://www.aappb.org/Updated__PP_list.html. Accessed December 1, 2012.

AAPP (2013). Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) Data – Political Prisoners List. Updated January 8, 2013. http://www.aappb.org/Updated__PP_list.html. Accessed March 31, 2013.

AAPP (2013b). Monthly Chronology of Burma’s Political Prisoners for November 2013. Updated December 12, 2013. http://aappb.org/Monthly_Chronology_of_Burma_Political_Prisoners_for_November_(2013)..pdf. Accessed December 19, 2013.

AAPP (2014a). Monthly Chronology of May 2014. http://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/AAPPB_Monthly_Chronology_of_May_2014.pdf. Accessed July 2, 2014.

AAPP (2014b). AAPP 2013 Annual Report. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). http://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Annual-Report-2013.pdf. Accessed October 24, 2014.

AAPP (2014c). Monthly Chronology of September 2014. http://aappb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/September-2014-Chronology.pdf. Accessed October 24, 2014.

AAPP (August, 2016). AAPP-B Monthly Chronology of August 2016 and Current Political prisoners list. http://aappb.org/2016/09/aapp-b-monthly-chronology-of-august-2016-and-current-political-prisoners-list/august-chronology-mcox-formatted/. Accessed September 29, 2016.

AAPP (2016a). Prison Conditions in Burma and the Potential for Prison Reform. Report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). Available at https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Report-eng.pdf.

AAPP & Burma Partnership (2015). How to Defend the Defenders? A Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in Burma and Appropriate Protection Mechanisms. Joint report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) & Burma Partnership, July 2015. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HRD-Report.pdf.

AAPP & FPPS (2016). “After release I had to start my life from the beginning”: The Experiences of Ex-Political Prisoners in Burma and Challenges to Reintegration. Joint report by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) & the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS), May 2016. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/AAPPB-2016-05-After_release-en-red.pdf.

About Chinland. Chin Human Rights Organisation. http://www.chro.ca/about-us/about-chinland-.html.

Advisory Commission on Rakhine/Arakan State (2017a). Interim Report and Recommendations. March 2017.  http://www.rakhinecommission.org/app/uploads/2017/03/Advisory-Commission-Interim-Report.pdf. Accessed August 25, 2017.

Advisory Commission on Rakhine State (2017b). Towards a Peaceful, Fair and Prosperous Future for the People of Rakhine. Final Report. August 2017. http://www.rakhinecommission.org/app/uploads/2017/08/FinalReport_Eng.pdf. Accessed August 30, 2017.

AFP (June, 2012). Myanmar, Bangladesh leaders ‘to discuss Rohingya. AFP [online], June 25, 2012. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j7a3oPcHSvWSpkXzzSruvNZfdPMA?docId=CNG.8d52d8a6dba835c4ac54aab3f3c8031b.571. Accessed August 10, 2012.

AFP & DVB (March, 2013). Reports of ‘state involvement’ in Burma unrest: UN expert. Democratic Voice of Burma [online], March 29, 2013. http://www.dvb.no/news/reports-of-state-involvement-in-burma-unrest-un-expert/27315. Accessed March 30, 2013.

AHRDO (2011a). Militarisation and human rights abuse in Arakan State. Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation, September 12, 2011. http://arakanhrdo.org/2011/09/12/militarisation-and-human-rights-abuse/. Accessed October 10, 2012.

AHRDO (2011b). Health and education in Arakan State. Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation, September 12, 2011. http://arakanhrdo.org/2011/09/12/health-and-education/. Accessed October 10, 2012.

AHRDO (2013). Conflict and Violence in Arakan (Rakhine) State, Myanmar (Burma): What is Happening, Why and What to Do. Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation, July, 2013. http://burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AHRDO.Arakan-Violence-Report-for-reading-Online.pdf.

AICHR (2009). ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (Terms of Reference). Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, October 2009. http://www.aseansec.org/publications/TOR-of-AICHR.pdf. Accessed September 4, 2012.

AIPMC (2005). The 1990 Elections in Myanmar. 15 Years Waiting. ASEAN InterParliamentary Myanmar Caucus. http://www.aseanmp.org/docs/resources/1990%20Elections.pdf. Accessed July 19, 2013.

Aljazeera (March, 2016). Myanmar’s Htin Kyaw sworn in as president. Aljazeera [online], March 30, 2016. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/myanmar-htin-kyaw-sworn-president-historic-power-shift-160330033342019.html. Accessed May 8, 2017.

ALRC (2004). Statement on ‘Myanmar: Massacre at Depayin’ received by Commission on Human Rights. Asian Legal Resource Center Press Release, April 1, 2004. http://www.alrc.net/pr/pdf/pl-alrc-20-2004.pdf. Accessed August 5, 2012.

ALTSEAN-Burma (2008). Burma Bulletin: A month-in-review of events in Burma, May 9, 2008. http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Burma%20Bulletin/May%202008%20Burma%20Bulletin.pdf. Accessed September 20, 2012.

ALTSEAN-Burma (2010). Burma’s 2008 Constitution Perpetuates Root Causes of Instability. June 11, 2010. http://www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Thematic%20Briefers/June%202010%20 ASEAN%20briefing%20packet.pdf. Accessed September 20, 2012.

ALTSEAN-Burma (2011). Burma’s Parliament: A Tool for Institutionalized Oppression. November 28, 2011. www.altsean.org/Docs/PDF%20Format/Thematic%20Briefers/Burmas%20Parliament%20-%20A%20tool%20for%20institutionalized%20oppression.pdf. Accessed August 28, 2012.

ALTSEAN-Burma, Amnesty International, ARTICLE 19, Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), Forum-Asia, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (September, 2016). Myanmar: United Nations General Assembly resolution is still needed. Statement published on September 1, 2016. https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38460/en/myanmar:-united-nations-general-assembly-resolution-is-still-needed. Accessed August 25, 2017.

Amnesty International (2008). Crimes against humanity in eastern Myanmar. June 5, 2008. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA16/011/2008/en/72d2e8c2-b9ce-4afb-91c6-ba3391ed41e5/asa160112008en.pdf. Accessed August 10, 2012.

Amnesty International (2012). Annual Report 2012: Myanmar. http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/myanmar/report-2012. Accessed August 12, 2012.

Amnesty International (March, 2015). Myanmar: Scrap ‘race and religion laws’ that fuel discrimination and violence. Amnesty International [online], March 3, 2015. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/03/myanmar-race-and-religion-laws/. Accessed May 16, 2017.

Amnesty International (2016a). Myanmar 2015/2016. https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/myanmar/report-myanmar/. Accessed November 3, 2016.

Amnesty International (2017a). ’All the Civilians Suffer’ – Conflict, Displacement and Abuse in Northern Myanmar. June 14, 2017. https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa16/6429/2017/my/ Accessed August 25, 2017.

ARNO (2006). The Political advancement of the Rohingya People. Arakan Rohingya National Organisation. http://www.rohingya.org/portal/index.php/rohingya-library/17-rohingya-politics/15-the-political-advancement-of-the-rohingya-people.html. Accessed October 10, 2012.

ARNO (2012). Plight of the Rohingya: Solution? Arakan Rohingya National Organisation, September 30, 2012. http://www.burmalibrary.org/docs14/THE_PLIGHT_OF_ROHINGYA-SOLUTION-Rev.pdf. Accessed October 10, 2012.

ASEAN (2008). The ASEAN Charter. Jakarta: ASEAN Secretariat, January 2008. www.aseansec.org/publications/ASEAN-Charter.pdf. Accessed August 4, 2012.

ASEAN aims and purposes. http://www.aseansec.org/64.htm. Accessed August 10, 2012.

Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (August 2013). Civil Society’s Concerns on Draft MNHRC Law Must Be Adequately Addressed. Published in Burma Partnership, August 9, 2013. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2013/08/civil-societys-concerns-on-draft-mnhrc-law-must-be-adequately-addressed/. Accessed October 20, 2013.

Aung Nyan Lynn (March, 2015). Local groups, UN rep warn of backtracking on rights reforms. Myanmar Times [online], March 18. http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/13579-local-groups-un-rep-warn-of-backtracking-on-rights-reforms.html. Accessed April 29, 2015.

Aye Nai (May, 2012). Teenager seeks protection after deserting army. DVB [online], May 7, 2012. http://www.dvb.no/news/teenager-seeks-protection-after-deserting-army/21901. Accessed August 1, 2012.

Aye Nai (April, 2013). Ethnic languages to be taught ‘after hours’ in state schools. DVB [online], April 23, 2013. http://www.dvb.no/news/ethnic-languages-to-be-taught-%E2%80%98after-hours%E2%80%99-in-state-schools/27703. Accessed May 10, 2013.

Background information: Geography, the People, Political History. Karenni Homeland. http://www.karennihomeland.com/ArticleArticle.php?ContentID=58. Accessed September 22, 2012.

Bangkok Post (May, 2012). As Myanmar opens, donor exit at border puts dreams in peril. Bangkok Post [online], May 20, 2012, http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/investigation/294235/as-myanmar-opens-donor-exit-at-border-puts-dreams-in-peril. Accessed August 15, 2012.

Bangkok Post (July, 2014). Camp occupants fear uncertain fate. Bangkok Post [online], July 18, 2014. http://www.bangkokpost.com/print/421128/. Accessed May 8, 2017.

Bangkok Post (June, 2016). Suu Kyi pledges to bring home refugees. Bangkok Post [online], June 25, 2016. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1019265/suu-kyi-pledges-to-bring-home-refugees. Accessed May 8, 2017.

BBC (November, 2010). Western states dismiss Burma’s election. BBC News Asia-Pacific [online], November 8, 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11707294. Accessed August 1, 2012.

BBC News (March, 2016). Myanmar elects Htin Kyaw as first civilian president in decades. BBC News [online], March 15, 2016. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35808921. Accessed: May 8, 2017.

BBC News (June, 2015). Myanmar parliament votes to keep military veto. BBC News [online], June 25, 2015. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33269213. Accessed: May 11, 2017.

BCUK (March, 2013). Human Rights Council Highlights International Law Violations In Burma. Burma Campaign UK Press Release, March 24, 2013. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/news-and-reports/news-stories/human-rights-council-highlights-international-law-violations-in-burma/142. Accessed March 28, 2013.

BCUK (April, 2013). EU Abandons Burma’s Political Prisoners-Downgrades Human Rights. Burma Campaign UK Press Release, April 22, 2013. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/news-and-reports/news-stories-pf/eu-abandons-burmas-political-prisoners-downgrades-human-rights. Accessed December 23, 2013.

BCUK (March, 2014). Karen Worldwide Call for Burma’s Census to be Postponed. Press release by the Burma Campaign UK. https://www.burmalink.org/karen-worldwide-call-burmas-census-postponed/

BCUK (October, 2015). Burma’s 2015 Elections and the 2008 Constitution. Report by Burma Campaign UK. http://burmacampaign.org.uk/media/Burma’s-2015-Elections-and-the-2008-Constitution.pdf

Blythe, S. & Hkawn Nu (2012). A thorn in Myanmar’s side. Jane’s Terrorism and Security Monitor, January 30, 2012.

Booth, A. (2003). The Burma Development Disaster in Comparative Historical Perspective. SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research 1(1), pp. 1-23.

BPHWT (2006). Chronic Emergency: Health and Human Rights in Eastern Burma. Backpack Health Worker Team. www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs3/ChronicEmergencyE-ocr.pdf. Accessed September 1, 2012.

Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (September, 2014). U.S. Relations With Burma. Factsheet published on September 3, 2014. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35910.htm. Accessed October 29, 2014.

Burma Campaign UK (July, 2005). 134 MPs Demand Total Oil Withdraw From Burma. The Burma Campaign UK, July 14,2005. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/news-and-reports/news-stories/134-MPs-Demand-Total-Oil-Withdraw-From-Burma/8. Accessed September 20, 2012.

Burma Campaign UK (April, 2011). 35 Community groups denounce widespread atrocities against civilians as Burmese regime breaks ceasefire. Press release by Shan community based organisations. The Burma Campaign UK, April 12, 2011. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/news-and-reports/news-stories/community-groups-denounce-widespread-atrocities-against-civilians/142. Accessed September 20, 2012.

Burma Campaign UK. Burma’s Repressive Laws – Unlawful Association Act (1908) Factsheet. http://burmacampaign.org.uk/media/Unlawful-Associations-Act.pdf. Accessed August 30, 2017.

Burma Lawyers’ Council (2011). Revealing Burma’s System of Impunity: A Briefer for the Commission of Inquiry Campaign. September 2011. http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/Revealing_Burmas_System_of_Impunity_-_BLC_Briefer.pdf. Accessed August 20, 2012.

Burma Link (June, 2013). ‘I believe this survey is designed to reflect what they want’. Burma Link [online], June 17, 2013. http://burmalink.org/i-believe-this-survey-is-designed-to-reflect-what-they-want/

Burma Link (November, 2013). Steps towards Nationwide Ceasefire. Burma Link [online], November 12, 2013. http://burmalink.org/steps-towards-nationwide-ceasefire/

Burma Link (2014a). ‘I want peace, I really want it to be true’. Story of Noe Myint, published on Burma Link’s website on February 26, 2014. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/want-peace-really-want-true/

Burma Link (2014b). ‘Authorities Should Take Action for Refugees NOW’: Young Refugee Woman. Interview with Christine, published on Burma Link’s website on June 21, 2014. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/authorities-take-action-refugees-now-young-refugee-woman/.

Burma Link (2015). The International Community Must Stop Funding Gvt’s Attacks on Kachin Civilians: General Secretary of KWAT. Interview published on August 3, 2015. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/the-international-community-must-stop-funding-the-burma-governments-attacks-on-kachin-civilians-moon-nay-li-general-secretary-of-kwat/.

Burma Link & Burma Partnership (2015). Voices of Refugees – Situation of Burma’s Refugees Along the Thailand-Burma Border. Joint report published in April 2015. Available at: https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/ uploads/2015/04/27.04.05-Voices-of-Refugees-Along-Thailand-Burma-Border.pdf

Burma Link, Burma Partnership, & HURFOM (2016). Invisible Lives: The Untold Story of Displacement Cycle in Burma. Joint report published in August 2016. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/FINAL-Eng-IDP-Report-1.pdf.

Burma Partnership (2012). Nothing About Us Without Us: Refugees’ Voices About their Return to Burma. A short documentary by Burma Partnership. Filmed and Directed by Timothy Syrota. Available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOW07BsBdrM.

Burma Partnership (January, 2012). Burma’s NHRC: An Empty Gesture. January 10, 2012. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2012/01/burmas-nhrc-an-empty-gesture/. Accessed August 15, 2012.

Burma Partnership (2014). The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Continues Failing to Deliver. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2014/09/the-myanmar-national-human-rights-commission-continues-failing-to-deliver/. Accessed October 27, 2014.

Burma Partnership (2015a). Following Vicious Student Crackdowns, EU Must Stop Training Thugs. By Burma Partnership, March 16, 2015. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2015/03/following-vicious-student-crackdowns-eu-must-stop-training-thugs/. Accessed April 29, 2015.

Burma Partnership (2015b). Burma’s NCA Takes Another Chaotic Turn. By Burma Partnership, April 6, 2015. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2015/04/burmas-nca-takes-another-chaotic-turn/. Accessed April 29, 2015.

Burma Partnership (2015c). Elections for Ethnic Equality? A Snapshot of Ethnic Perspectives on the 2015 Elections. Report published in October 2015. Available at https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Elections-for-Ethnic-Equality-Layout-11-points.pdf.

Burma Partnership (2016). NLD Face Major Challenges as Lack of Rule of Law Perpetuates Impunity. January 26, 2016. http://www.burmapartnership.org/2016/01/nld-face-major-challenges-as-lack-of-rule-of-law-perpetuates-impunity/. Accessed August 30, 2017.

Burma Partnership & Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development (March, 2016). Human Rights Situation in Burma/Myanmar. Paper prepared for the 31st session of the UN Human Rights Commission, Geneva, Switzerland.

Burma Partnership and Equality Myanmar (2014). Burma: All the President’s Men. http://www.burmapartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/All-the-Presidents-Men1.pdf. Accessed October 27, 2014.

Burma Partnership, Equality Myanmar, Free Thinkers, Karen Human Rights Group, Kachin Women’s Association-Thailand, Palaung/Ta’ang Women’s Organization, Pyi Gyi Khin, Shan Women’s Action Network, Smile Education and Development Foundation, and United Against Child Trafficking (March, 2016). UN Review Shows Lack of Progress Made by the Outgoing Government. Press Release, March, 23, 2016. Available: http://www.burmapartnership.org/2016/03/un-review-shows-lack-of-progress-made-by-the-outgoing-government.

Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (2010). Listening to Voices from Inside: Ethnic People Speak.

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FBR (2012a). Villager shot and beaten to death on Christmas Eve as Burma Army continues to oppress people in northern Karen State. Free Burma Rangers report, January 30, 2012. http://www.freeburmarangers.org/2012/01/30/villager-shot-and-beaten-to-death-on-christmas-eve-as-burma-army-continues-to-oppress-people-in-northern-karen-state-2/. Accessed September 10, 2012.

FBR (2012b). Photos of Burma Air Force jets and MI24 Attack Helicopters bombing, rocketing and strafing the Kachin, in Kachin State, Northern Burma. Free Burma Rangers report, December 29, 2012. ://www.freeburmarangers.org/2013/01/01/photos-of-burma-air-force-jets-and-mi24-attack-helicopters-bombing-rocketing-and-strafing-the-kachin-in-kachin-state-northern-burma/. Accessed March 30, 2013.

FBR (2013a). Security Risks for Kachin IDPs and Refugees. Free Burma Rangers report, May 25, 2013. http://www.freeburmarangers.org/2013/05/25/security-risks-for-kachin-idps-and-refugees/. Accessed May 27, 2013.

FBR (2013b). Burma Army Jet Fighters and Helicopters Support Continued Ground Assaults in Kachin State, Killing and Injuring Civilians. Free Burma Rangers report, January 11, 2013. http://www.freeburmarangers.org/2013/01/12/burma-army-jet-fighters-and-helicopters-support-continued-ground-assaults-in-kachin-state-killing-and-injuring-civilians/. Accessed March 30, 2013.

FBR (August, 2016). Attacks Against The Kachin, Shan and Ta’ang Escalate as Peace Talks Near. Report, August 30, 2016. Available: https://www.burmalink.org/attacks-kachin-shan-taang-escalate-peace-talks-near/

Federation Internationale des Droits de l’Homme (FIDH) and Amnesty International (2015). Myanmar: UN General Assembly resolution still needed in light of ongoing serious human rights situation. November 16, 2015. https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/ASA1628742015ENGLISH.pdf. Accessed August 25, 2017.

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