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Shan New Year Celebrations at Army Headquarters

  [/fusion_separator] Description This gallery shows Shan New Year celebrations at RCSS (Restoration Council of Shan State) / SSA-S (Shan State Army-South) HQ Base Loi Tai Leng. Photos by: Mr. Fernando [/fusion_separator] This gallery was [...]

October 15th, 2013|Multimedia, Photo Galleries|Comments Off on Shan New Year Celebrations at Army Headquarters

Tavoyan Women Call for Suspension of Dawei Deep Sea Port

A new video launched by the Tavoyan Women’s Union (TWU) exposes how the Thai and Burmese developers of the Dawei deep sea port project are abusing local villagers’ rights. They are calling for an immediate suspension of the project. [...]

September 27th, 2013|Documentaries, Multimedia|Comments Off on Tavoyan Women Call for Suspension of Dawei Deep Sea Port

Guns, Briefcases and Inequality: The Neglected War in Kachin State

While President Thein Sein is being applauded internationally for his efforts to build peace in Burma, this new documentary film by Burma Partnership questions whether the government’s current process will really lead to sustainable peace and national reconciliation. “Guns, [...]

September 21st, 2013|Documentaries, Multimedia, Recommended video|Comments Off on Guns, Briefcases and Inequality: The Neglected War in Kachin State

‘We Don’t Want to Go Back’: Refugee on the Thailand-Burma Border

This video tells the story of U Soe Myint, a Karen refugee on the Thailand-Burma border, who fled Burma over 30 years ago and plans to never return. Recent reforms in Burma have, however, spurred talks of repatriation of [...]

August 14th, 2013|Documentaries, Multimedia, Recommended, Recommended video, Voices|Comments Off on ‘We Don’t Want to Go Back’: Refugee on the Thailand-Burma Border

Nothing About Us Without Us: Refugees’ Voices About their Return to Burma

This short documentary highlights refugees’ voices about repatriation from camps along the Thailand border back into Burma. Featuring interviews with the UNHCR, leading academics, representatives from civil society organizations, and the refugees themselves, the film shows the lack of [...]

December 21st, 2012|Documentaries, Multimedia, Recommended, Recommended video|Comments Off on Nothing About Us Without Us: Refugees’ Voices About their Return to Burma

Rural Shan State

  [/fusion_separator] Description This gallery displays life in rural conflict-ridden areas of Shan State, where thousands have been displaced as a consequence of war and widespread human rights violations. Most people in rural areas of Shan [...]

March 10th, 2013|Multimedia, Photo Galleries|Comments Off on Rural Shan State

The Burden of War, Women Bear Burden of Displacement

The image of Burma being projected internationally by the military-backed government contrasts starkly with the reality in rural ethnic areas. While President Thein Sein is being lauded as a democratic reformer and peace-maker, he is authorizing widespread military operations [...]

March 2nd, 2013|Documentaries, Multimedia|Comments Off on The Burden of War, Women Bear Burden of Displacement

People Not Pawns, Burma’s Ugly Game of Political Detention

This is a documentary about political prisoners in Burma. The film looks at this issue from a historical perspective, highlights current issues regarding political prisoners in Burma, and provides an insight into the work undertaken by the Assistance Association [...]

January 11th, 2013|Documentaries, Multimedia|Comments Off on People Not Pawns, Burma’s Ugly Game of Political Detention

Siege of Kachin State

Are the ethnic people in Burma being abandoned? The ethnic Kachins are under siege in northern Burma. Hundreds of battalions of Burmese troops have surrounded Kachin state, causing over 60,000 refugees (internally displaced people) to flee. While the world [...]

December 30th, 2012|Documentaries, Multimedia|Comments Off on Siege of Kachin State

Learning the Hard Way: An Insight into Education on the Thai-Burma Border

This documentary provides an insight into long struggle of the ethnic Karen in southeastern Burma and the challenges involved in providing education inside the war-torn Karen State and in the refugee camps along the Thailand-Burma border. Timothy Syrota documentary [...]

December 27th, 2012|Documentaries, Multimedia|Comments Off on Learning the Hard Way: An Insight into Education on the Thai-Burma Border
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