Burma praised for anti-trafficking progress
Jan 22, 2010 (DVB), A senior UN official in Burma has congratulated the ruling junta on steps it has taken to tackle human trafficking, during a meeting yesterday of six[…]
Still not safe: the trafficked lives of Burmese refugees
The scourge of Burma’s human trafficking crisis reaches across Southeast Asia, with senior government figures now known to be complicit in a multibillion-dollar industry
Australia to tackle human trafficking in Burma
Sept 17, 2009 (DVB), Burma has been named as one of six countries that will receive funding from the Australian government to tackle human trafficking, Canberra announced on Tuesday. More[…]
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Burmese woman trafficked to China escapes
Sept 2, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese woman who fell victim to human trafficking on the China-Burma border has escaped from a guesthouse in China, while her friend who was also[…]
Burma ranked ‘critical’ on Failed States Index
June 23, 2009 (DVB), Weighed down by state corruption, economic decline and vastly uneven development, Burma has ranked at the tail-end of this year's Failed States Index, published by US-based[…]
Burma low in Global Peace Index
June 3, 2009 (DVB), Home to the world's longest running civil war and crippled by restrictions on political liberties, Burma has ranked 126 out 144 countries in the 2009 Global[…]
Police deployed to quell activity on Burma Human Rights Day
Mar 16, 2009 (DVB), Security was tight in Burma's former capital and economic hub Rangoon last Friday as overseas Burmese democracy activists marked the 21-year anniversary of the country's Human[…]
Activists urge action after ASEAN charter ratification
Jul 23, 2008 (DVB), Burmese rights activists have welcomed Burma's ratification of the ASEAN charter but urged that public education and an enforcement mechanism are key to the protection of[…]
Boy killed as Thai police open fire on smuggler’s truck
Feb 28, 2008 (DVB), A 10-year old Arakanese boy was killed when Thai police opened fire on a truck carrying illegal Burmese migrants in Hat Yai, Thailand, the boy’s mother[…]
UN rapporteur dismayed by ongoing rights abuses
Feb 6, 2008 (DVB), United Nations special rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro expressed his "dismay" at the Burmese regime's continued detention and sentencing of activists, in a statement issued yesterday. Pinheiro[…]
Girl sold to traffickers by her mother
Jan 23, 2008 (DVB), A seventeen-year-old Burmese girl, who escaped from human traffickers in the Thai border town of Mae Sot, said she had been sold to the traffickers by[…]
Japan offers aid and rights reminder to Mekong nations
Jan 17, 2008 (AFP), Japan on Wednesday offered fresh aid to Mekong River nations while issuing a gentle reminder on human rights as it sought to counter China’s growing influence[…]
Human rights group member arrested
Sep 19, 2007 (DVB)
Rights campaigner gets three years in jail
July 31, 2007 (DVB)
US slams Burmese military for involvement in human trafficking
June 13, 2007 (DVB)
Bangladesh mistreats Rohingyas, says rights group
March 28, 2007 (DVB)
