The Dutch Geuzen Medal for 2023 is being awarded to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). Since the 2021 coup, more than 17,000 have been arrested and 2,894 people…
Day: January 27, 2023
Opium Production Surging in Burma, states UNODC
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated that opium cultivation in Burma has surged since the 2021 military coup, reversing a downward trend from 2014 to 2020.…
DVB Reports: Stuck at the Border Two Years After Coup
Since the 2021 military coup in Burma, lives have been upended. Many people have decided to give up their educations and careers to join anti-coup protests and go on strike…
Justice for Myanmar: 60 governments and international organizations supporting the junta
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM David Carden, the Head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Burma, met with junta officials on Jan. 24. JFM: 60…