Resources related to Burma/Myanmar
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18 Apr 2018
GENOCIDE ACHIEVED, GENOCIDE CONTINUES: MYANMAR’S ANNIHILATION OF THE ROHINGYA [ISCI REPORT]
[CLICK HERE FOR FULL PDF OF REPORT] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...
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5 Mar 2017
Official Opening Session: Permanent People’s Tribunal on Myanmar’s State Crimes against Rohingya, Kachin and other Groups
Media Advisory Official Opening Session:...
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24 Nov 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi is legitimizing genocide in Myanmar
As Myanmar’s Rohingya ethnic minority enter a new and terrifying phase of persecution, Aung San Suu Kyi’s...
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30 Aug 2016
[ISCI PRESS RELEASE] ISCI calls for assurances on Kofi Annan’s Rakhine State advisory commission
The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has welcomed the Myanmar...
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3 Nov - 3 Nov 2015
[2015/16 SEMINAR SERIES] ‘Use of the Still Image in State Crime Research’ – Greg Constantine
The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) is delighted to launch our first inaugural seminar series featuring...
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27 Oct - 31 Oct 2015
ISCI ROHINGYA WEEK 27th to 31st OCTOBER Genocide in Myanmar: the Annihilation of the Rohingya
A week of events, talks, film & photography with the aim of drawing attention to the ongoing genocide against the...
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22 Jun 2015
The Oslo Conference to End Myanmar’s Persecution of the Rohingyas
At the Oslo Conference to End Myanmar’s Persecution of Rohingyas held at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway on...
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16 May 2015
[ISCI PRESS RELEASE] Humanitarian crisis affecting Rohingya Muslims is the product of genocide
“The Rohingya are faced with only two options: stay and face annihilation, or flee.” [For immediate release]
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15 Sep 2014
The State Crime Testimony Project
During the course of the 20th century newly emerging, and well established, states killed and plundered on a grand...
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12 Jun 2014
Religious Conversion Law Threatens Religious Freedom in Burma
[This is a Repost of the Media Statement released by the Chin Human Rights Organization on 12th June 2014]
Burma/Myanmar
Occupied by the Japanese during World War II, Burma gained independence from the British in 1948. In 1962, the army took over the elected government and have ruled ever since. For 26 years, General Ne Win mismanaged the country to the point of economic ruin. In 1988, a peaceful protest was brutally suppressed by the military junta and General Than Shwe completed a takeover of the military by 1990. The results of the 1990 elections were ignored by the army and many of those elected were jailed (including Aung San Suu Kyi) and the Burmese people were subjected to 20 years of serious human rights abuses and international crimes. The Burmese military continues to be responsible for abuses against civilians in conflict areas, including forced labour, extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, the use of human shields and indiscriminate attacks on civilians. Human rights are not recognised anywhere in the country and rule of law is completely lacking. Burma is in transition, and has moved from direct military rule to indirect military rule; legally backed up by the 2008 Constitution. The country’s governance is dictated by behind-the-scenes power struggles in both the government and the military. Today, Burma feels freer than any time in the past 20 years but activists continue to be arrested and harassed by the government.
