Media/Press: Facts & References...
» Human Rights Violations
Extrajudicial killings, reports of rape and other sexual violence by
Burma's armed forces, continuing use of torture and political arrests and
harassments....
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Burmese (pdf)
- License to Rape Report by SWAN
- Amnesty International Report
- Human Rights Watch Report
- Project MAJ E's HR Documents
» War on Drugs
Burma surpassed Afghanistan as the largest opium and heroin producer in the
world. Burma is also a major supplier of heroin to international markets.....
- Burma Country Brief, DEA Drug Intelligence Brief, May 2002
- Silk Road of Drugs- Bangkok Post 2-9-01
- PBS Frontline Special: The Opium Kings
- UN Opium Survey, 2002 (pdf)
- Drug Control Situation in Burma
» AIDS & Public Health
HIV prevalence is rising rapidly in Burma/Myanmar, fuelled by population
mobility, poverty and frustration that breeds risky sexual activity and
drug-taking ..... Burma's health status has deteriorated since a military junta
in 1988. Furthermore, the World Health Organization estimates that half a
million people in the country are infected with HIV--nearly 1 percent of the
population.
- Burma & AIDS Report (pdf) International Programs Center, Population Division, US