Burma Environmental Working Group Issues Benchmarks for Investment in Energy, Extractive and Land Sectors in Burma
Today, the Burma Environmental Working Group (BEWG) – an alliance of grassroots-based organizations – has issued its Benchmarks for Investment in Burma’s Energy, Extractive and Land...
CHIANG MAI, THAILAND — Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Chinese consulate on Thursday morning to demand an end to the controversial Shwe Gas pipeline though central Burma.
Activists chanted “no way no Shwe” and “CNPC out of Burma” while campaign leaders delivered an open letter...
Burma (Global Day of Action)
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Public protests took place in Kyauk Phyu and Yangon as part of the 7th Global Day of Action...
On the morning of March 1, 2012 The Shwe Gas Movement will be holding two simultaneous protests in Bangkok and Chiang Mai as part of the 7th Global Day of Action Against the Shwe Gas Project and Trans-Burma Pipelines.
The protest will feature brief speeches and the delivery of an open letter and report...
The Shwe Gas Campaign that was launched by a group of Arakanese youths in their traditional tug-of-war or “Rahta-Swe-Bwe” held in Sittwe in western Burma’s Arakan State was forcibly stopped by the police, said a leader of the campaign.
Over 100 local youths who were organized by a local campaign...
As the government in Burma, also known as Myanmar, engages in its much-touted reform process, a civil society movement in Burma’s Arakan state is steadily gaining strength. Earlier last week, protesters continued to demonstrate against the ongoing oil and gas exploration in the Shwe fields.
There’s...
Burma’s armed forces continued today to attack positions held by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin and northern Shan state, this despite claims from President Thein Sein’s government that an order has again been re-issued commanding a halt to the army’s Kachin offensive.
Fighting...
Shwe Gas Movement responds to Ministry of Energy announcement about allocating gas from Shwe Gas Project to Arakan state and the build up of the 24-hour Electricity Campaign.
Read and download the Press Release here.
Reported by Wai Yan Phyo Oo Translated and Edited by Aung Khin+MYA
A certain agreements have been made with international organizations to get some quota of natural gas explored from Shwe Natural Gas Project in Rakhine offshore and to be sold to China through Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline,...
Shwe Gas Movement’s website is now available in Burmese! The site is available by going to the English website and clicking on the “Burmese Version” Link on the top right hand corner or clicking here (http://burmese.shwe.org/).