Richard Horsey

  • 'Forced Labour Year' in Burma

    The whole of Burma is gearing up for "Visit Myanmar Year 1996". But it is already March, and the preparations are way behind schedule. Even though the official start of the tourism year has been put back to October, authorities

  • Engaging with SLORC

    SLORC, the military junta which rules Burma, is well known as one of the most repressive regimes on the planet. Otherwise staid diplomats have used terms such as "hydra-headed" and "barbaric" to describe SLORC's recent behaviour.

  • Too early to end Burmese embargo

    Whatever the reason for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, we can be sure that it was not the sudden realisation by the Burmese junta that it had been wrong all these years in denying its people democracy. When it comes to

  • Aung San Suu Kyi free after six years

    Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was released on July 10 after six years under house arrest. A spokesman for the Burmese junta confirmed that her release was unconditional, and said

  • Burma pipeline being built with slave labour

    French and US oil companies face allegations that slave labour is being used on a massive scale to build a gas pipeline from Burma to Thailand. The project is a joint venture between French company Total, US company Unocal and

  • Burma refugee crisis worsens

    Burma refugee crisis worsensThe fate of some 6000 refugees who fled from Burma to neighbouring Thailand at the end of July still hangs in the balance. The refugees, from the Mon ethnic group, were forced to