March 10, 2011
Press Release

Junta launches covert dam offensive in Karenni State

Engineers are secretly surveying for dams planned by China hydropower giant Datang on the Salween and its tributaries in Karenni State under the armed guard of Burma’s junta, according to local researchers.

Burma Rivers Network welcomes NLD’s concerns about nationwide impacts of Myitsone Dam

January 17, 2011

The Burma Rivers Network (BRN) welcomes the NLD’s recent statements that dams are being constructed in Burma without any consideration for the environment or for local residents, and that the Myitsone dam, the first on the Irrawaddy, will have negative impacts on the entire country.

For Immediate Release
December 21, 2010
Over 1,000 forced to ‘celebrate’ completion of Irrawaddy dam relocation site

Over one thousand people were forced to join a ceremony today celebrating the completion of the “Myitsone Aung Mye Thar Model Village,”a relocation site for those displaced by the planned Myitsone dam in Kachin State which will block the Irrawaddy River for the first time and impact millions living along Burma’s main waterway.

Press release

December 14, 2010

New dam in China disrupts river trade at major Burma border crossing

A recently built hydropower dam on the Longjiang River in China's Yunnan Province is causing severe disruption to thousands of villagers relying on cross-border trade in Burma's northern Shan State, according to a new report by local Shan researchers.

2010 elections will leave people of Burma in the dark

5 November 2010

Despite the Burmese military regime’s claims that the entire country will enjoy electricity after the 2010 election, its national power development plans, set to be rubberstamped by its incoming proxy government, spell otherwise. The vast majority of the country’s natural resources are destined for export, not for nationwide electrification.

August 9, 2010

Statement by the Karenni Development Research Group (KDRG)
Karenni people oppose new Salween dam plans by SPDC and Chinese investors

On the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the Karenni national resistance movement, the KDRG strongly denounces the new plans by the Burmese military regime and Chinese investors to build a giant hydropower dam on the Salween River in Karenni State.

To:  President Hu Jintao
OPEN LETTER REQUESTING CHINA TO HALT DESTRUCTION OF VILLAGES OPPOSED TO CHINA’S MYITSONE DAM IN BURMA
May 27, 2010

Salween rally calls on Burma’s neighbors to halt dam plans
March 15, 2010
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