ND-Burma Network release groundbreaking report on SPDC taxation abuses

September 1, 2010

This morning the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND Burma Network), a multi-ethnic collective of 13 member organizations, of which HURFOM is an active part, released a groundbreaking new report entitled “We have to give them so much that our stomachs are empty of food: The Hidden Impact of Burma’s Arbitrary and Corrupt Taxation”, that details the impacts of widespread and oppressive taxation.

“Hidden Impact” is the first ever collaborative report detailing the under explored issue of taxation abuses by the Burmese military junta, which are non the less the most damaging and widespread of abuses according to local communities throughout Burma.

Available online and in print, this report is composed of 342 interviews from 11of Burma’s 14 States and Divisons, providing a comprehensive look at the repressive taxation that damages Burma’s economy, aggravates wide spread poverty, and cripples the rights of its citizens to secure the most basic needs of food, shelter, and education.

We encourage those interested in HURFOM’s work, and the prescient issues of Burma’s economy or the continuing abuses committed against its citizens, to take a look at this revealing report.

Interested parties can contact the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma for questions, more information, or interviews via:

Ms. Cheery Zahau, ph: 084 921 3423

Mr. Han Gyi, ph: 081 961 5992

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