Online Resource Page for Burma Human Rights Report by AAAS

The following information relates to the research report, "High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Conflict in Eastern Burma" produced by the Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights project as part of the Science and Human Rights Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The research by AAAS, a non-profit, non-partisan organization and the world's largest general scientific society, offers clear physical evidence to corroborate on-the-ground accounts of specific instances of destruction. It is believed to be the first demonstration of satellite image analysis to document human rights violations in Burma, also known as Myanmar.

Report

• "High-Resolution Satellite Imagery and the Conflict in Eastern Burma" (PDF)

News release

• Satellite images corroborate eyewitness accounts of human rights abuses in Burma, AAAS reports

Multimedia

Various sample satellite images pinpointing evidence consistent with village destruction, forced relocations, and a growing military presence at 25 sites across eastern Burma where eye-witnesses have reported human rights violations are available:

• Image: Before-and-after satellite images, military encampment in Burma, 2000 and 2006
• Image: Before-and-after satellite images, removed village in Burma, 2004 and 2007
• Image: Structural burn scars in Burma, June 2007

• Video: Interview with Lars Bromley, project director for the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program
  [ Watch ] [ Download (47 MB) ]

• Audio: Teleconference in which the authors discuss their findings
  [ Listen ] [ Download (16kbps / 6 MB) ] [ Download (128kbps / 48 MB) ]

Background Information

AAAS previously used the same satellite image technology to assess destruction in Darfur and Zimbabwe.

For background on the AAAS Darfur study, completed in conjunction with Amnesty International USA, see:
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2007/0606darfur.shtml.

For background on the AAAS Zimbabwe study, see:
http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2006/0530zim.shtml.

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