Real :: Quicktime

Entrenched Abuse Forced Labor in Burma

"Entrenched Abuse: Forced Labor in Burma" is a product of the video documentation and advocacy work of Burma Issues, a WITNESS partner based in Thailand. Produced by WITNESS in collaboration with Burma Issues, the video documents use of forced labor in three different areas in 2003 and offers an insight into the impossible choices facing ordinary civilians of all ethnicities under the military dictatorship in Burma.

Burma Issues has been a partner of WITNESS since 1997, during which time it has collaborated on a number of video projects and developed a substantial video archive on human rights abuses within Burma. "Entrenched Abuse" video is currently being seen by activists, lawmakers and educators in the U.S., Europe and Thailand as part of campaigns to press for change in Burma.