The Burmese government and military are “weaponising” aid access in Kachin State, which could amount to war crimes, according to a new report released by Fortify Rights.
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The outgoing UN human rights chief kept Burma under the microscope in parting remarks to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, noting the government’s failure to cooperate with multiple probes into alleged rights abuses.
Report says the MNHRC’s greatest weakness is its failure to serve as a voice for the country’s most vulnerable people.
The United Nations Secretary General is “deeply concerned” that civilians in conflict-torn northern Arakan State are copping the brunt of violence between Muslim militants and the Burma Army.
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Khon Ja pointed to an infamous incident involving a woman named Sumlut Roi Ja, who was abducted by Burmese soldiers in 2011 and never seen again.
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Sweden’s ambassador-at-large for human rights, Annika Ben David, has been in Burma this week on her first official visit to the country. In this interview, she speaks with DVB about a range of human rights challenges facing Burma.
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Protecting and promoting human rights is a cornerstone of Swedish foreign policy and forms a central part of its engagement in Myanmar, the country’s ambassador-at-large for human rights writes.
UNHCR asks Bangladesh to allow it to negotiate with the US, Canada and some European countries to resettle around 1,000 Rohingya Muslims.
Human rights organisations have called on the government to investigate the disappearance of two Kachin pastors in northern Shan State.
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Aid organisations working in Maungdaw have not been granted the “flowing” access to the restive region that they were promised by the government.
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“It is becoming clearer that the approach of the NLD and the international community is an abject failure …” writes Mark Farmaner of BCUK.
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“The pattern of Burma Army abuse and impunity is the same as under the previous government, while the offensives have worsened.”
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The MNHRC officials had been under intense criticism for their handling of a high-profile case where two young maids were allegedly tortured and abused by their employers.
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Groups say RCSS/SSA maintains a campaign of closing schools, detaining civilians and monks, recruiting soldiers, and looting households in Ta’ang areas.
Praising Burma’s progress on human rights, the European Union said that it would not introduce a resolution condemning the country’s record for the first time in 15 years.
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In August, Burma’s newly elected government overhauled the senior figures heading the administrative framework for governing Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Union Vice-President Henry Van Thio replaces former president Thein Sein[…]
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The Panglong Conference must be as inclusive as possible if it is to succeed in remaking Burma, says UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee.
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Amnesty International has welcomed the establishment of a high-level Arakan Commission headed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, but has called for it to address the human rights situation in the volatile region, while investigating decades of discrimination against minorities.
The case against Hla Phone, who is accused of posting insulting images of Burma’s military chief and former president Thein Sein on Facebook, is based on a controversial telecommunications law.
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Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, calls on international investors to be careful not to undermine the country’s rights priorities.
Lee reportedly questioned whether female inmates are being subjected to pregnancy tests, suggesting that this is a violation of human rights.
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The US State Department plans to downgrade Burma in its annual report on human trafficking because of the country’s continuing failure to end abusive practices.
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As war continues in Burma’s border areas, calls grow to end attacks on women.
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Aung San Suu Kyi has apologised to supporters who stood in the rain for hours hoping to see her during her visit to Mahachai on Thursday.
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Dutch artist Sander Van Bussel brings his “Human Rights Tattoo” project to Burma, marking his first foray into Asia.
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The military is refusing to cooperate in the investigation into the rape and murder of two Kachin teachers in northern Shan State.
On 17 January, lawyer Robert Sann Aung was sitting in his office in downtown Rangoon listening to Voice of America‘s Burmese-language broadcast when he heard a report that Gambira, one[…]
The lawyer for the widow of Par Gyi, a reporter who was killed in army custody in 2014, said he would try to get the case reopened.
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“One of my friends is five weeks pregnant. She is uneducated and poor. Her boyfriend ran away when she told him that she was pregnant. She’s crying.”
Amnesty International calls on the incoming NLD-led government to break the “vicious cycle of political arrests” with new laws.
