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[Joint Statement] Myanmar: Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Must Ensure Human Rights are Protected amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Bangkok/Yangon, 27 May 2020) – The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) needs to fully exercise its powers and functions effectively, efficiently and fearlessly to make up for its disappointing lack of intervention on human rights violations exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, rights groups said today. The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions […]
Announcement for extension of work from home period
Announcement for extension of work from home period Date: 23-April-2020 Equality Myanmar has been postponed all the activities from 23 March to 30 April, 2020 and all the staff have been working from home according request of government. As we believe we can avoid separating of COVID-19 by staying at home in the case of […]
Myanmar lockdown leads to rise in domestic violence
NAYPYIDAW: Domestic violence is on the rise in Myanmar as community lockdowns are imposed on some areas to curb the spread of Covid-19 over the last two weeks. Daw Htar Htar, founder of the Akhaya Women Myanmar organisation, said there had been a spike in the number of domestic violence complaints since the government began […]
Myanmar: Immediately lift ban on ethnic news websites
Myanmar’s decision to block access to ethnic news websites violates the right to freedom of expression, ARTICLE 19 said today. Over the past two weeks, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (‘MOTC’) has directed telecommunications operators to block access to 221 websites, including those allegedly disseminating ‘fake news’. The banned websites include ethnic media outlets […]
Myanmar: Restore Internet Services in Rakhine and Chin States, promote access to information for all
(Bangkok, 25 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member organisations, Equality Myanmar, Progressive Voice and Women’s League of Burma call for the full restoration of Internet services in townships in Rakhine and Chin States to enable communities to access critical information in the time of the COVID-19 […]
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Equality Myanmar (EQMM) is a leading nongovernmental organization that organises a wide range of human rights education and advocacy programs, the documentation human rights violations, and provides emergency support for activists, human rights defenders, and their families. We work with a range of local civil society organizations, educators, activists, various local actors, and our programs and activities reach all states and regions in Myanmar.
Equality Myanmar stands strong for professional commitment, despite the organization having faced a critical situation in 2021 due to the political crisis.