ATHAN used a range of methodologies including categorical analysis on daily documentation of newspapers, journals, online news from credible sources, visiting court hearing, interviews at the court hearings and interviews on phone to compile this report.
(Bangkok, 12 October 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Equality Myanmar and Progressive Voice condemn the recent arrests of three journalists from Eleven Media – Nayi Min, Kyaw Zaw Linn and Phyo Wai Win. It is a worrying deterioration of press freedom and freedom of expression in Myanmar. Human rights groups […]
(Bangkok, 10 October 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and 28 civil society organisations in Asia condemn the recent imposition of the death penalty by the Singaporean authorities on Abdul Wahid Bin Ismail, Mohsen Bin Na’im, and Zainudin bin Mohamed. All three were convicted of drug-related offences and were executed on 5 October 2018. […]
Human Rights Council just adopted a resolution on #Myanmar #Burma Please see below some information prepared by our regional network Forum Asia on the significance of this resolution: • This is the first time the HRC has created an international justice mechanism to collect, preserve and document evidence of mass atrocity crimes and prepare files for prosecution. […]
Today’s decision by the UN Human Rights Council to create an ‘independent mechanism’ to collect evidence of crimes in Myanmar, is a significant step toward accountability for gross human rights violations, the ICJ said. “The creation of this evidence-gathering mechanism is a welcome concrete step towards justice,” said Matt Pollard, Senior Legal Adviser for the […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
