Myanmar: Violence and Unlawful Charges against Anti-war Protesters Alarming for Myanmar’s Civic Space (14 May 2018, Bangkok) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is concerned about the use of violence against the anti-war protesters in Yangonon 12 May, and urges the authorities to immediately drop all charges against the protesters, which […]
YANGON (Reuters) – Riot police in Yangon used batons on Saturday to break up a protest in support of victims of fighting in the northern Myanmar state of Kachin, arresting several of the organizers. Authorities had refused permission for the protest in Myanmar’s main city and when police prevented some 300 people from marching they […]
YANGON – At least eight protestors were arrested during a peaceful protest calling for an end to violence in Kachin State and across the country, in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on Saturday evening. The organisers, who planned to march from Tamwe to the city’s downtown area, were informed earlier in the week that authorities had denied […]
By HEIN KO SOE and CLARE HAMMOND | FRONTIER YANGON – Police in Myitkyina have told two Kachin student activists they will be prosecuted for leading a public demonstration calling for safe passage for around 1,500 civilians trapped in a conflict area in the northern state. The civilians have been trapped for weeks in an area […]
By SALAI THANT ZIN 8 May 2018 PATHEIN, Irrawaddy Region — A local court in Pathein on Monday sentenced a human rights activist to three months in prison for broadcasting live on Facebook a drama deemed to be critical of the Myanmar Army (or Tatmadaw). The Tatmadaw’s Southwestern Command sued nine students for defamation in January last […]
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights expert on Myanmar voiced deep concern on Tuesday at a sharply escalation in hostilties in Kachin state, citing reports of the army using aerial bombings, heavy weapons and artillery fire on civilian areas near China. FILE PHOTO – Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in […]
Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor PRESS RELEASE (1th May 2018) Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor in the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, met members of the United Nations Security Council on their visit. She welcomed the opportunity […]
A delegation composed of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations/ representatives from immediate neighbours of Myanmar including current ASEAN Chair, and Member States of the United Nations Security Council arrived Nay Pyi Taw in the afternoon of 30 April 2018. During their stay in Nay Pyi Taw, the delegation paid a courtesy call on State […]
Today, FEM publishes a new reporton media freedom based on a nationwide survey of 200 journalists. This survey, carried out nationwide by a coalition of organisations between December 2017 and April 2018, measures journalists’ opinions on a range of issues that are critical to media freedom. The results are discouraging. Journalists conclude that media freedom is […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
