Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between the army and ethnic Kachin rebels in Myanmar’s northernmost state. Some 4,000 people have been driven from their homes since early April, according to the UN. It comes as a longstanding conflict between the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and government troops escalates. The military is said to […]
A United Nations Security Council delegation tasked with measuring the impact of the Rohingya refugee crisis is gearing up to tour Rakhine state, a senior government official has revealed. Slated to arrive in Myanmar on Monday, the mission will be the highest-profile UN delegation to visit the region since last August, when government forces stepped […]
(Bangkok/Jakarta, 25 April 2018) – As leaders of ASEAN Member States meet to discuss international and regional issues at the ASEAN Summit from 25 – 28 April 2018 in Singapore, the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) raises its concerns to the Heads of State of ASEAN about the continuously deteriorating human rights situation in […]
Although the massive outflow of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh grabbed worldwide headlines, the international community must not forget that more than 400,000 of the minority group are living in dire situations at home, a senior United Nations official said Tuesday. “There is a humanitarian crisis on both sides of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border that is […]
Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to UN spoke on Myanmar’s efforts in prevention of sexual violence and measures taken to address the issue at the United Nations Security Council’s open debate on Women, Peace and Security: “Preventing sexual violence in conflict through empowerment, gender equality and access to justice” at the United Nations Headquarters on 16 April […]
Republic of the Union of Myanmar Myanmar New Year Greetings of President U Win Myint (ME 1380, 1ST Day of New Year) Dear esteemed citizens, on this auspicious occasion of the New Year, I send you all, greetings and good wishes to be blessed with good health and happiness. Dear esteemed citizens, The priority goals […]
By Euan McKirdy, CNN Updated 0005 GMT (0805 HKT) April 7, 2018 (CNN)As tens of millions of Americans come to grips with revelations that data from Facebook may have been used to sway the 2016 presidential election, on the other side of the world, rights groups say hatemongers have taken advantage of the social network to […]
Joint Statement The Statement of Myanmar Human Rights Defenders Against the killing of Karen environmentalist 11th April 2018 The Human Rights Defender Forum (HRDF) and the consortium partners of “Rights for All” are saddened to learn that one of the members of Karen Environmental and Social Network was reportedly shot dead by the Tatmadaw in […]
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — An indigenous Karen man from Ler Mu Plaw village in Karen State’s Papun district was shot dead by the Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) on Thursday afternoon, according to local villagers and aid groups. Fighting between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and the Tatmadaw has flared recently in the Ler Mu Plaw area, […]
In a Thursday letter, they slammed the Facebook CEO for a Vox Media interview in which they believe Zuckerberg glossed over Facebook’s problems in the country. Zuckerberg claimed his company stopped attempts to incite violence between Myanmar’s Muslim and Buddhist groups over Facebook Messenger. “Our systems detect that that’s going on. We stop those messages from going through,” […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
