ND-Burma 2017 report on the human rights situation finds military continues to block justice for abuses 30 March 2018 For Immediate Press Release [Please click on reports below to read in English and Burmese] Press release in English can be foundhere / Press Release ျမန္မာဘာသာျပန္ကို ဒီေနရာတြင္ ျကည့္ရုနိုင္ပါသည္။ ND-Burma’s 2017 report on the human rights situation has found that ongoing […]
(Bangkok, 27 March 2018) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) expresses grave concern over the continued detention of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar. The detention has reached its 106th day since 12 December 2017. They face charges under Myanmar’s colonial-era Official Secrets Act that dates back to 1923, […]
(Bangkok, 27 March 2018) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) expresses grave concern over the continued detention of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar. The detention has reached its 106th day since 12 December 2017. They face charges under Myanmar’s colonial-era Official Secrets Act that dates back to 1923, […]
UN Human Rights Council resolution on Myanmar strengthens UN mechanisms on Myanmar, but stops short of going further (Geneva, 23 March 2018) Today the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Myanmar with 35 states voting in favour 5 against and 10 abstaining in the 47 member body.[1] The resolution maintains and strengthens existing human […]
UPR midterm Report prepared by the various CSOs members on March, 22nd,2018 is submitted and discussed with the Myanmar Human Rights Commission officials in their head office. In this meeting with MNHRC, there are total of 17 participants from the CSOs organization including (6) members from the Human Rights Commission Chairman were present at this […]
(Bangkok, 21 March 2018) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member, Equality Myanmar are gravely concerned by the approval of the proposed amendments to the 2011 Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law by the House of Nationalities (Upper House) on 7 March 2018.[1] The amended bill has been sent to the […]
UPR Report Drafting Workshop was commenced on Esperado Hotel with the Burma/Myanmar UPR forum for 3 days starting from March, 15 to March 17,2018 which take lead by Equality Myanmar. During this meeting, Ma Cherry (The Researcher) analyze the report submitted by the different organization on their identify thematic issues and discussed about the required […]
U Aung Myo Min is the executive director of Equality Myanmar and has been an active and outspoken leader in the promotion of human and rights and equality in Myanmar. U Aung Myo Min’s important work was recognized in 2017 with the first SCHUMAN AWARD. One more day until the EU will hand over the […]
By NYEIN NYEIN 16 March 2018 CHIANG MAI, Thailand — “One of the growing difficulties these days is intolerance and hostility toward different races and nationalities being cultivated as a political weapon—a very potent as well as very dangerous political weapon I would say,” said Ko Swe Win, the editor-in-chief of Myanmar Now. He is one of […]
GENEVA (12 March 2018) – Experts of the UN Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar called on Myanmar authorities Monday to stop dismissing reports that serious human rights violations have been committed in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine states. “The body of information and materials we are collecting is concrete and overwhelming,” the three experts of the Independent […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
