The Maldives reprimanded by the international community at the UN Human Rights Council (Geneva, 08 March 2018) Today, at the UN Human Rights Council, over 40 States expressed concern over the situation in the Maldives. Speaking jointly, they called on the government of the Maldives to immediately address the deteriorating human rights situation in the […]
Myanmar and the European Union hold their 4th Human Rights Dialogue Nay Pyi Taw, 5 March 2018 Joint Press Release 1. The fourth Myanmar-EU Human Rights Dialogue was held in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 March 2018, co-chaired by Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin and EU Special Representative for Human Rights Stavros Lambrinidis. 2. Myanmar and […]
We are inviting universities and organisations who provide holistic learning opportunities for young leaders, to become world-class global citizens and future leaders. The delegates will have the opportunity to expand their professional network and meet representatives from numerous United Nations Agencies at the Symposium. Last year, 11 United Nations Agencies showcased their work during the inaugural […]
“A vitally important contribution and a quantum leap for human rights education on freedom of religion or belief” UN special rapporteur on FORB, Prof Ahmed Shaheed. The FORB Learning Platform has been globally launched today 6th March in Geneva before diplomats and representatives of the EU and UN. The Platform, that provides resources to […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — About 200 people marched in Myanmar’s biggest city on Monday to protest government plans to amend a law governing public demonstrations to make it easier to charge participants with crimes and increase penalties for violations. The Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law was enacted in 2010 under a military-backed civilian government, […]
Myanmar: Senior UN human rights official decries continued ethnic cleansing in Rakhine StateBANGKOK / GENEVA (6 March 2018) – “The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues. I don”t think we can draw any other conclusion from what I have seen and heard in Cox’s Bazar,” said Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, […]
EU-Myanmar civil society dialogue on human rights held on 4th March,2018 in Yangon.The event was organized by European Union in collaboration with Equality Myanmar, Local Resource Center and DCA/NCA. The main objective of this dialogue is to identify key Myanmar human rights issues and recommendations on five themes which are Freedom of Expression, Minority Rights,Situation […]
Human Rights Education Network Meeting was successfully commenced at Feb 26th and Feb 27th in Yangon, Thingagyun Township, Lay Pyay Hotel. Total (30) human rights trainers from human rights education network the different divisions and states have attended this training. During this meeting, they have discussed about the challenges and success that they have faced […]
THREE Nobel Peace laureates visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Sunday, in an effort to raise awareness of sexual violence in the conflict. The three women expressed disappointment with their fellow Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, after meeting Rohingya Muslim women who were tortured and raped by soldiers in Burma (Myanmar). According to […]
Burma has bulldozed the remains of Rohingya Muslim villages to make way for refugee resettlement, not to destroy evidence of atrocities, an official leading reconstruction efforts in the troubled northern state of Rakhine said on Monday. Last week, New York-based Human Rights Watch said it had analysed satellite imagery showing Burma had flattened at least […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
