The sexual abuse of children is widespread in Myanmar but attempts to increase the penalty for child rapists have twice ended in failure. By CHERRY THEIN | FRONTIER THE SEXUAL abuse of children rarely makes the news in Myanmar, because most of the time cases are covered up. Cases that are publicised are contributing to […]
By Aung Myo Min On Friday, 14 October 2016 On October 6, the President’s Office issued a notice saying the human rights commission had let four of its members, Zaw Win, Dr. Nyan Zaw, Mya Mya and Dr.Than New, voluntarily resign from their posts following the recent outcry over two abused teenage maids who were encouraged […]
San Kay Khine stares at her burnt, scarred hands, her twisted fingers a reminder of her years as a child slave in Myanmar, one of thousands of young domestic workers feared to be at risk of exploitation and abuse. The 17-year-old was rescued from a tailor’s shop in Yangon this month where she and another […]
Scars on their arms, fingers, neck, face and feet illustrate how two teenaged girls were tortured for five years while being forced into domestic servitude in a downtown Rangoon household in Kyauktada Township. Ma San Kay Khaing, 17, and Ma Tha Zin, 16, escaped their abusers on Sept. 5, they told The Irrawaddy, where they […]
The government has revealed plans for big care centres for street children and other homeless people, but civil society groups lament a lack of cooperation from officials in addressing the problem. By CHERRY THEIN | FRONTIER STREET CHILDREN have not been forgotten in the government’s 100-day plan, with proposals being discussed for big care and vocational training […]
Myanmar’s human rights commission has a credibility problem — but critics argue that it can’t be solved by simply replacing its current members. By HEIN KO SOE | FRONTIER TOOTHLESS. Ineffective. Weak. Since its formation in 2011, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has been a lightning rod for criticism. This hasn’t gone away under the […]
Democratic Reforms at Risk Without Continued Pressure on Military (Washington, DC) – The US government should keep in place sanctions on Burma to deter the Burmese military from derailing democratic reforms, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has learned that the Obama administration plans to announce the lifting of key sanctions during Burmese leader […]
RANGOON —113 Burmese civil society groups have demanded that the Burma Army halt offensives against ethnic armed groups, and that a ceasefire be mutually agreed before the 21st Century Panglong Conference begins on Wednesday in Naypyidaw. The assortment of youth, gender, human rights and peace-focused civil society groups from across Burma called for “equality” to […]
By Ei Cherry Aung YANGON (Myanmar Now) – Last month, Phyu Phyu made a life-changing decision that few women in Myanmar dare to take in her situation: the 38-year-old mother of two left the family home in Yangon’s Thingangyun Township to escape her abusive husband. “I was hit with a broken glass, and got bruises […]
The well-dressed father of two earns good money. He speaks English and works for an international NGO that combats HIV/AIDS. He used to be a sex worker, a man who has sex with other men, and then became a government informer, reporting back to the police on other sex workers who were then arrested. He […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
