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Burma: Human Rights Council urges Burma to address human rights violations but overlooks suppression of student protests

March 27, 2015 in /by

For Immediate Release (Geneva, 27 March 2015) – The 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council today passed, by consensus, resolution 28/21 entitled ‘Situation of Human Rights Myanmar’ and extended by one year the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. Regrettably while welcoming the government of Burma/Myanmar’s commitment to continue in the […]

Civil society calls for foreign pressure

March 25, 2015 in /by

By Oliver Slow Civil society leaders have condemned a police crackdown on student protesters in Letpadan on March 10 as “inhumane” and called on the international community to closely monitor the government and security forces to ensure there is no repeat of the violence. “The reaction was a clear violation of the international standard of dealing […]

The Observatory – Myanmar: Arbitrary detention and sentencing of Thein Aung Myint and Saw Hla Aung

March 24, 2015 in /by

MMR 002 / 0315 / OBS 021 Obstacles to freedom of peaceful assembly / Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Burma / Myanmar March 23, 2015 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent […]

OHCHR PRESS BRIEFING NOTES – (1) Myanmar, (2) Abolition of the death penalty in Suriname and Côte d’Ivoire

March 14, 2015 in /by

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location:  Geneva Subject: (1) Myanmar (2) Abolition of the death penalty in Suriname and Côte d’Ivoire (1) Myanmar We are concerned about the arrest of more than 100 students and other protestors following their participation in demonstrations in Latpadan, in the southern Bago Region […]

Burma/Myanmar: Continuing Crackdown on Student Activists and Supporters Evidence of Rapidly Shrinking Democratic Space

March 11, 2015 in /by

For Immediate Release Burma/Myanmar: Continuing Crackdown on Student Activists and Supporters Evidence of Rapidly Shrinking Democratic Space (Bangkok/Yangon/Geneva, 10 March 2015): The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member Equality Myanmar, together with Burma Partnership, condemned the Burmese government’s continuing series of brutal crackdowns against peaceful student protestors advocating for education […]