FRIDAY, 02 MARCH 2012 A township labour arbitration court has ruled that striking workers at the Tai Yi footwear factory in an industrial district in Rangoon should receive a pay raise to a minimum 120 kyat (US$ 15 cents) per hour, amounting to a wage increase of about US$ 24 per month. The workers had […]
THURSDAY, 01 MARCH 2012 Exiled reporters working for the Democratic Voice of Burma will be granted visas to carry out assignments inside the country for the first time since the organisation was founded nearly two decades ago. Long a target of intimidation and punishment by the Burmese regime, DVB has been forced to operate from […]
WEDNESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 2012 Up to one million Burmese migrants face deportation if they fail to complete Thailand’s national verification procedure by 14 June, human rights campaigners warn, with the stateless Rohingya seen as particularly vulnerable. The deadline for migrants to complete the government’s national verification process was originally set for 28 February 2010, but […]
The Equality Myanmar officially released a music video called “Be Sympathetic”, the purpose of which is to prevent child trafficking in Burmese society. The song was composed by Aung Myo Min and sang by Yuri, Ko Naung and Ko Chan. The music composer was Myat Thu and members of United ACT performed in the video. […]
TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Burma’s human rights situation has improved notably in some respects but it has significantly worsened in others, Amnesty International (AI) said this week. It called for the U.N. to seriously consider a commission of inquiry to investigate war crimes and systematic human rights abuses. Freedoms of assembly and expression […]
TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 As censorship eases in Burma and the press tastes long-suppressed freedom, exiled media groups are weighing up the risks of a return to cover the dramatic changes in their country from within. Not long ago, working for one of them could result in a lengthy prison sentence if caught inside the […]
TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 Burma’s longest-running strike in recent years has taken a new turn, as about half of the 1,800 workers who walked off the job at the Tai Yi footwear factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone (3) on Feb. 6 announced on Tuesday that they plan to form a new union to […]
A music video depicting the tragic story of the life and emotions of a homosexual man in a Burmese village is now available on Equality Myanmar website (www.equalitymyanmar.org) as well as Rainbow Colors’ television website (www.tvnews.colorsrainbow.com). Members from United ACT Theater Group and homosexuals from Chiang Mai acted in the video. The song was composed […]
WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2012 One of the world’s major humanitarian organizations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says there is a critical need for increased HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) treatment in Burma. MSF, which is the largest provider of HIV/AIDS treatment in Burma, on Tuesday released a report titled, “Lives in the Balance,” highlighting the devastating effect […]
TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2012 Thailand’s former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said Burma’s ongoing democratic reforms are encouraging and that he hopes the nation will continue on this path. Abhisit made the comment to journalists in Rangoon on Feb. 18 after meeting with Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who heads the opposition National League for […]
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
