Human Rights News

Second LGBT film festival proudly back on

The second &PROUD LGBT film festival, postponed two months…

Government rejects key human rights recommendations

Human rights groups at the United Nations and in Myanmar are…

Burma: Protect, Not Target, Gay People

Condemn Official’s Anti-Gay Statements (New York, September…

Mandalay govt vows crackdown on same-sex couples

Mandalay Division’s Border and Security Affairs minister has…

Social media drives flood donations

With collection tins and chorus chants, crowds of impromptu aid…

The difficult conversations must have with my Myanmar friends

By Kenneth Wong Born in Yangon and living in San Francisco,…

Civil society calls for foreign pressure

By Oliver Slow Civil society leaders have condemned a police…

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

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina…

Myanmar releases Rohingya doctor; rights groups say many political prisoners still behind bars

YANGON, Myanmar –  Rights groups are welcoming the release…

Myanmar Releases Prominent Rohingya Political Prisoner

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSJAN. 20, 2015 YANGON, Myanmar — Rights…