Human Rights News

‘Hate Speech’ Explained: A Toolkit

In this toolkit, ARTICLE 19 provides a guide to identifying…

State Counsellor receives EU Special Representative for Human Rights

STATE COUNSELLOR and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Daw Aung…

Rights Groups Hit Myanmar Military Over Mounting Rakhine Deaths in Custody

Rights experts are again criticizing the Myanmar military for…

Buddhist monk plays suicide of LGBTQ librarian for laughs (VIDEO)

A controversial monk who has previously run afoul of religious…

Lifelong Human Rights Defender Continues to Inspire

By NYEIN NYEIN 29 May 2019 Called a “sacred human resource”…

Uphill struggle for ethnic women in peace talks participation

Women from ethnic minorities face an uphill battle to scale up…

Myanmar Holiday Prisoner Amnesty Disappoints, With All But Two Political Prisoners Kept in Jail

Human rights activists and press freedom advocates in Myanmar…

Awareness Raising Seminar in Lashio

An awareness raising seminar with regard to human rights was…

Successfully Completed Human Rights Awareness Talk

A human rights awareness seminar was held on 5 April 2019, in…

Tatmadaw discharges young soldiers

The Tatmadaw (military) True News agency announced that the…