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Activist Jailed for Streaming Anti-Conflict Drama on Facebook

By SALAI THANT ZIN 8 May 2018 PATHEIN, Irrawaddy Region…

U.N. Myanmar rights envoy calls for halt to violence in Kachin state

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights expert on…

Press Release : Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry of the Office of the State Counsellor

Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Ministry…

State Counsellor receives UN officials

A delegation composed of Permanent Representatives to the United…

Myanmar’s media freedom at risk

Today, FEM publishes a new reporton media freedom based on a…

Myanmar violence: Thousands flee fresh fighting in Kachin state

Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between the army…

UN team to visit Myanmar’s Rakhine next week

A United Nations Security Council delegation tasked with measuring…

ASEAN Member States should act against human rights violations in the region, particularly against the Rohingya

(Bangkok/Jakarta, 25 April 2018) – As leaders of ASEAN Member…

UN deputy aid chief shines light on plight of 400,000 Rohingya still inside Myanmar

Although the massive outflow of Rohingya from Myanmar…

Myanmar strongly objects use of such words as “ethniccleansing” or “genocide” in reference to the situation in Rakhine State: Permanent Representative to UN

Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to UN spoke on Myanmar’s…