statement & press release

PRESS RELEASE: “Turn your eye to what is happening in Myanmar,” says former ASEAN human rights reps 30 April 2024

The former representatives of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) has called upon the UN, ASEAN, and key governments to take immediate and concrete measures in resolving the ongoing…

STATEMENT OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ASEAN COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN (ACWC) ON THE CHILD RIGHTS SITUATION IN MYANMAR 30 April 2024

We, the former Representatives of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), strongly condemn the ongoing human rights catastrophe in Myanmar and urge the UN, ASEAN, and key governments to…

Torture Report

Executive Summary Myanmar military has a long history of using torture to stop and break down the peaceful protests and target the innocent civilians in the areas where armed clashes broke out. Torture in Myanmar can be divided into two types…

Myanmar Spring’s young revolutionaries meet with the Head of the Special Envoy Office on Myanmar and express concern over ASEAN’s continued failure to address Myanmar crisis

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Press Statement On 3 July 2023, Myanmar Spring’s young revolutionaries met with the Head of Special Envoy Office on Myanmar, H.E. Ambassador Ngurah Swajaya. The Myanmar young revolutionaries in attendance consisted of 26 youth who represent…

Immediate Press Release on military coup d’état

Immediate Press Release Letter No. EQMM/OP/1-2021 Date: 4th February 2021 Equality Myanmar strongly condemns the ongoing military coup d'état. We are also concerned with human rights violations following the coup, including the arrest…

[Joint Statement] Myanmar: Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Must Ensure Human Rights are Protected amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Bangkok/Yangon, 27 May 2020) – The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) needs to fully exercise its powers and functions effectively, efficiently and fearlessly to make up for its disappointing lack of intervention on human rights…

Myanmar: Restore Internet Services in Rakhine and Chin States, promote access to information for all

(Bangkok, 25 March 2020) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and its member organisations, Equality Myanmar, Progressive Voice and Women’s League of Burma call for the full restoration of Internet services in…

The 71st Anniversary of International Human Rights Day – Press Statement

Organizing Committee (Yangon) December 10, 2019 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. It is an important milestone in the history of human rights, as it established…

Selection Process of New Commissioners for the MNHRC Must be Transparent and Inclusive

25 July 2019 We, the 24 organizations of the CSO Working Group on MNHRC Reform, call on the Selection Board to engage in a public, transparent and inclusive selection process to determine the next commissioners of the Myanmar National Human…

COLLECTIVE STATEMENT DEMANDING JUSTICE FOR KYAW ZIN WIN, A YOUNG LGBT WHO COMMITED SUICIDE AFTER BEING OUTED AND BULLIED AT WORKPLACE

Yangon 25th June, 2019 The Myanmar LGBTIQA+ community is shocked and deeply saddened to receive the news that a young gay man named Kyaw Zin Win, working as librarian at Myanmar Imperial University – MIU committed suicide in Yangon yesterday…