statement & press release

Myanmar: Violence and Unlawful Charges against Anti-war Protesters Alarming for Myanmar’s Civic Space

Myanmar: Violence and Unlawful Charges against Anti-war Protesters Alarming for Myanmar’s Civic Space (14 May 2018, Bangkok) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is concerned about the use of violence against…

The Statement of Myanmar Human Rights Defenders Against the killing of Karen environmentalist

Joint Statement The Statement of Myanmar Human Rights Defenders Against the killing of Karen environmentalist 11th April 2018 The Human Rights Defender Forum (HRDF) and the consortium partners of “Rights for All” are saddened to…

Myanmar Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

5 April 2018 Yangon, Myanmar Dear Mark, We listened to your ​Vox interview​ with great interest and were glad to hear of your personal concern and  engagement with the situation in Myanmar. As representatives of Myanmar civil society…

Myanmar: The unlawful detention of Reuters journalists hindering the democratic transition of Myanmar

(Bangkok, 27 March 2018) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) expresses grave concern over the continued detention of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo in Myanmar. The detention has reached its 106th day since…

Myanmar: Senior UN human rights official decries continued ethnic cleansing in Rakhine State

Myanmar: Senior UN human rights official decries continued ethnic cleansing in Rakhine StateBANGKOK / GENEVA (6 March 2018) – “The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues. I don”t think we can draw any other conclusion from…

End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar

Seoul, 1 February 2018 Thank you for the opportunity to address you this afternoon. It is quite unusual for me to hold this press conference here, in a country not related to my mandate as Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights…

Press Release – Burma Human Rights Network: Investigation Needed in Northern Rakhine State into Possibility of More Mass Graves

16 January, 2018, London, UK — The Burma Human Rights Network believes the recent admission of guilt in the murder of ten Rohingya found in a mass grave in Inn Din village is only a small portion of greater crimes which occured in the area…

Press Release – Amnesty International: Bangladesh: Returning Rohingya to Myanmar illegal and premature

Responding to an announcement by the Bangladeshi Foreign Ministry that it will aim to repatriate all Rohingya refugees within two years, James Gomez, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, said: “With…

Press Release – UN Office of the High Commissioner: UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh and Thailand – 18 to 30 January

GENEVA (16 January 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the country’s neighbours Bangladesh and Thailand from January 18, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite the Government’s…