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Myanmar is arresting people for being gay under colonial-era sodomy law

Two people have recently been charged under Section 377, a law advocates say was rarely enforced At least two recent arrests of LGBTI Myanmar citizens using the country’s anti-gay law has shaken the community. Police have reportedly charged…

Our Human Rights Impact Assessment of Facebook in Myanmar

Today, Facebook has published the human rights impact assessment (HRIA) of the company’s presence in Myanmar that it engaged BSR to undertake earlier this year. The question of how social media platforms can respect the freedom of expression…

Mid-term Report on Freedom of Expression

ATHAN used a range of methodologies including categorical analysis on daily documentation of newspapers, journals, online news from credible sources, visiting court hearing, interviews at the court hearings and interviews on phone to compile…

Human Rights Council just adopted a resolution on #Myanmar #Burma

Human Rights Council just adopted a resolution on #Myanmar #Burma Please see below some information prepared by our regional network Forum Asia on the significance of this resolution: • This is the first time the HRC has created…

Myanmar: creation of UN mechanism a step toward accountabilit

Today’s decision by the UN Human Rights Council to create an ‘independent mechanism’ to collect evidence of crimes in Myanmar, is a significant step toward accountability for gross human rights violations, the ICJ said. “The creation…

Tatmadaw snubs UK’s Hunt, who stresses accountability

Top Tatmadaw (military) officers refused to meet with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who underscored the need for Myanmar to hold accountable those officers suspected of committing human rights abuses against Muslims in northern…

UK’s Hunt Says Pressed Suu Kyi on ‘Justice and Accountability’ for Rohingya

NAYPYITAW — Myanmar must ensure there is “no hiding place” for those responsible for crimes against its Rohingya minority if it is to avoid a lasting stain on the country’s reputation, Britain’s foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt,…

U.K. Says Myanmar May Need to Be Referred to ICC over Rohingya

LONDON—British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday that the international community should consider referring the treatment of Rohingya in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) unless those responsible are tried and…

Myanmar: UN Fact-Finding Mission releases its full account of massive violations by military in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States

18 September 2018 GENEVA (18 September 2018) – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar on Tuesday released the full 440-page account of the findings of its 15-month examination of the situation in three states…

ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rules that the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh

Today, 6 September 2018, Pre-Trial Chamber I (the “Chamber”) of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), composed of Judge Péter Kovács, Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut and Judge Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou,…