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Three Women Accuse Chief of Women’s Rights NGO of Sexual Harassment, Assault

By SAN YAMIN AUNG 17 July 2018 YANGON—Myanmar’s leading women’s rights advocacy network has declared its support for three women who came forward on social media last week to accuse the head of one of its member organizations, a local…

Myanmar: Military top brass must face justice for crimes against humanity targeting Rohingya

Report names 13 officials with a key role in murder, rape and deportation of Rohingya Myanmar’s security forces committed nine distinct types of crimes against humanity; responsibility goes to the top of the chain of command Calls…

Myanmar National Human Rights Commission Statement

1. The inspection team from the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission visited and inspected the followinginternally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Kachin State: (a) Kachin Baptist Church (KBC), Roman Catholic Church (RC), Anglican Church…

Oral update by Ms. Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council

27 June 2018 Mr President, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to once again address this Council to present my oral progress report pursuant to the HRC resolution 37/32 on the situation of human rights in…

Speaking on human rights defenders situation at the side event of UN Human Rights Council today in Geneva Points are

Speaking on human rights defenders situation at the side event of UN Human Rights Council today in Geneva Points are – No particulw law fr protectionand Prmotion of Human Rights Defenders exist. Privacy Law is enacted but not effective enforcement…

US withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

The United States is set to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the US ambassador to the UN calling the organisation a “protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias”. Ambassador Nikki…

Myanmar: too many children still in hazardous and unsafe forms of work

Yangon (ILO News) – Almost one in ten of Myanmar’s 12 million children between the age of 5 and 17 are engaged in child labour, too often exposed to hazards and risks. Pushed by poverty, estranged from school, children enter the workforce…

Equality Myanmar’s 2017 Annual Report

Dear Valued Partners and Colleagues, I’m pleased to share with you Equality Myanmar’s 2017 Annual Report. It tells the story of how Equality Myanmar is empowering individuals and organizations through education and advocacy to take…

Rohingya Militants Massacred Civilians in Myanmar: Amnesty Report

In one attack last year, Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army abducted 69 Hindus and killed all except those who converted to Islam, Amnesty International found By Jon Emont Updated May 22, 2018 9:11 p.m. ET A Rohingya Muslim militant…

Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State

22 May 2018, 17:31 UTC A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and children as well as additional unlawful killings and…