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China Promises Myanmar 300,000 Vaccine Doses

YANGON, MYANMAR – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has promised to provide Myanmar with 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine, according to the website of State Counselor and de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi. The site said Wang also…

Will Glimmers of Good News Continue as Myanmar Moves Into a New Year?

By THE IRRAWADDY 9 January 2021 Ye Ni: Happy New Year! Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This is the first dateline of 2021. The year 2020 was a hard year due to COVID-19, but since the Nov. 8 election and through New Year’s Day, we have…

Conflict Sensitivity Online Training

Under “Supporting Grassroots Advocacy to Strengthen Human Rights in Myanmar” project with the fund of UNDEF, conducted by EQMM for the three CSOs. The 3-day online Conflict Sensitivity training was conducted from 16th to 18th November…

‘A New Normal’: Key Figures in Myanmar Reflect on 2020

U Aung Myo Min Human Rights Activist and Director of Equality Myanmar What is your take on the outgoing 2020? On the human rights front, Myanmar has not seen any progress. Some repressive laws on freedom of expression and assembly…

Myanmar’s Corruption Commission Tops Regional Poll

By ZAW ZAW HTWE 25 November 2020 Yangon – Among 17 Asia-Pacific countries, the Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar has gained the highest trust of its citizens, according to a report by Transparency International, a global coalition…

Reflection Workshop

Equality Myanmar held a reflection workshop on reviewing its work in 2020 which was held via online from 23 to 24 November. Deputy Director Daren Said that “Every part of the organization has succeeded, in spite of the challenges. There…

Put Myanmar Army Back on UN Child Violations ‘Shame’ List, HRW Says

Myanmar’s military should be put back on the United Nations secretary-general’s “list of shame” for grave violations against children in the conflict in Rakhine state between the government military and a rebel ethnic army, Human Rights…

Myanmar Condemns UN Rohingya Resolution

By THE IRRAWADDY 20 November 2020 Myanmar has condemned a United Nations draft resolution on human rights for the Rohingya, backed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the European Union, saying it is “intrusive” and “politically…

Myanmar Party Poll Monitors Complain of Election Law Violations During Early Voting

By NYEIN NYEIN 2 November 2020 Disputes and complaints relating to the actions of election sub-commission members and polling station representatives during the early voting period, which commenced on Oct. 29 ahead of the Nov. 8 election,…

GROWING VISIBILITY FOR MYANMAR’S LGBTQI COMMUNITY AHEAD OF ELECTION

Next month, Myanmar’s first openly gay candidate will contest the country’s general election in what could be a watershed moment for LGBTQI rights in the socially conservative Southeast Asian nation. As with many other former British…