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You are the voice of the voice-less! – EU Ambassador joins activists to celebrate Human Rights Day

Human rights activists, youth and local community members marked Human Rights Day in events across Myanmar. EU Ambassador Kristian Schmidt joined the celebrations in Yangon’s Thakyin Mya Park on 10 December. Human rights activists, youth…

Human Rights Day

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! The Universal Declaration of Human Rights holds the Guinness World Record as the most translated document. Yet, far too many people are still unaware of their basic rights as human beings. Human rights are everyone’s…

Kofi Annan on the situation in Myanmar – Media Stakeout

UN Political Affairs Chief to Visit Myanmar

The UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will make an urgent five-day visit to Myanmar on Friday to address the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, the UN announced on Wednesday. “Following the Secretary-General’s…

Diplomats, UN Witness Northern Rakhine Devastation

By MOE MYINT 2 October 2017 MAUNGDAW, Rakhine State— Twenty diplomats who visited conflict-torn areas of northern Rakhine on a government-sponsored tour on Monday called on Myanmar authorities to fully investigate allegations of human rights…

ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN

ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on the 50thAnniversary of ASEAN8 August 2017 1.The 50thAnniversary of ASEANis a historic occasion thathighlights oursuccess in building an ASEAN Community that is rules-based, people-oriented, and people-centered. 2.As…

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

End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar  Yangon, 21 July 2017 Thank you for the opportunity to address you again this evening. I would like to start by expressing my sympathies…

Yanghee LEE Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar

Yanghee LEE Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar   Geneva, 15 June 2017 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 35th Session Mr. President, Distinguished Representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank…

Humiliating’: Myanmar film industry mocks LGBT community

Every few weeks, Thamada Cinema in Yangon displays grand new billboards to promote the latest Myanmar film on offer. Larger-than-life characters strike larger-than-life poses. There’s the young male hero, the innocent girl, the brooding…

Prejudice and progress: a snapshot of LGBT rights in Myanmar

“We are rejected.”  That’s how 21-year-old transgender woman Sue Sha Shinn Thant summed up being LGBT in Myanmar – a sentiment that many people across this country are all too familiar with. “We are verbally teased and even…