Equality Myanmar News

Myanmar LGBT Rights Network Joins Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Calling for the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Myanmar

22 November 2013 (Myanmar LGBT Rights Network) Myanmar LGBT Rights Network Joins Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Calling for the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Myanmar Myanmar LGBT Rights Network warmly welcomes Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s…

We have to be smart about human rights

–Not long ago we worked underground, now we are working openly. That makes a real difference, says the leader and founder of Equality Myanmar, Mr. Aung Myo Min. After being based in Thailand for twelve years working on human rights issues…

Burma’s Police Get EU Training on Crowd Control

Friday, 08 November 2013 00:00The Irrawaddy RANGOON — Burma’s police are for the first time receiving training from the European Union, which is providing the Southeast Asian nation’s law enforcement personnel with instruction on crowd…

Burma Set to Release Dozens of Political Prisoners: Panel Member

Wednesday, 06 November 2013 00:00 Irrawaddy RANGOON — Burma may release scores of political prisoners this month to fulfill a promise by its reformist president to free prisoners of conscience by the end of this year, a member of a state-appointed…

Myanmar Human Rights Panel Members Meet Rakhine Residents

Wednesday, 06 November 2013 00:00RFA Myanmar government human rights officials met community leaders and other residents of riot-torn Rakhine state on Wednesday, appealing to them to help contain communal violence in a bid to uphold human rights…

Suu Kyi: I started as a politician not a human rights defender

Tuesday, 29 October 2013 00:00DVB Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has dismissed criticisms of her leadership by insisting that she has always been a politician, rather than a human rights defender. It follows accusations that the…

UN to discuss rights envoy’s report today

Thursday, 24 October 2013 00:00Mizzima The United Nations General Assembly will today begin discussing the report on the human rights situation in Myanmar submitted a month ago by UN special envoy, Tomás Ojea Quintana. The 23-page report…

China defends human rights record at UN panel

Tuesday, 22 October 2013 00:00 DVB China defended its human rights record before a panel of UN experts in Geneva on Tuesday, amid accusations of “systematic” abuses against minority populations, including refugees from Burma. A…

Minimum wage discussions to prioritize industrial laborers

Saturday, 12 October 2013 00:00 Mizzima U Myoe Aung, Director General of the Labor Department under the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, stated on 10 October that discussions on revising the minimum wage would…

Government vows to settle 2 seized-land cases daily

Monday, 30 September 2013 00:00 Mizzima The newly formed Land Utilization Management Central Committee led by Vice President U Nyan Tun has vowed to settle all complains of seized land reported to the committee, within a year. The…