Equality Myanmar News

United Act Theater Group conducts an evaluation of previous plays

United ACT, a youth theater group based in Mae Sod, Thailand, has begun conducting an evaluation of the plays it performed in Mae Sod’s migrant schools from 2009 to 2011. The group’s plays deliver anti-child trafficking and anti-child soldiers…

Burma’s human rights abuses still pose big challenge: U.S.

FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS The U.S. Human Rights Report 2011 included multiple sections on widespread human rights abuses in Burma, while acknowledging surprising progress in democratic reforms. A summary of the report says…

Amnesty International: Burma’s human rights abuses continue

FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday said Burma’s military is committing crimes against humanity in ethnic conflict zones, where ongoing fighting has overshadowed sweeping political changes. The…

Amnesty International Slams Naypyidaw

THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 00:00COLIN HINSHELWOOD / THE IRRAWADDY The Burmese government has enacted limited political and economic reforms, but human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law in ethnic minority areas…

Riot police attack, arrest protestors

THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 00:00AYE NAI, DVB Protesters demanding sufficient energy supplies in Pegu division’s Prome [Pyay] township were attacked today by riot-police who assaulted three of the demonstration’s leaders and arrested four confirmed…

Thein Sein: Release 3 critically ill political prisoners

THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Three political prisoners in Burma are facing an imminent threat to their life if they are not released on grounds of compassion, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma said in a statement…

NLD members detained in demonstrations in Pyi

THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Burmese police arrested five NLD members in a protest against electrical power shortages in Pyi on Thursday. A senior official of the National League for Democracy (NLD) said its members were taken…

Government issues Suu Kyi passport

WEDNESDAY, 09 MAY 2012 00:00AFP, DVB The Burmese government has issued opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi a passport, her party said Tuesday, as the former political prisoner prepares to travel abroad for the first time in 24 years. The…

Census risks marginalising Rohingya

TUESDAY, 08 MAY 2012 00:00HANNA HINDSTROM, DVB Burma’s landmark census planned for 2014 is likely to exclude and further isolate its Rohingya minority group, which has been denied citizenship by the government since 1982. Although the…

NGOs will have greater access to ethnic: Thein Sein

THURSDAY, 03 MAY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS (Mizzima) – Burmese President Thein Sein said the government would increase cooperation with international nongovernment organizations, including the United Nations, to supply humanitarian aid and…