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Fallen Rose video shoot completed

The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)’s A/V team recorded a video of the play “Fallen Rose” in Mae Sot on April 21 and 22. The play depicts the devastation of child and human trafficking. It was written and performed…

Trafficking victims rescued from Thai fishing boat

TUESDAY, 24 APRIL 2012 More than 20 Burmese nationals including four underage teenagers sold to work on a fishing boat in Thailand’s Chonburi province have been rescued by the area’s Anti-Human Trafficking Division (AHTD) last Friday. On…

HREIB released IDAHO poster

The Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) released an anti-homophobia and anti-transphobia poster on May 17th, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The title of the poster is “Homosexuality is not…

Leaked document reveals Myitsone dam set to reopen

WEDNESDAY, 04 APRIL 2012 A leaked government document has confirmed that the controversial Myitsone dam project in Kachin state is set to reopen just six months after Thein Sein pledged to halt operations during his presidency. In a letter…

By-elections don’t mean Burma is free

SUNDAY, 01 APRIL 2012 (Commentary) – People talk a lot about changes happening in my country. There are many welcome developments. Hundreds of political prisoners have been freed, some freedom of speech is now being tolerated, and there…

Burma Among Worst For Religious Freedom: Report

THURSDAY, 29 MARCH 2012 Burma has been declared one of the world’s worst countries for religious freedom as reports emerge of places of worship being savagely vandalized by government troops. The US Commission on International Religious…

Human Rights Commission to seek Parliament’s approval

THURSDAY, 29 MARCH 2012 The ruling this week that the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) was formed without Parliament’s approval will have no effect on the operations of the agency, commission officials said on Wednesday. The…

Rangoon Woman in Police Station Death Plunge

WEDNESDAY, 28 MARCH 2012 Fury has gripped Rangoon after an ethnic Shan woman fell to her death from a police station after three days of relentless interrogation by Bureau of Special Investigations officers. Nang Wo Phan died at 5 am on…

Burmese Legal System Remains Tool of Govt: AHRC

TUESDAY, 27 MARCH 2012 A leading human rights group has condemned the politicization of Burma’s judiciary just as a widely criticized government lawsuit against a prominent journal has been dropped. Burma’s Ministry of Construction…

U.S. names world’s ‘worst religious freedom violators’

WEDNESDAY, 21 MARCH 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Burma has been prominently listed as one of the world’s worst abusers of religious freedom. China and Vietnam were also named to the “worst list.” Laos and India were on its “watch list.” The…