Equality Myanmar News

Burmese arbitration court gives Tai Yi workers pay increase

FRIDAY, 02 MARCH 2012 A township labour arbitration court has ruled that striking workers at the Tai Yi footwear factory in an industrial district in Rangoon should receive a pay raise to a minimum 120 kyat (US$ 15 cents) per hour, amounting…

Burma drops ban on DVB journalists

THURSDAY, 01 MARCH 2012 Exiled reporters working for the Democratic Voice of Burma will be granted visas to carry out assignments inside the country for the first time since the organisation was founded nearly two decades ago. Long a target…

Deportation threat for 1m Burma migrants

WEDNESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 2012 Up to one million Burmese migrants face deportation if they fail to complete Thailand’s national verification procedure by 14 June, human rights campaigners warn, with the stateless Rohingya seen as particularly…

“Be Sympathetic” Music Video Released

The Equality Myanmar officially released a music video called “Be Sympathetic”, the purpose of which is to prevent child trafficking in Burmese society. The song was composed by Aung Myo Min and sang by Yuri, Ko Naung and Ko Chan. The…

U.N. should consider commission of inquiry on Burma: AI

TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 00:00MIZZIMA NEWS Burma’s human rights situation has improved notably in some respects but it has significantly worsened in others, Amnesty International (AI) said this week. It called for the U.N. to seriously…

Exiled media weigh up return to Burma

TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 As censorship eases in Burma and the press tastes long-suppressed freedom, exiled media groups are weighing up the risks of a return to cover the dramatic changes in their country from within. Not long ago, working…

Striking Factory Workers Form Union

TUESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2012 Burma’s longest-running strike in recent years has taken a new turn, as about half of the 1,800 workers who walked off the job at the Tai Yi footwear factory in Rangoon’s Hlaing Tharyar Industrial Zone (3) on…

“Lu Maung” LGBT Rights Music Video Release

A music video depicting the tragic story of the life and emotions of a homosexual man in a Burmese village is now available on Equality Myanmar website (www.equalitymyanmar.org) as well as Rainbow Colors’ television website (www.tvnews.colorsrainbow.com). Members…

HIV, TB Treatment Urgently Needed in Burma: MSF

WEDNESDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2012 One of the world’s major humanitarian organizations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says there is a critical need for increased HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) treatment in Burma. MSF, which is the largest…

Burma Progress is Encouraging: Abhisit

TUESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2012 Thailand’s former premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said Burma’s ongoing democratic reforms are encouraging and that he hopes the nation will continue on this path. Abhisit made the comment to journalists in Rangoon…