The attack in Kachin State must prompt UN Security Council’s urgent action against Myanmar...

UN Security Council must stop deferring to ASEAN and take urgent action The UN Security Council should stop evading its responsibility to act to stop the Myanmar military’s...

JAPAN: OPEN LETTER TO ADMM DIALOGUE PARTNER

Ministry of Defense5-1 Honmura-cho, IchigayaShinjuku-kuTokyo 162-8801Japan To: H.E. Nobuo Kishi, Minister of Defense, Japan Re: Participation in the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus Experts’ Working Group on...

Open Letter from Myanmar CSOs Regarding the Myanmar Red Cross Society’s Attendance at the...

9 April 2021To: ICRC, IFRC and Partners of Myanmar Red Cross SocietySubject: Open Letter from Myanmar CSOs Regarding the Myanmar Red Cross Society’s Attendance at the Murderous Junta’s Armed Forces Day Celebration...

YOU CANNOT IGNORE US: Victims of human rights violations in Burma

(Yangon – 16 October, 2018) Victims of human rights violations desire government reparations and deserve to see justice for what they have suffered, said the Reparations Working Group initiated by the Network for Human Rights...

Open Letter from Community Organizations Calling for Action Regarding Burma to Support Ethnic Nationalities...

For Immediate ReleaseFebruary 11, 2021Media contact: Myra Dahgaypaw, U.S. Campaign for Burma +1 718 207-2556Moon Nay Li, Kachin Women's Association of Thailand +66 85 625 1912Naw Wah Ku Shee, Karen Support Peace...

HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BURMA JANUARY – JULY 2019

ND-BURMA: A Significant and Substantial Increase in Documented Human Rights Violations in the First Six Months of 2019 18 September, 2019 For immediate release Yangon| As the...

ND-Burma’s bi-annual report finds intensification of conflict led to continued deterioration of human rights...

18 April 2019 For immediate press release Throughout 2018, ND-Burma found that the human rights situation in Burma continued to deteriorate due to the intensification of conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations (EAOs). This...

REPORT LAUNCH: SEEKING JUSTICE

Date: 16th July 2020 Kachin Women’s Association – Thailand (KWAT) and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) are releasing a new report on access to justice in Burma, in which...

Undermining Trust Building: Human Rights Situation During the Northern Ceasefire (January 1 to April...

26 July 2019 For immediate press release In late December 2018, amid ongoing and heavy armed conflict in Kachin and Shan states,...

Myanmar: Drop Criminal Defamation Charges Against Kachin Activist

News Release Decriminalize defamation laws, uphold right to freedom of expression (YANGON, November 14, 2017)—The Government of Myanmar should immediately and unconditionally drop criminal defamation charges against 56-year-old ethnic Kachin human rights defender Dashi Naw Lawn...

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