Open letter from Myanmar civil society organizations to the UN Human Rights Council on...
Your Excellencies,On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, which falls on 21 September, we, 364 Myanmar civil society organizations express concern over the deteriorating human rights situation amid the pandemic,...
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...
Urgent update press release:
2 April 2021
Amid deadly crackdowns on urban protests, regime’s troops commit fresh war crimes in northern Burma
While the media spotlight has focused on atrocities...
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...
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...
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...
Latest Burma Army war crimes in Kachin State highlight urgent need to end military-to-military...
Date: August 21, 2017
Press release by KWAT
On August 11, 2017, hundreds of Burma Army troops entered Kasung village, in Mogaung township of Kachin State, shooting indiscriminately at civilians. One villager was killed, at least...
Recent defamation case in Phakant highlights urgent need to bring the Burma Army under...
September 8, 2017
Since the founding of the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) on September 9, 1999, we have been working to promote and protect the rights of women and children in Kachin areas of...
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 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...