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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
ND-Burma 2016 Report Finds Dramatic Increase Human Rights Violations
8 February 2017
For Immediate Press Release
ND-Burma today releases its 2016 report on the human rights situation in Burma/Myanmar, which shows a dramatic increase in the number of human rights violations committed. Some of the...
No justice for ongoing Burma Army crimes in northern Shan State Briefing paper...
Date: 7 January 2020
In the State Counsellor’s speech at the International Court of Justice on December 11, 2019, she unequivocally defended Burma’s justice system, and stated: “If...
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...
