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...
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,...
The Second Consultation Meeting of Border-Based Democracy Activist and Ethnic Civil Society Organizations Regarding...
For Immediate Release
11 May, 2016
By the Organizing Committee of the Second Consultation Meeting of Border-Based Civil Society Organizations
From 7-9 May, 2016, 56 representatives from 20 border-based democracy activist and ethnic civil society organizations held...
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...
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,...
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...
Kachin women expose ongoing Burma Army abuses under NLD government
Date: 2016 November 15
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
A new report by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) documents ongoing, widespread Burma Army abuses in Kachin areas of northern Burma over...
New report exposes systematic cover-up of Myanmar Army involvement in Kachin rape-murder case
Press release by the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) and Legal Aid Network (LAN)
A new report exposes the systematic cover-up of the Myanmar Army’s involvement in the rape-murder of two Kachin teachers in Kawng...
Appeal for the immediate release of Kachin farmer Nlam Bawk Naw, arbitrarily arrested on...
Date: 8th August, 2017
Press release by Kachin CSOs
Kachin CSOs are calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Kachin farmer Nlam Bawk Naw, who was arbitrarily arrested by Burma Army troops on...
