United Nations Must Act Urgently to Bring Justice for Myanmar’s Atrocities
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) / Progressive Voice (PV) / Women’s Peace Network - Arakan | September 17, 2018 (Geneva, 17 September 2018) – The United Nations and its member states must act urgently [...]
Crisis in Myanmar: International Accountability Mechanisms
Progressive Voice (PV) | September 16, 2018 The current crisis in Myanmar indicates widespread abuses and violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law committed by the Myanmar military in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan [...]
Statement by Karenni Civil Society Network Welcoming Calls by the UN Fact Finding Mission for Burmese Military Leaders to Be Investigated by ICC
Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) | September 16, 2018 We, the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN), welcome the August 27 report of the UN Independent International Fact Finding Mission, which called for six top Burmese [...]
Human Trafficking on China Border Can Only Be Addressed by Ending Burma Army Offensives and War Crimes
Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | September 13, 2018 On Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day, KWAT urges Burma’s government and the international community to recognize that without an end to Burma Army offensives and war [...]
ND-Burma’s Bi-Annual Report Finds Human Rights Situation Deteriorating Across the Country
Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma (ND-Burma) | September 11, 2018 ND-Burma’s biannual report on the human rights situation has found that intense conflict between the military and ethnic armed organisations has been accompanied by [...]
Blocking CSSU Meeting: Government Against Shan Unity?
By Sai Wansai / Shan Herald Agency for News (S.H.A.N.) | September 3, 2018 The recent government’s National Reconciliation and Peace Center’s (NRPC) rejection of the planned Committee for Shan State Unity (CSSU) is a [...]
International Kachin Community Supports Fact-Finding Mission’s Call to Refer Burma to the ICC
25 Kachin International Organizations | September 3, 2018 3 September, 2018 – We, the International Kachin Community, welcome the August 27 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Burma [Myanmar] and support its recommendations. [...]
Karen Communities Worldwide Welcomes UN Independent International Fact Finding Mission’s Call to Refer Burma to the International Criminal Court
Karen Communities Worldwide | August 30, 2018 Karen communities worldwide welcomes Report of the Independent International Fact- Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFMM), which calls for the referral of Burma to the International Criminal Court for [...]
‘Development Without Us’: Village Agency and Land Confiscations in Southeast Myanmar
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) | August 29, 2018 Today, at Orchid Hotel in Yangon, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) launched its thematic report titled “Development without us”: Village Agency and Land Confiscations in Southeast [...]
Burma Briefing: Rohingya Refugees and Safe Return
Burma Campaign UK (BCUK) | August 23, 2018 One year since the pre-planned military offensive against the Rohingya, more than 1 million Rohingya now live as refugees in Bangladesh. More than half are children. Conditions in the [...]
ASSR Fully Supports Demands of Ta Long Villagers to Halt Upper Yeywa Dam
Action for Shan State Rivers | August 23, 2018 Following the visit by eleven MPs to Ta Long village, Hsipaw township, on August 11, 2018, the Ta Long villagers are today sending a letter to [...]
Beyond Aid: The Continuous Struggle to Cope with Displacement in Myanmar and Thailand
Markus Rudolf and Clara Schmitz-Pranghe/ BICC | July 3, 2018 After multi-party elections and the signing of a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement hopes were high of a possible settlement of Myanmar’s protracted conflict. Yet conflicts in [...]