Narinjara / BNI Online | October 2, 2018 Rakhine youths will stage a protest and make six demands during the State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s trip to Japan. The Arakan Youth Association – Japan ’s secretary Ko [...]
Kachin News Group / BNI Online | April 20, 2018 A local Kachin internally displaced person (IDP), U Lahpai Gum, has been released under the presidential amnesty on April 17 after being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to eight years [...]
By Ye Mon / Democratic Voice Burma (DVB) | April 18, 2018 Thirty-six political prisoners were among a total of 8,490 inmates released yesterday from jails across the country as a traditional gesture of amnesty by the president to [...]
By Ye Mon/ Myanmar Times | November 2, 2016 Myanmar refugees repatriated from Thailand last week say they already have regrets about their return following a disagreement with the government over the cost of their living quarters. Last week [...]
Report by Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) (AAPP) | September 26, 2016 Executive Summary As Burma emerges from decades of authoritarian rule and international isolation, the issue of human rights and human rights abuses has been of large [...]
Burma News International (BNI) | July 14, 2016. Three Arakanese nationals including a social activist were convicted of maintaining links the outlawed Arakan Army. They were sentenced to two to three years of imprisonment with labour by the Kyauk [...]
By Burma Link | June 1, 2016 Thazun is a courageous, beautiful and talented young Arakanese [Rakhine] woman who talks openly about her life and experiences. Despite being forced to spend her childhood separated from her politically active father, [...]
Press release by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS) | May 25, 2016 The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (“AAPP”) and the Former Political Prisoners Society (“FPPS”)has today – 25 May [...]
By Burma Link | May 23, 2016 Soe Lwin is a 34-year-old man from Dawei who comes from a family of political prisoners. Despite his young age, Soe Lwin has spent nearly half of his life in prison. In [...]
By 111 Myanmar/Burma Civil Society Organizations | May 3, 2016 Honorable Mr. President, We, the 111 undersigned civil society organizations from Burma/Myanmar, welcome the government’s release of political prisoners and detained students and supporters, who were facing trials, over two [...]