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 to investigate and prosecute [...]
Narinjara / BNI Online | September 18, 2018 Although the Ministry of Defence has released 120 acres of land that belongs to the residents of Pyaung Seik, Pyaing Chaung, and Oke Taung Pyin villages under Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, [...]
By Marn Yu Kyaw (Shwewa Myay) / Narinjara / BNI Online | September 17, 2018 Around 200 farmers from Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State staged a protest yesterday (September 16) to demand the return of over 1,000 acres of military seized [...]
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 military leaders including Senior [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | September 13, 2018 YANGON — Myanmar Army soldiers reportedly raided a house in Kachin State’s Hpakant on Tuesday and detained three men they claimed were insurgents extorting money for the [...]
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 a spike in the [...]
Aung Pue | September 11, 2018 Aung Pue* confronts the reality that Tatmadaw atrocities are continuing, with few repercussions. Rape...murder…torture…beatings: these and other human rights violations, war crimes, and crimes against humanity committed by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar military) continue unabated [...]
By Min Aung Khine / The Irrawaddy | September 10, 2018 SITTWE, Rakhine State — The Sittwe District Court ruled on Monday that prominent Arakanese politician Dr. Aye Maung and author Wai Hin Aung be prosecuted for high treason [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | August 31, 2018 MON STATE — The Union Election Commission (UEC) has requested that the Arakan National Party (ANP) use the term “ethnic Rakhine” instead of “Rakhine nationality” in their statement to [...]
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 camps are appalling, despite [...]