Legal Aid Network (LAN) | August 11, 2018 In the said press release, issued on August 9, 2018, there are many flaws from legal, ethical and accountable aspects. Firstly, it stated that Myanmar is not a party to the [...]
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM‐ASIA) / Progressive Voice / Equality Myanmar | August 3, 2018 (Bangkok, 3 August 2018) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM‐ASIA), together with Equality Myanmar and Progressive [...]
By Su Myat Mon / Frontier | June 28, 2018 The Arakan Youth Conference wants the young generation to have a 30 percent quota in the Rakhine Hluttaw and a bigger say in charting the state’s future. APPREHENSION over the [...]
Progressive Voice | June 20, 2018 As the global public observes World Refugee Day, it is more important than ever to honor the strength and courage of refugees throughout the world, including refugees from Myanmar[1], who have for decades [...]
Legal Aid Network (LAN) | April 19, 2018 1. On April 13, the office of the State Counsellor, headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, issued a press release arguing that there can be no ICC jurisdiction in the Rohingya [...]
By Moe Myint / The Irrawaddy | April 4, 2018 YANGON — Arakan National Party (ANP) lawmaker U Tun Aung Thein submitted a proposal to the Rakhine State legislature on Tuesday urging the union government not to resettle Rohingya [...]
Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | January 19, 2018 Bangkok, 19 January 2018, 15:00: On Tuesday 16 January, the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments reached agreement around the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who fled military violence earlier last year. [...]
By Roland Watson / Dictator Watch | January 9, 2018 The premise of the article is as follows: The people of Burma have suffered terribly under fifty-five years of military dictatorship, but there has always been hope that this [...]
By Sai Wansai/Shan Herald Agency for News | December 15, 2017 As 2017 comes to an end the ethnic armed conflict that have plagued the country for decades seems to be escalating, rather than reducing. The related ongoing peace [...]
Women's League of Burma (WLB)/Mizzima News | December 10, 2017 The Women’s League of Burma, in a statement to mark the 18th Anniversary of the founding of their organization, has expressed concern about the ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, the [...]