Urgent proposal submitted to condemn UN rep’s statement
An urgent proposal strongly criticising the statement issued on July 21 by Yanghee Lee, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar,...
Htoo Thant | The Myanmar Times
Jul 25, 2017


Ahmadis report administration over alleged discrimination, again
Members of the Ahmadiyah sect in Manislor village in Kuningan, West Java, on Monday reported the local administration to the Indonesian...
!A Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF) 1
Jul 25, 2017


Thailand: Trafficking Convictions Important Step Forward
Relatives of victims of human trafficking wait for the sentence after an army general, two provincial politicians and police officers...
Human Rights Watch
Jul 24, 2017


End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yangon, 21 July 2017 Thank you for the...
United Nations
Jul 24, 2017


Call for Vietnamese blogger’s release on eve of her trial
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the Vietnamese judicial authorities to release Tran Thi Nga, an internationally recognized human...
Reporters without Borders 1
Jul 24, 2017


Myanmar: UN expert lists catalogue of concerns as human rights slide in worsening conflict
A United Nations Special Rapporteur has issued a strongly worded statement accusing the Government of Myanmar of policies reminiscent of...
Genocide Watch
Jul 24, 2017


Myanmar propaganda? Army takes media on reporting trip
By Esther Htusan Myanmar’s military has a big public relations problem: It stands accused of committing genocide. Which is why I was...
Associated Press 1
Jul 21, 2017


Thai court issues verdict in Rohingya mass graves case
A Thai court has found dozens of people guilty in the country's biggest ever human trafficking case, which began in 2015 after the...
!a Deutsche Welle 1
Jul 19, 2017


Myanmar Must Nurture Its People as Assets, Not Treat Them as ‘Threats’
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s defence services, is currently on a goodwill visit to India at the...
!a Maung Zarni 1
Jul 17, 2017


Inside the ‘glaringly dysfunctional’ UN mission in Myanmar
When Tomás Ojea Quintana made his last visit to Myanmar as UN human rights envoy in 2014, the head of the UN country mission picked him...
IRIN News
Jul 17, 2017


Inside the ‘glaringly dysfunctional’ UN mission in Myanmar
When Tomás Ojea Quintana made his last visit to Myanmar as UN human rights envoy in 2014, the head of the UN country mission picked him...
IRIN News
Jul 17, 2017


Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Mission Accomplished?
The victims of the Khmer Rouge regime spent more than 30 years hoping, waiting, and praying for their day in court. Survivors from the...
Genocide Watch
Jul 17, 2017






































































