Myanmar Government Must Amend Labor Laws and Policies to Protect Workers
Press release by Progressive Voice (PV) | December 1, 2016 The National League for Democracy-led Government must amend problematic labor legislation and enact policies that offer greater protection and promotion of the rights of workers, particularly [...]
Rape: The Burma Army’s Unpunished Weapon Of War
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma (ND-Burma) | November 30, 2016 In October 2016, amid renewed violence in Rakhine state, it was reported that “dozens” of women had been raped by Burma/Myanmar army soldiers. The story [...]
Extrajudicial Killing, Arbitrary Arrest, Looting By Burma Army In Nawngkhio, Hsipaw and Mong Hsu In October 2016
Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF) | November 29, 2016 This update documents the following abuses committed by the Burma Army against civilians in three townships of northern Shan State while carrying out operations against the Shan [...]
1,500 Farmers Demand Cancellation Of Upper Yeywa Dam As War In N. Shan State Escalates
Shan State Farmers Network | November 29, 2016 On November 27, 2016, over 1,500 farmers from 19 townships gathered on the banks of the Namtu river in Hsipaw to demand an immediate cancellation of the [...]
ANNI Statement: Burma/Myamnar Must Protect Human Rights For All and Ensure Independent Investigations Into Alleged Violations In Rakhine State
Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) and Progressive Voice | November 29, 2016 The Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI), together with its member, Progressive Voice,[1] is deeply concerned over [...]
Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Requires Action Now – Lives Are Being Lost
Media Release from Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) | November 24, 2016 Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for urgent action from the international community to press the Myanmar government to lift all restrictions on [...]
UN Intervention Is the Only Viable Solution in Rohingya Situation
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO) | November 28, 2016 For more than 6 weeks the innocent and peaceful-living Rohingyas have been made systematic targets of wholesale destruction, killing, raping and looting and arson attacks. The [...]
KWO Message International Day to Stop Violence against Women
Statement by the Karen Women Organization (KWO) | November 25, 2016 Today is the special day, recognized in the world, to bring attention to efforts to stop violence against women. The 25th of November is [...]
New Briefing Paper Calls For An End To Institutionalized Impunity For State-Sponsored Sexual Violence In Burma
Statement by Women’s League for Burma (WLB) | November 25, 2016 On the occasion of the International Day to End Violence Against Women, WLB is launching a briefing paper, “Access to Justice for women survivors of gender-based [...]
Allow Safe Passage to Bangladesh for Persecuted Rohingya
Statement by the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) | November 22, 2016 The Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), a civil society network of over 250 members, expresses grave concern over the fate of thousands [...]
Press Released on Fighting in Northern Shan State and Request for Local People
Statement by Northern Alliance, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) | November 21, 2016 We, Arakan Army (AA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar [...]
PSLF/TNLA Review on Battles in Ta’ang Region
Update by News and Information Department of Palaung State Liberation Front / Ta-ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) | November 18, 2016 Battles taking place in the Ta’ang Region – 17 times in 2012, 65 times in 2013 and [...]