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Burma Army and Militia Severely Torture Village Headman for Alleged RCSS/SSA Links in Loilem, Southern Shan State
By Shan Human Rights Foundation
July
19
2018
အစိုးရစစ္တပ္ႏွင့္ ျပည္သူ႔စစ္တပ္ဖြဲ႕တို႔ ပူးေပါင္းၿပီး ရွမ္းျပည္ေတာင္ပိုင္း လြိဳင္လင္ခရိုင္အတြင္းရွိ အျပစ္မဲ့ရြာလူႀကီးကို...
By Shan Human Rights Foundation
July
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Rohingya organizations worldwide call for accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity in Myanmar
By 26 Rohingya Organizations
July
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Farmers Seek Return of Seized Land: Reform Laws to Protect Rights of Small Landowners
By Human Rights Watch
July 18, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Freedom to Criticize
“Listening to the people’s voices speaking out against oppression is a core duty of a democratically-elected government.”Two leaders of recent anti-war protests in Yangon and Myitkyina As Myanmar[1] faces many challenges to its development as a federal, democratic syst... Read more ►
July 11, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Fulfilling the Promise of Genuine Equality and Federalism
As the third session of the Union Peace Conference, also known as the 21st Century Panglong Conference, begins on 11 July, 2018, the Myanmar[1] Government and military have the opportunity to revive the stalled peace process and move toward a broader, more substantive and in... Read more ►
July 3, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
The Long and Winding Road to Accountability
Pressure on the Myanmar[1] military personnel responsible for the atrocities in Rakhine State is building. Individually targeted sanctions by the EU and Canada have been announced, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee has called for... Read more ►
June 28, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Human Rights Council: Time for Accountability in Myanmar
“clear indications of well-organized, widespread and systematic attacks continuing to target the Rohingya in Rakhine State.”Mr. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN Commissioner for Human Rights The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) that is currently in session has heard from the Spe... Read more ►
June 20, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
On this World Refugee Day, Voices of Refugees Must be Heard and Respected
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 faced persecution, violence and fear in the face of ongoing violent at... Read more ►
June 14, 2018 • Author: Progressive Voice
Seven Years and No Peace in Sight
The 9th of June, 2018 marked the seventh year since the civil war reignited in Kachin State. The Myanmar[1] Army has continued to launch offensives against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since the resumption of war in 2011, when the Myanmar Army broke the ceasefire that ... Read more ►