Entries by ND Burma
Myanmar holding court martial after Rakhine grave probe
Myanmar said its military was conducting a rare court martial following a probe into mass graves in crisis-hit Rakhine state, two years after a crackdown drove some 740,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh. In February 2018, an Associated Press report alleged at least five mass graves of Rohingya in Rakhine’s Gu Dar Pyin village — a claim […]
UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar exposes military business ties, calls for targeted sanctions and arms embargoes
Press Release: UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar exposes military business ties, calls for targeted sanctions and arms embargoes Also audio version in Rohingya language available here: shorturl.at/qQ135 GENEVA (5 August 2019) – The U.N. Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar urged the international community on Monday to sever ties with Myanmar’s military and the vast web of […]
Undermining Trust Building: Human Rights Situation During the Northern Ceasefire
Undermining Trust Building: Human Rights Situation During the Northern Ceasefire (January 1 to April 30, 2019) 26 July 2019 For immediate press release In late December 2018, amid ongoing and heavy armed conflict in Kachin and Shan states, the Burma army declared a four-month unilateral ceasefire in northern and north-eastern Burma. The announcement of the […]
Undermining Trust Building: Human Rights Situation During the Northern Ceasefire
Inlate December 2018, amid ongoing and heavy armed conflict in Kachin and Shan states, the Burma army declared a four-month unilateral ceasefire in northern and north-eastern Burma. The announcement of the Burma army’s first ever truce was met with cautious optimism by ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) and welcomed as a constructive gesture by many observers […]
U.S. imposes sanctions on Myanmar military leaders over Rohingya abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced sanctions on Tuesday against the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims, barring them from entry to the United States. The steps, which also covered Min Aung Hlaing’s deputy, Soe Win, and two other senior commanders […]
Rights Groups Hit Myanmar Military Over Mounting Rakhine Deaths in Custody
Rights experts are again criticizing the Myanmar military for possible international law violations after reports that another civilian died in custody amid fighting between national forces and the Arakan Army (AA) in western Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin states. According to RFA’s reporting, at least 14 persons died of injuries they received while in military or […]
Investigator: UN, International Community Fail to Hold Myanmar Accountable for Crimes Against Rohingya
GEVENA, SWITZERLAND – A U.N. investigator says the United Nations and international community have failed to hold the government of Myanmar accountable for decades of persecution and repression against the minority Rohingya Muslims. The report from the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar is under discussion at the U.N. Human Rights […]
Young Man Accused of Ties to Arakan Army Dies Following Interrogation by Myanmar Military
A young man has died after being detained and interrogated by Myanmar’s military on suspicion of being a member of the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army (AA), according to his family members, who said he was repeatedly tortured while in custody. Zaw Win Hlaing, 28, from Shwe Tun Phyu village, in war-ridden Rakhine state’s Mrauk-U township, […]