27 June 2018 Mr President, distinguished representatives, ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to once again address this Council to present my oral progress report pursuant to the HRC resolution 37/32 on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. The resolution mandates me to “continue to monitor the situation of human rights” and to “measure […]
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2018 Addressing the Needs of Torture Survivors is Key to Building Peace and Democracy Women’s League of Burma (WLB), Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma), the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners (AAPP), the Vimutti Women’s Organization (VWO) and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) are calling […]
June 20, 2018 HURFOM: Today on World Refugee Day, HURFOM honors all refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced people around the world. HURFOM calls on governments, ethnic armed groups, civil society organisations, donors, and the international community to end the human rights violations which are causing people to flee their homes, and to aid all refugees, asylum-seekers […]
By: Mark Leon Goldberg on June 19, 2018 One day after being criticized by the top UN human rights official for its policy of separating children from their parents at the border, the United States announced that it is withdrawing from the main UN human rights organ, the Human Rights Council. The timing is eyebrow […]
By Zeid Ra’ad Al HusseinJune 15 Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is the U.N. high commissioner for human rights. Four years as the U.N. high commissioner for human rights have brought me many luminous encounters and desperate struggles, much painful and shocking information, and some profound lessons that may take many years to fully assimilate. I have […]
An evangelical Christian organization based in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state has stopped its humanitarian work in areas controlled by an ethnic militia in the conflict-ridden region after the Myanmar military warned that it would take action against the group for associating with an illegal entity, an official from the NGO said Friday. The Kachin Baptist […]
Today is the 7th anniversary of renewed war in the Kachin region. On June 9, 2011, the war between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the Burma Army (BA) was reignited after a combined force of the BA’s 437th Light Infantry Regiment and 348th Light Infantry Regiment troops launched an attack on the KIA 15th Battalion’s Bumsan post in Sanggang, located near Taping hydropower plant in Momauk Township. It effectively ended the 17-year ceasefire that had […]
In Myanmar the country’s military is facing fresh accusations that it’s launched deadly attacks against civilians. This time, not against the Rohingya’s, but against the Kachin people in the north. The BBC’s Myanmar correspondent Nick Beake met people fleeing their homes.
Seeking justice in Burma May 2018 Intense fighting continues in Kachin State trapping civilians in conflict zones and spawning anti-war movement across the country;
BY TEACIRCLEOXFORD POSTED ON MAY 23, 2018 Veronica Collins argues that a museum run by former political prisoners showcases the lasting impact of state brutality on Burmese society. This post is part of Tea Circle’s “2018 Year in Review” series, which looks back at developments in different fields over the last year. In March 2018, a new museum opened in […]