Entries by ND Burma

ND-Burma Statement on International Human Rights Day:“We are ready to help deliver justice for Burma’s many victims of human rights violations”

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10 December 2017, Rangoon ND-Burma statement on International Human Rights Day: “We are ready to help deliver justice for Burma’s many victims of human rights violations” With over 6,000 human rights violations recorded since 2004, ND-Burma wants to help bring about justice and national reconciliation Thirteen years ago, 9 civil society organizations based on the […]

Myanmar Transitional Justice Issues and Initiatives

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MYANMAR Transitional Justice Issues and Initiatives Introduction Socio-historical context: conflict and repression Myanmar gained independence in January 1948, following the 1947 Panglong Conference. At this conference General Aung San along with Kachin, Shan, and Chin leaders overcame the divide-and-rule policy of the British by agreeing on ethnic equality within a Federal Union of Burma. However, […]

ND-Burma November Justice news: Pope calls on Burma to respect justice and human rights; 14-year-old boy arrested and tortured; journalists jailed; protest ban in Yangon, and more…

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November 2017 Pope calls on Burma to commit to justice and respect for human rights During a 4-day visit to Burma, the Pope delivered a speech calling for a future in which there is “peace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society.” He also stressed that peace can only come about […]

State terror in the Kachin hills

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 In late 2012, the Burma Army intensified military operations against strongholds of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). This culminated in a massive offensive on the KIA headquarters at Laiza on the China-Burma border starting in mid-December.

ND-Burma member Tavoyan Women’s Union speaks to the Coalition for the International Criminal Court about their work:

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“The Tavoyan Women’s Union was founded in 1995 in order to fight the injustices being carried out against people living in the Tanintharyi region of southern Burma. Here, land grabs happen frequently and serve to enrich the military and their cronies – the Tavoyan people are rarely sufficiently compensated and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) bring […]

Magyi Khon Nang Wants Justice

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By NAN LWIN HNIN PWINT 18 October 2017 An ethnic Kachin woman in faded clothes, carrying a small baby, entered the compound of the Myanmar Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 319 in Kachin State’s Mansi Township. She came to attend a military court hearing and to seek justice for her late husband who was killed before she […]

Myanmar/Burma: Council adopts conclusions

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The Council adopted the following conclusions on Myanmar/Burma: “1.  The humanitarian and human rights situation in Rakhine State is extremely serious. There are deeply worrying reports of continuing arson and violence against people and serious human rights violations, including indiscriminate firing of weapons, the presence of landmines and sexual and gender based violence. This is […]

September Burma justice news: Rakhine, former child soldier faces jail, land rights, ten year anniversary of Saffron Revolution, and more.

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Seeking Justice in Burma September 2017  Crisis in Rakhine Since the beginning of the latest military „clearance‟ operations in northern Rakhine State, news from Burma has been dominated by allegations of grave human rights violations against the local Muslim community by the Burmese military. The UN human rights chief has called the operations a “textbook […]