Many of those made homeless were victims of ongoing conflicts in Myanmar, Ukraine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN refugee agency said The number of people displaced from their homes worldwide is estimated to have exceeded 114 million, the United Nations said on Wednesday—a record figure. The main drivers in the first […]
If the government proceeds with the investigation, the Philippines will be the first country in Asia to invoke universal jurisdiction to hold foreign nationals accountable for crimes against humanity Displaced members of Myanmar’s Chin community have turned to courts in the Philippines to bring war crimes charges against Myanmar junta officials, according to a statement […]
Junta troops arrested civilians after soldiers died in a nearby clash. Myanmar troops arrested around 50 villagers in an act of retaliation, locals told Radio Free Asia on Wednesday. After a local People’s Defence Force attacked a junta outpost, soldiers captured women, children and entire families from a nearby village. While the army has already […]
Lawyers and advocates are relying on the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ to have the case heard. UPDATED on Oct. 25, 2023 at 1:40 p.m. ET Five Myanmar nationals on Wednesday asked the Philippines’ Department of Justice to open a war crimes investigation into 10 members of the Burmese junta for a range of alleged atrocities, […]
(က) နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေအရဆိုလျှင် လွတ်လပ်စွာ လှုပ်ရှားသွားလာခွင့်ကို ပိတ်ပင်ဟန့်တား ခြင်း၏ အင်္ဂါရပ်များကား အဘယ်နည်း။ လွတ်လပ်စွာ လှုပ်ရှားသွားလာခွင့်အပေါ် ပိတ်ပင်ဟန့်တားခြင်းကို လူ့အခွင့်အရေး ချိုးဖောက်မှု တရပ်အဖြစ် မှတ်တမ်းပြုနိုင်ရန်အတွက် အောက်ပါ အင်္ဂါရပ် (၃) ရပ် ထင်ရှားကြောင်း ဖေါ်ပြရပါမည်
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Oct 15 to 21, 2023 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Bago and Mandalay Region from October 15th to 21st. Military Junta arrested 17 civilians and used as human shields in Sagaing Region. The civilians from Sintgu Township, Mandalay Region, fled from […]
Just over a month after agreeing to negotiate with protesting prisoners to end a hunger strike, authorities are singling out the participants for punishment Political prisoners who participated in the September hunger strike in Sagaing Region’s Monywa Prison are facing retaliatory legal penalties a month later, the Monywa People’s Strike Committee said. In early September, […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Oct 8 to 14, 2023 Between October 8th and 14th Military Junta arrested and used as human shields more than 7 civilians from the Sagaing Region . Military Junta burnt and killed 2 civilians including an underaged child from Kale Township in Sagaing Region. Military […]
Civil Society Study PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 2023 After claiming voting irregularities in the 2020 General elections, the Myanmar military staged a coup on February 1, 2021, and formed the State Administrative Council (SAC). The first violent crackdowns on civic freedoms began on February 9, 2021, when a protester was shot dead by police using live rounds […]
‘There is nothing left,’ says a farmer who lost 6 family members in the blast that killed 29 A farmer who lost his wife, three children and his mother when a bomb was dropped on his Kachin state village earlier this week said the powerful explosion wiped out buildings up to one mile away and […]