Violations of basic rights in prisons nationwide are on the rise since an army officer was named by the junta as director-general of the country’s Prison Department two months ago, Myanmar Now has learned. On July 12, Myo Swe, who is believed to have served at or above the rank of colonel, was appointed on a probationary […]
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Sep 1 to 7, 2023 Military Junta Troop arrested over 70 local civilians and used them as human shields in Sagaing Region and Mandalay Region from September 1st and 7th. 11 women who were holding Sagaing NRC number from South Okkalapa Township were arrested and […]
Junta soldiers fatally shot a man at a checkpoint in Shwebo, central Sagaing Region on Monday as he was returning from a trip to Mandalay for medical treatment, local sources said. The victim was Paw Tun, 60, a resident of the village of Pin Hla in Kawlin Township. He was suffering from lung disease and […]
A military tribunal in Yangon sentenced a photojournalist to 20 years in prison with hard labour on Wednesday after convicting him on various charges, including sedition. Junta soldiers arrested Sai Zaw Thaike of independent news outlet Myanmar Now in the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe on May 23, just over a week after Cyclone Mocha […]
A group of workers and their supporters, who were arrested after demanding higher wages in the garment industry earlier this year, were freed this week after pledging not to participate in unlawful associations. The 12 workers’ rights advocates included employees of the Hosheng Myanmar Garment Factory, employees of the Sun Apparel Myanmar factory, activists affiliated […]
(က) နိုင်ငံတကာဥပဒေအရ ညှဉ်းပမ်း နှိပ်စက်မှုတွင် မည်သည့် အင်္ဂါရပ်များ ပါဝင်သနည်း။ ညှဉ်းပမ်းနှိပ်စက်မှုကို လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်မှုတခုအဖြစ် မှတ်တမ်းတင်နိုင်ရန်အတွက် အောက် ဖေါ်ပြပါ အင်္ဂါရပ်လေးခု ထင်ရှားကြောင်း ဖော်ပြရပါမည်။ ၁။ ရုပ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာအရသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ စိတ်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာအရသော်လည်းကောင်း ပြင်းထန်စွာ နာကျင် စေခြင်း၊ သို့မဟုတ် ခံစားရစေခြင်း။ ၂။ ရည်ရွယ်ချက်ဖြင့် အနာတရ ဖြစ်စေခြင်း ၃။ ရည်ရွယ်ချက် အကြောင်းတခုခု ရှိခြင်း။ ၄။ အစိုးရ၏ လုပ်ဆောင်ချက် တို့ဖြစ်သည်။
Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Aug 22 to 31, 2023 Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in Sagaing Region, Bago Region, Kachin State, and Kayah State from August 22nd to 31st. Military Junta arrested over 30 civilians including 2 children and used them as human shields in Kachin […]
Three local residents were killed and four sustained injuries in junta air and artillery strikes on villages in Karenni (Kayah) State’s Loikaw and Demoso townships on Thursday. Military aircraft carried out an aerial attack on an internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camp near the village of Htee Hpoe Ka Loe on the Pon Creek in eastern […]
Around 2,000 civilians are in need of food and accommodation after fleeing recent clashes between the military and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in northern Shan State, sources assisting the displaced communities said. The displaced civilians inhabited eight villages located in Muse and Kutkai townships, where fierce fighting between the Myanmar Army and TNLA–an […]
Civil society statement on the visit of Head of OCHA to Myanmar While noting efforts by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to negotiate humanitarian access across Myanmar, including to Rakhine State following deadly Cyclone Mocha, we, the undersigned 513 civil society organizations, are concerned that Mr. Griffiths’ visit lacked […]