UN General Assembly: Withdraw the mandate of the UN Special EnvoyCSOs condemn the UN Special Envoy’s meeting with war criminal Min Aung Hlaing We, the 864 undersigned organizations, call on the UN General Assembly to withdraw the mandate of the Special Envoy on Myanmar. We also call on the UN Secretary-General to show his serious commitment […]
Even as they face threats to their own safety and freedom, some lawyers remain committed to representing political prisoners Mei Aye, a lawyer who visits Yangon’s Insein Prison at least twice a week for court appearances, has a ritual that she follows on the days that she has to pass through the gates of Myanmar’s […]
Refugees who met with Michelle Bachelet in southeastern Bangladesh said she told them Myanmar was unstable. UPDATED at 7:50 p.m. EDT on 8-16-22 U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet advised Rohingya to wait for repatriation because the present situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is not stable, according to refugees who met with her at camps […]
Figures released by the group suggest that Myanmar’s post-coup humanitarian crisis is rapidly escalating Recent military operations in Mon State and Bago Region have displaced more than 150,000 people, according to a statement released by the Karen National Union (KNU) on Sunday. Heavy shelling by regime forces in Mon State’s Thaton District and Bago Region’s […]
Eighteen people are found dead after a prolonged Myanmar army assault on a Yinmabin Township village involving airstrikes, a ground offensive and days of occupation Content warning: This report contains a graphic image of human remains The remains of 18 people, including the body of a 10-year-old girl, were found in a village in Myanmar’s […]
Sources say Tabayin, Ye-U and Ayadaw have been pounded by air and by land. UPDATED at 7:58 p.m. EDT on 2022-08-11 Myanmar’s military pounded the Sagaing townships of Tabayin, Ye-U and Ayadaw with a third day of attacks by air and land, residents and anti-junta fighters said Thursday, following a vow by the junta to […]
Residents fled the village and were unable to retrieve the 55-year-old’s body. A 55-year-old woman was killed and her son was injured when a shell hit a village during fighting between junta forces and local militia in Hakha city, the capital of Myanmar’s Chin State. Local residents told RFA Wednesday’s battle broke out between the […]
August 9, 2022 At present, news on prison conditions in the country is under a blackout. The outside world is likely unaware of the real situation inside prisons – of human rights violations, torture, and murder. Monitoring Inside Prisons by Military Security Affairs Forces and Police The terrorist junta have ordered Military Security Affairs Forces (SAF) […]
Victims of the attacks include an 80-year-old woman found burned to death after failing to escape. Junta forces stepped up their attacks in Myanmar’s hard-hit Sagaing region in the first week of August, torching nearly 500 homes in 10 villages and causing at least 5,000 people to flee, local sources said. The attacks in Sagaing’s […]
Date: August 7, 2022 In recognition of the 34th anniversary of the 8888 Revolution Day on 8 August 2022, the CSO Working Group on Independent National Human Rights Institution (Burma/Myanmar)[1] (abbreviation “Working Group”) and 32 Myanmar civil society organizations signing below pay tribute to and honor people of different religious communities, ethnicities, and classes who sacrificed […]