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Bandana Solidarity for Women of Burma
Women delegation of FBC-Philippines march for the rights of women in Burma as they join the World March of Women
Women members of the Free Burma Coalition-Philippines (FBC-Phils) joined 3,000 others in celebration of the International Day of Women in Manila, Philippines today with the World March of Women. […]
International Women Day and Burma’s Women Political Prisoners
On International Women’s Day, AAPP has released a brief on the women political prisoners. The brief shows that there are women from all across Burma and from various sectors of society, who are imprisoned for their political beliefs. There are women in prison as young as 21 and as old as 68. The brief also […]
• • •We Will Continue our Fights until we Achieve Full Basic Workers’ Rights
No. 3/2010 (WFSLB)
1. In harmony and solidarity, we, sisters and brothers from different factories of Hlaing Thar Yar, Insein, Shwe Pyi Thar and Mingalar Done of Rangoon Division, have been holding peaceful strikes and sit-ins to get full basic workers’ rights, which is a common and urgent concern for us all.
2. The salary increase for government servants in January 2010 brought a sharp increase in commodity prices. Consequently, Burmese workers who already had to survive on less than livable wages and have long suffered from the critical economic situation of Burma, now face double daily hardships. […]
Canada Renews Support for Burmese Refugees and Displaced People
On behalf of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, Kelly Block, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar, today announced the Government of Canada will continue support for Burmese refugees and displaced persons living in Burma’s border areas.
“Canada’s renewed support builds on the significant results being achieved in Burma’s border areas. […]
Women Celebrate ASEAN’s Progress on International Women’s Day
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) welcomes ASEAN’s new human rights mechanisms and invites ASEAN countries to mark this day by committing to an open and transparent selection process for the representatives of the Commission on Women and Children.
On the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day, APWLD urges the international community to become involved in what has the potential to be Southeast Asia’s most powerful tool for the protection and promotion of women’s human rights. […]
Statement Requesting UN SG to Call on SPDC to Stop Attacks against Karen Civilians
While we, the Karen National Union (KNU), welcome UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s expression of concern regarding new attacks on the Karen people, we do not believe that this alone is an adequate response to the current crisis.
We would like to remind the Secretary General that these attacks have been taking place for more than 60 years, […]
Open Letter to Bangladesh Prime Minister on Rohingya Refugees
We would like to express our serious concern about the plight of Rohingyas in Bangladesh. We are dismayed by the current crackdown on unofficial Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. Particularly from first week of January hundreds of unofficial Rohingya refugees were arrested, pushed back across the Burmese border or jailed under immigration law from Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts. As in danger, some of those who were pushed back to Burma were arrested, tortured, extorted and jailed by the Burmese junta’s authorities. […]
• • •International Tribunal on Burma Calls for End to Impunity of Military Regime
Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams – along with human rights experts Dr. Heisoo Shin (Korea) and Professor Vitit Muntarbhorn (Thailand) – today released the findings and recommendations developed during the International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma held this week in New York City. The quasi-legal event featured compelling testimony – […]
• • •Bandana Solidarity for Women of Burma
Women delegation of FBC-Philippines joins the World March of Women to express solidarity with the women of Burma and the world on March 8, 2010 An 80-women delegation of Free Burma Coalition -Philippines (FBC-Phils) will join the 5,000-strong march of women traversing the major road leading to the historic Mendiola bridge in Manila, Philippines on […]
• • •ILO: Thailand’s Discrimination Against Migrant Workers Breaches International Law
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has strongly criticised the Royal Thai Government (RTG) for its treatment of migrant workers. Just a week after the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants publicly issued a statement of concern on RTG’s migrant worker policies, Thailand’s human rights reputation falls into question as it vies […]
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