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Remembering Prisoners of Conscience on Human Rights Day
Washington, D.C. – To commemorate International Human Rights Day tomorrow, December 10, the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom (USCIRF) highlights the plight of prisoners of conscience around the world, particularly those imprisoned due to their faith or belief. […]
• • •Opium Production in the Golden Triangle Continues at High Levels, Threatening Regional Integration
Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar and Lao PDR rose to 63,800 hectares (ha) in 2014 compared to 61,200 ha in 2013, increasing for the eighth consecutive year and nearly tripling the amount harvested in 2006, according to the Southeast Asia Opium Survey 2014 – Lao PDR, Myanmar. […]
• • •Myanmar’s Proposed Race and Religion Laws are Discriminatory and should be Scrapped
BANGKOK — Southeast Asian lawmakers today called on Myanmar to scrap a package of discriminatory laws to be submitted for review by the parliament, saying they violate international human rights laws and threaten to destabilize the county in its transition to democracy. […]
• • •Coalition of 18 Community-based Social and Political Networks Release Findings of Public Opinion on Village Tract Administrative Laws
Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD), a coalition of 18 community-based social and political networks, released a report presenting the findings of a survey of public opinion on the Ward and Village Tract Administrative Laws today in Yangon to members of political parties, Members of Parliament, civil society organizations and the media. The laws were approved on 24 February 2014 and 28 March 2012 respectively […]
• • •Myanmar Military Allegedly Killed 14-Year-Old School Girl
(Yangon, 6 December 2014) The Government of Myanmar should initiate an investigation into the death of Ja Seng Ing, a 14-year-old school girl from Kachin State, said the Ja Seng Ing Truth Finding Committee (the Committee) in a report released today. According to eyewitnesses, Ja Seng Ing was shot and killed by Myanmar Army soldiers in Sut Ngai Yang village, Hpakant Township, Kachin State on 13 September 2012 […]
• • •New Report Critiques “Peace Support” Amidst Militarization in Karenni State
A new report by the Karenni Civil Society Network (KCSN) raises concerns about international “peace support” programming amidst increasing Burma Army militarization in Karenni State after the2012 ceasefire with the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) […]
• • •Recent Reports on Human Rights Violations – Summary Briefing Paper
Burma Campaign UK today published a new briefing paper, Recent Reports On Burma, which summarises key points from some of the most recent reports on Burma. […]
• • •KWAT Condemns Repeated Burma Army Shelling along Kachin-China Border, Threatening Tens of Thousands of Civilians
The Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT) strongly condemns the repeated Burma Army shelling in the Laiza and Maijayang areas during November 19 to 23, 2014, which not only killed 23 cadets, but also endangered the lives of tens of thousands of civilians. KWAT is calling urgently for the Burma Army to end its offensives and begin troop withdrawal. […]
• • •Parliament Committee: Re-impose Burma Sanctions If No Improvement In Human Rights
The influential Foreign Affairs Committee of the British Parliament has published a report today which calls on the British government to support the re-imposition of European Union sanctions on Burma in 12 months’ time if there is no improvement in the situation of the Rohingya, and if all political prisoners are not unconditionally released. […]
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