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ဗမာႏိုင္ငံလံုးဆိုင္ရာ ေက်ာင္းသားသမဂၢမ်ားအဖြဲ႕ခ်ဳပ္ အသိေပး ထုတ္ျပန္ေၾကညာခ်က္
ႏိုင္ငံေရး အက်ဥ္းသားမ်ား ျပန္လည္ လြတ္ေျမာက္ေရးအတြက္ အစာငတ္ခံတိုက္ပြဲဝင္ေနေသာ ကိုေအာင္မိႈင္းဆန္း ႏွင့္ တကြ ရဲေဘာ္ အားလံုး သည္ အစာငတ္ခံ တိုက္ပြဲဝင္ေနျခင္း ကို ယာယီ အားျဖင့္ ရပ္ဆိုင္းလိုက္ပါသည္ […]
• • •Malaysia: Rohingya Refugees Hope for Little and Receive Less
It’s been six months since as many as 1,000 Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar died in the Andaman Sea. And still, neighboring nations remain resistant to recognizing the Rohingya people’s rights as refugees. Even after neighboring governments met earlier this year and agreed to protect the Rohingya at sea, no nation has taken a leadership role in permitting them to disembark from boats safely and legally. The absence of a regional plan leaves the Rohingya vulnerable to the challenges of a perilous sea voyage, and further strands those Rohingya who have lived in Malaysia and other regional nations for up to three generations without legal rights or protection. Without a doubt, Myanmar is creating this crisis […]
Southeast Asia: Refugee Crisis and Freedom of Expression Must be Tackled at ASEAN Summit
Southeast Asian leaders meeting this week in Malaysia must urgently prioritize a coordinated plan to help the thousands of asylum seekers and migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh who are forced to risk abuse and death at sea, said Amnesty International […]
• • •“There is no Turning Back in Myanmar,” says UN Human Rights Expert after Elections
GENEVA (16 November 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee today welcomed the recent elections in Myanmar as “a new chapter in the country’s history” and reaffirmed her commitment to work with all parties to improve the human rights situation for all in Myanmar. “The people have expressed the will for change. There is no turning back now,” Ms. Lee stressed […]
• • •Myanmar: UN General Assembly Resolution still Needed in Light of Ongoing Serious Human Rights Situation
Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) call on all UN member states to recognize the continued need for a resolution on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in light of the ongoing human rights violations taking place in the country […]
• • •His Holiness the Dalai Lama Congratulates Aung San Suu Kyi on Victory in Myanmar’s General Election
Delhi, India, 13 November 2015 – Writing to fellow Nobel Peace Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi to congratulate her on her party’s remarkable victory in the general elections in Myanmar, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote […]
• • •Burma/Myanmar Post-election Outlook: Trials for Triumph
Results announced on 13 November confirmed the overwhelming victory of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in the 8 November elections, which decided 75% of seats in Burma/Myanmar’s National and Regional Parliaments. While the military will retain its allotted 25% of parliamentary seats, the NLD now holds an overall majority in the National Parliament, giving it the power to form Burma/Myanmar’s next government and select a President […]
• • •Students on Hunger Strike Tortured at MyinGyan Prison
AAPP calls for immediate action and an investigation into acts of torture committed against students Si Thu Myant and SoeHlaing at MyinGyan Prison on November 6, 2015 and demands the students’ immediate and unconditional release […]
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