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Bangladesh: Assist, Protect Rohingya Refugees
Humanitarian Aid Desperately Needed; Crisis Situation in Burma Continues
The government of Bangladesh should immediately cease its punitive restrictions on international organizations providing lifesaving humanitarian aid to the more than 200,000 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should also open its borders to Rohingya fleeing sectarian violence and abuses by Burmese security forces in Arakan State in western Burma […]
• • •“The Government Could Have Stopped This”: Sectarian Violence and Ensuing Abuses in Burma’s Arakan State
This report describes how the Burmese authorities failed to take adequate measures to stem rising tensions and the outbreak of sectarian violence in Arakan State. Though the army eventually contained the mob violence in the state capital, Sittwe, both Arakan and Rohingya witnesses told Human Rights Watch that government forces stood by while members from each community attacked the other, razing villages and committing an unknown number of killings […]
• • •Burma: Government Forces Targeting Rohingya Muslims
Abuses Follow Horrific June Violence Between Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya
Burmese security forces committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims after failing to protect both them and Arakan Buddhists during deadly sectarian violence in western Burma in June 2012. Government restrictions on humanitarian access to the Rohingya community have left many of the over 100,000 people displaced and in dire need of food, shelter, and medical care […]
• • •Thailand: Press Burmese President on Rights
Thein Sein’s Visit Offers Opportunity to Promote Reforms
The Thai government should press Burmese President Thein Sein to take immediate and concrete steps to address serious human rights problems in Burma when he visits Thailand from July 22-24, 2012, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday […]
• • •Burma: US Backtracks on ‘Responsible Investment’ Pledge
Business Reporting Requirements Won’t Deter Abuses, Corruption
The new United States government policy allowing business activity in Burma’s controversial oil sector with reporting requirements will not adequately prevent new investments from fueling abuses and undermining reform, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Obama administration announced that it will waive longstanding US sanctions on investment and financial services in Burma […]
• • •ASEAN: Ensure Declaration Meets Rights Standards
Genuine Consultation Needed with Civil Society Groups
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should make a public commitment to ensure that the forthcoming ASEAN Human Rights Declaration will fully comply with international human rights standards. The foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on July 8, 2012, with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights in Phnom Penh and receive a draft declaration for their consideration […]
• •Letter to the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting from International NGOs on the Draft ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
The International Commission of Jurists, International Federation for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Dignity International, and Article 19, write to you today to express our grave concerns regarding the process of drafting the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD). We understand that the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) will be transmitting to you a draft of the Declaration during your meeting with them on 8 July 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia […]
• •Thailand: Don’t Deport Pregnant Migrant Workers
Thailand’s government should scrap the labor minister’s proposed regulation to deport migrant workers who become pregnant, Human Rights Watch said today. The proposal discriminates against women workers and would not advance the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s stated aim of reducing human trafficking […]
• • •Burma: Mass Arrests, Raids on Rohingya Muslims
Brutal and Biased Police Response to Sectarian Violence in Arakan State
Burmese security forces have responded to sectarian violence in northern Arakan State with mass arrests and unlawful force against the Rohingya Muslim population, Human Rights Watch said today. Local police, the military, and a border security force known as Nasaka have committed numerous abuses in predominantly Muslim townships while combating the violence between the Rohingya and ethnic Arakan, who are predominantly Buddhist, that broke out in early June 2012 […]
• • •China/Burma: Kachin Refugees Lack Aid, Face Abuses
Allow Humanitarian Agencies Unfettered Access
Several thousand ethnic Kachin refugees from Burma are isolated in Yunnan, China, where they are at risk of return to a conflict zone and lack needed humanitarian aid. The Chinese government should immediately provide temporary protection and allow United Nations and humanitarian agencies unhindered access to Kachin refugees in Yunnan who have fled wartime abuses in Burma […]
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