Posts Tagged ‘Ja Seng Ing’ (2 found)
(Bangkok, December 18, 2014)— Authorities in Myanmar should drop criminal charges against human rights defender Shayam Brang Shawng, said Fortify Rights and five leading international human rights organizations in an open letter to President Thein Sein published today. Brang Shawng, 49, faces two or more years in prison for filing a complaint with the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) that alleged the Myanmar Army was responsible for the death of his 14-year-old ethnic-Kachin daughter, Ja Seng Ing […]
December 18, 2014 •
By Fortify Rights •
Tags: Amnesty International, Burma Army, Fortify Rights, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, Ja Seng Ing, Kachin, Kachin Independence Army, Kachin State, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, Northern Shan State, Physicians for Human Rights •
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December 08, 2014 President Thein Sein President’s Office Nay Pyi Taw Republic of the Union of Myanmar Re: Prosecution of Shayam Brang Shawng Dear President Thein Sein, We write to you to express our concerns about the criminal prosecution of Shayam Brang Shawng (hereinafter Brang Shawng), an ethnic Kachin resident of Sut Ngai Yang village, […]
December 8, 2014 •
By Amnesty International and Fortify Rights and Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic and Human Rights Watch and International Commission of Jurists and Physicians for Human Rights •
Tags: Amnesty International, Brang Shawng, Fortify Rights, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Watch, International Commission of Jurists, Ja Seng Ing, Kachin State, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, Physicians for Human Rights, The Ja Seng Ing Truth Finding Committee •
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