Latest

US decries 'worsened' Myanmar violence

Friday, 03 February 2012 16:10

By Shaun Tandon (AFP) – 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON — The United States urged Myanmar to address what it called worsened ethnic violence and to accept international monitors to ensure the fairness of closely watched upcoming by-elections.

World Must Act to End Impunity in Burma

Monday, 12 December 2011 09:30

Burma’s National Human Rights Commission can't be trusted to do the job of addressing rampant human rights abuses; for this, the international community must push harder to end impunity.

By AUNG MYO MIN

Friday, December 9, 2011(Irrawaddy, Dec.10, 2011)

Today as the world celebrates another international human rights day, people in Burma continue to face a host of serious human rights abuses.

Despite minor changes in Naypyidaw, human rights abuses, such as rape, forced labor, killings, torture and forced displacement continue to be committed by Burma Army soldiers in the northeastern part of my country, including Kachin State.

Japan: Press Burma’s Foreign Minister on Rights

Friday, 21 October 2011 10:12

(Tokyo) – Japanese officials should press Burma’s visiting foreign minister on the need for genuine reforms to improve human rights in Burma, Human Rights Watch said today. Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin will visit Tokyo from October 20 to 22, 2011.