Amnesty International has just issued a written statement on human rights concerns in Myanmar to be presented at the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council to be held from March 2 to 27 in New York. Image: Amnesty International
19 February 2015
Myanmar’s backsliding on human rights reforms – only a few months before the general...
Thailand's former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra (C) speaks to members of the media as she arrives to answer questions to the National Legislative Assembly during impeachment proceedings against her at Parliament House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 22, 2015. Photo: Narong Sangnak/EPA
19 February 2015
Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra is to be indicted on criminal charges...
President U Thein Sein visits injured military personnel and families of soldiers killed during clashes with Kokang fighters in Laukkai area, Shan State, on February 16, 2015. Photo: President's Office
18 February 2015
Myanmar’s president has vowed “not to lose an inch” of territory in clashes with ethnic...
A wounded Red Cross volunteer lies on ground after vehicles of a civilian rescue convoy were attacked by Kokang rebels near the self-administered Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 17, 2015. Two volunteers from the Myanmar Red Cross Society were injured in the convoy attack. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo
18 February 2015
In what is said to be the first attack against the Myanmar Red Cross, two Red Cross...
A girl watching her family's cows on farmland near Mawlamyine city, Mon State, Myanmar, July 5, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
18 February 2015
A report just released highlights the ongoing land conflict that many farmers reportedly...
Electric power pylon at Biluchaung Hydropower Station in Kayah State, Myanmar. Photo: Ye Min/Mizzima
18 February 2015
Electric power to the whole country was cut at about 1:30 pm on February 17 due to a...
Australian Mr Michael Chan (R), the brother of death-row prisoner Andrew Chan, arrives for visiting Andrew at Kerobokan Prison in Bali, Indonesia, February 17, 2015. Photo: Made Nagi/EPA
18 February 2015
The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office has decided to put off the execution of eleven...
Shayam Brang Shawn, known as Brang Shawng, (2nd L), has been fined K50,000 [US$50) for defamation. Photo: Kachin Wave News
18 February 2015
A Kachin man convicted of making false allegations against the Tatmadaw after he called...
Kachin Baptists welcome Reverend Roy Medley (C-L), the general secretary of American Baptist Churches, to Myitkyina on February 6, 2015. Photo: Jade Land, Gunhtang David
17 February 2015
The general secretary of the American Baptist Churches Reverend Roy Medley has called for...
People load their belongings onto a van as they prepare to flee fighting in and around the Kokang capital Laukkai, northern Shan State, Myanmar, February 16, 2015. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
17 February 2015
China warned of a threat to border stability after the dramatic upsurge in conflict in a...
Political prisoners Ko Aung Min Naing (L) and Ko Yan Naing Tun (R) are seen in front of Insein Prison after being released, Yangon, Myanmar, December 31, 2013. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
17 February 2015
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners reports that as of the end of January...
Students' column reaching Pyay Myo on road to Yangon on February 10, 2015. Photo: Hein Htet/Mizzima
17 February 2015
Nay Pyi Taw – The Deputy Minister for Home Affairs told media on February 17 that legal...

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