Returns of Rohingya refugees, forced to flee their homes due to widespread and systematic violence in northern Myanmar, “should only take plac...
Rohingya returns only ‘at their freely expressed wish’ – UN refugee chief
Myanmar’s ‘Genocidal Acts’ Demand UN Action
At a dramatic meeting of the United Nations Security Council on October 24, the anniversary of the founding of the UN in 1945, the chair of a special ...
Myanmar Ethnic Army Releases Detained Wa Christians
Myanmar’s largest non-state army on Friday freed 100 ethnic Wa Christians it had detained, but continues to hold more than 100 ethnic Lahu Christi...
Interview: 'The Trial Was Just a Way to Silence The Journalists'
Amal Clooney, a member of the legal team representing two Reuters journalists imprisoned in Myanmar after being convicted under the colonial-era O...
‘Vague and over-broad’ laws stifling independent journalism in Myanmar – UN rights report
Describing the conviction in Myanmar of two Reuters journalists last week as a “particularly outrageous” example of judicial harassment against the me
UN Rights Council: Secure Justice for Myanmar Victims
(Geneva) The United Nations Human Rights Council should act to preserve evidence and create a path to justice for victims of atrocities in Myanmar, H...
Myanmar Swiftly Rejects ICC Ruling on Jurisdiction Over Abuses of Rohingya
A ruling by the International Criminal Court that it has jurisdiction over the alleged crime of deportation of hundreds of thousands of Myanmar’s ...
Journalists’ conviction in Myanmar a message that press ‘cannot operate fearlessly’ – UN rights chief
Stressing that the legal process that led to the conviction of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar “clearly breached” international standards, the Unit
The Plight of Rohingya Refugees One Year Later
It has been one year since the Burmese military began a violent campaign to force ethnic minorities to leave Myanmar's Rakhine state. Witnesses sa...
Myanmar: 7 Years for Reporting the Truth
(Bangkok) – A Myanmar court’s conviction of two Reuters journalists on politically motivated charges heralds a return to the media repression seen...