Civil Rights Defenders and The Swedish Burma Committee in a joint letter to Annika Ben David, Sweden’s Ambassador for Human Rights, urge that the following recommendations regarding widespread human r...
Civil Rights Defenders together with 22 civil society organisations in an open letter to several states; including the United States, United Kingdom and the member states of the European Union, the As...
Myanmar authorities should release from prison and reverse all charges against interfaith activists Zaw Zaw Latt and Pwint Phyu Latt who have been held in detention since their respective arrests on J...
Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), ALTSEAN-Burma, Amnesty International, Article 19, Forum-Asia, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are concerned that the European Union (EU) may not ...
“It’s crucial that the government take concrete measures to remove longstanding restrictions on the Rohingya and the Muslim minority”, writes Shaivalini Parmar, Myanmar Programme Officer at Civil Righ...
In a joint statement today, 5 July, Civil Rights Defenders and 18 other non-governmental organisations in Myanmar call on the Government of Myanmar to conduct a formal investigation into the recent de...
On April 1, Myanmar’s first civilian government in nearly 50 years, led by Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, will take office in the capital of Naypyidaw. After months of speculation a...
Myanmar authorities should allow an independent investigation into the rape and killing of two Kachin women from Kawng Kha Village, Northern Shan State, Civil Rights Defenders said today. A year on, t...
This op-ed is written by Shaivalini Parmar, Myanmar Programme Officer at Civil Rights Defenders. It was first published in The Huffington Post on 10 December 2015. In the days following Myanmar’s hist...
On 8 November, millions of voters headed to the polls for Myanmar’s historic election. After almost 50 years under despotic military rule, the euphoria was tangible. Election day proceeded largely wit...
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