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...
After almost five decades under despotic military rule, the people of Myanmar will head to the polls on November 8. But hundreds of thousands of Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority group, have lost...
The Myanmar authorities should immediately release from prison and drop all charges against activist Myat Nu Khaing, Civil Rights Defenders said today. Myat Nu Khaing, an independent candidate contest...
This article was jointly authored by Aung Khaing Min of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, Khin Ohmar of Burma Partnership, and Shaivalini Parmar of Civil Rights Defenders. It was fir...
On 18 July 2013, police arrested Bawk Jar Lum Nyoi, a renowned Burmese human rights defender. The police had no court order and did not explain the reason for the arrest, according to reports. It is n...
The government of Myanmar should immediately release from custody and drop charges against student protesters for the peaceful exercise of freedom of assembly, Civil Rights Defenders said today. In tw...
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