Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma army continues to persecute former child...
At the age of 13, Wai Yan Naing went missing. As the days turned to weeks and the weeks turned to months, the family finally began to piece together what had happened. Their young son had been...
View ArticleThe Irrawaddy: Activists to face charges for unpermitted ’88 march
Three activists will face charges after leading a peaceful but unauthorized march through Rangoon on Thursday to mark the anniversary of Burma’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising. The activists told The...
View ArticleThe Irrawaddy: 2 Kachin men on trial after torture by military interrogators
Two ethnic Kachin men who were accused of having illegal connections to armed rebels and attacking a government office were tortured and sexually abused by the military before undergoing trial in...
View ArticleDemocratic Voice of Burma: The ability of the disabled
Nearly 10 percent of all disabled people in Burma are currently attending high school, but their chances of getting jobs when they leave are slim, according to a 2012 report by the Swedish...
View ArticleThe Irrawaddy: Karen leader’s tale of escape from island prison makes Burma...
Among those who rushed in to take advantage of the end of censorship in Burma, Mahn Nyein Maung is a latecomer. One year after Burma pulled the plug on its censorship regime, the leading member of the...
View ArticleAgence France Presse: Suu Kyi, Dalai Lama to speak at Czech human rights forum
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi and the Dalai Lama will attend a human rights forum in Prague next month, its spokesman said. Burma’s opposition leader and the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, both...
View ArticleMizzima News: Restoration of land seized too slow, too less: Inquiry Commission
The Union Parliament Farmlands and other Land Seizure Inquiry Commission has stated that the armed forces’ process of returning seized land to their rightful owner is very slow and that the land...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia: Myanmar activists held for marching against protest law
Six Myanmar activists who marched in Yangon on Tuesday to protest a controversial law governing peaceful assembly have been detained and face charges under the same legislation they were demonstrating...
View ArticleNarinjara News: Solo protester denied bail
The Arakanese authority has detained a solo protester in Thandawe, a southern district town of Arakan, on September 2 as he demonstrated his anger against the land confiscation of the Burma Army....
View ArticlePhnom Pen Post: Myanmar to follow Cambodia’s lead in documenting recent history
Myanmar is in the process of setting up a documentation centre to reflect on decades of human rights abuses. It’s using the records of Toul Sleng prison as inspiration. When Chit Min Lay first visited...
View ArticleAgence France Presse: Dalai Lama weighs in on Myanmar anti-Muslim violence
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Myanmar monks to act according to their Buddhist principles, in a plea to end the deadly violence against the country’s Muslim minority. “Those Burmese monks, please,...
View ArticleRadio Free Asia: Myanmar pledges to tackle human trafficking through...
Myanmar has vowed to step up its battle against human trafficking by doing more to check the problem at home and collaborating in preventive efforts with the U.S. and its Southeast Asian neighbors....
View ArticlePublic Radio International: Myanmar makes labor laws stronger — but workers...
Myanmar’s workers were granted new job protections and rights to organize almost two years ago. And yet, many workers find reality is far different, where trying to organize can cost workers their...
View ArticleThe Irrawaddy: Youth groups plan marches, concerts to mark International Day...
An umbrella organization for youth-led civil society groups across Rangoon is planning a march from City Hall to the People’s Park on Saturday, the International Day of Peace. Saturday’s all-day event...
View ArticleThe Irrawaddy: Monks urge Burmese government to apologize as Saffron...
Buddhist monks urged the Burmese government to apologize for its actions six years ago as they commemorated the Saffron Revolution on Wednesday in Rangoon, where street protests in September 2007 were...
View ArticleNPR: Youth unterrupted: Myanmar’s underage, illiterate workers – Patrick Winn
Little King can’t read or write. Little King can’t tell you the name of his country’s president. But he’s sturdy enough to balance heavy, spine-bending bundles of cargo atop his skull. Strong enough to...
View ArticleDemocratic Voice of Burma: Australia to deport over 100 Rohingya asylum-seekers
Australia is set to deport over 100 Rohingya asylum-seekers to detention centres in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru in the coming weeks, in spite of accusations that the move would breach...
View ArticleEleven Media Group: Government plans to solve land confiscation issues within...
The government held a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on Tuesday to discuss land confiscation cases included the report from the parliamentary Farmland Investigation Commission. It has promised to solve these...
View ArticleMizzima News: Residents demand compensation for Dawei highway
Dawei residents have threatened to resume cultivation in farmlands around the Dawei – Kanchanaburi highway construction project area if their demand for compensation is not met by September end. U Tin...
View ArticleMizzima News: NLD patron Tin Oo urges non-violence
National League for Democracy (NLD) patron Tin Oo urged people to refrain from violence during a memorial speech to mark Win Maw Oo’s 25th death anniversary on September 19. The commemoration ceremony...
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