By FELIZ SOLOMON / THE IRRAWADDY| Friday, January 16, 2015 | RANGOON — A high-level delegation of US officials on Thursday concluded a two-day US-Myanmar Human Rights Dialogue, the second iteration of what could become a regular affair between the US State Department and the Burmese government in efforts to smooth the edges of a
By NOBEL ZAW / THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, October 15, 2014 RANGOON — Six ethnic Chin farmers who fled after having been arrested and allegedly tortured by the Burma Army returned to their village in Chin State’s Palatwa Township last week, a local community leader said, adding that the villagers were now demanding that an army
DOCUMENT – MYANMAR: FARMERS AT RISK AFTER BEATING BY SOLDIERS UA: 245/14 Index: ASA 16/002/2014 Myanmar Date: 30 September 2014 URGENT ACTIONFARMERS AT RISK AFTER beatING BY SOLDIERS Six Chin farmers who were ill-treated – some tortured – by Myanmar Army soldiers are at risk of further human rights violations after speaking out publicly about
Chin activists and a farmer speak during a press conference in Rangoon on Wednesday, during which they accused the Burma Army of torturing six Chin farmers. (Photo: Yen Snaing / The Irrawaddy)Chin activists and a farmer speak during a press conference in Rangoon on Wednesday, during which they accused the Burma Army of torturing six
UA: 179/14 Index: ASA 16/015/2014 Myanmar Date: 18 July 2014 URGENT ACTIONACTIVISTS FACING JAIL FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST Eight Chin human rights defenders in Myanmar are facing imprisonment for peacefully protesting against impunity for sexual violence in Chin State. If convicted and jailed, Amnesty International would consider them prisoners of conscience.The eight activists – six women,
Wednesday, 25 June 2014 11:55 Written by Thawng Zel Thang Published in Chin News 25 June 2014 – Hundreds of people staged separate peaceful protests in Rezua and Matupi, Chin State on Monday and Tuesday, calling for an immediate end to sexual violence against ethnic women. About 400 protesters in Rezua and over 200 in Matupi
Monday, 23 June 2014 13:16 Written by Chinland Guardian 23 June 2014 – A Chin woman was subjected to a brutal beating during an attempted rape by a Burma Army soldier from Light Infantry Battalion No. 269 in Rezua Sub-township, Chin State on 10 June. The alleged perpetrator Private Myo Thura Kyaw grabbed the woman
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Khonumthung Chin News Group, TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2014 Various church leaders in Hakha town held a prayer meeting to boycott and not to adopt the draft of the ‘Religious Conversion Law’ in Myanmar, drafted by the Ministry of Religious department, at Carson Hall on 16 June. At the meeting, Pastor Bawi Cung Lian said, “This
June 16, 2014 • Author: Karen News • Posted in Articles International civil society organisations, human rights watchdogs and advocacy groups have issued a united call for Burma’s government to drop its proposed legislation that places restrictions on an individual’s right to freedom of religion. An alliance of 81 organisations pressed that Burma’s government, led