A Japanese journalist who was arrested in Myanmar last month and later charged with spreading fake news will be released, state media said Thursday.Yuki Kitazumi was the first foreign journalist known …
‘Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand’
A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military j …
Time for businesses in Myanmar to take stand on rights violations: UN experts
A group of UN experts on Wednesday (local time) called on businesses in Myanmar to uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights …
UN Calls for More International Pressure Against Myanmar Junta
The U.N. human rights office is calling for more international pressure against Myanmar’s military junta, which it says has continued a brutal crackdown on opponents despite a recent agreement to halt …
AP PHOTOS: 100 days of force and resistance in Myanmar
Terror and lethal force was unleashed on them, with the predictably tragic results. Hundreds of protesters and bystanders have been killed, including dozens of children. In the 100 days since its …
Myanmar marks 100 days of junta rule with protests, strikes
Protesters rallied in towns and cities around Myanmar on Tuesday, May 11, to denounce its military rulers, 100 days after the generals’ overthrow of an elected government plunged the country into its …
Thailand urged not to repatriate reporters who fled Myanmar
Rights organizations and reporters’ groups are urging Thai authorities not to repatriate three journalists who fled to Thailand from military-run Myanmar, saying they would face arrest and possible ph …
Thailand Arrests Three Journalists Fleeing Junta Crackdown in Myanmar
Three reporters from the (DVB) have been arrested in Thailand, after fleeing the military junta’s accelerating crackdown on the press in Myanmar. Accor …
Myanmar: Time for business to take a stand against human rights violations – UN experts
As powerful actors in the current fragile and deteriorating context in Myanmar, businesses must uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human …
Thailand urged not to send fleeing journalists back to Myanmar
Human rights organisations have appealed to the Thai authorities not to return three underground journalists who fled persecution by the military government in Myanmar.The Democratic Voice of Burma …