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The UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye called release for action to preserve the progress made in the protection of minority rights. Speaking in her final address before the Human Rights Council ,...

Police in Myanmar on Monday prevented around 200 students from marching to protest a new law that they claim limits academic freedom. The new law was passed by parliament in September and puts all policy and curriculum decisions in...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Wednesday that Myanmar must end the widespread abuse of minority rights in order to keep on its progression toward becoming a democratic state. He...

Myanmar lawmakers on Wednesday said that the country's president has approved a law allowing a referendum on amendments to its constitution later this year. The referendum may include up to 95 proposed constitutional revisions and is tentatively scheduled [Global...

Myanmar's legislature, the Assembly of the Union , passed a new law on Monday granting temporary citizens the right to vote in a constitutional referendum later in 2015. The law will enfranchise approximately 1.5 million temporary...

The Somalia constituent assembly on Wednesday approved a new constitution for the country, which has been without a stable central government since former president Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. The draft constitution passed...

The US Department of State (DOS) on Friday released the 2010 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . The report outlined three prevailing trends that shaped human rights in 2010. These included the growth of nongovernmental organizations...

Detained Myanmarian democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has met with a lawyer to discuss the legality of her detention, a spokesman for the National League for Democracy party said Sunday. This was apparently...

Four members of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD) have been jailed for a year for having campaigned against the country's then-draft constitution , according to NLD spokesperson Nyan Win as quoted by AP. Win said Friday...

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Wednesday criticized the government of Myanmar for its continued human rights abuses and refusal to cooperate with humanitarian groups. The resolution calls on the Myanmar government to free...