Rights groups call for release of Myanmar political prisoners
Advocacy groups from around the world signed a joint statement on Thursday that called for the release of all political prisoners in Myanmar. The release of the petition aligned with the third anniversary of U Win Tin's death, a...
Myanmar authorities on Friday released 69 student activists who had been jailed for more than a year without trial. Tharrawaddy Township Judge Chit Myat announced that the 69 students were free without charges after being imprisoned...
Amnesty: Myanmar must utilize historic opportunity to change course on human rights
Amnesty International (AI) said Thursday that Myanmar's new government has been presented with a historic opportunity to change course on human rights, but that doing so would mean making a commitment to break away from its...
The Myanmar government on Monday release 46 underage and child recruits from the military. Myanmar has released 745 underage recruits since the country became a part of a UN joint action plan in 2012. The UN believes...
Amnesty International (AI) called on the government of Myanmar Thursday to either repeal or amend a law that could grant former presidents immunity from prosecution for human rights violations and crimes under international law. The outgoing Myanmar...
Myanmar began the process of releasing the first set of 102 mostly political prisoners on Friday days before a democratic power transfer takes place in Myanmar's parliament . The democratic party led by Aung San Suu Kyi...
HRW: Myanmar authorities should immediately release political prisoners
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the government of Myanmar on Sunday to release all remaining prisoners currently being held for political and religious violations. The National League for Democracy Party (NLD) , which...
Citizens of Myanmar on Sunday voted in the country's first openly contested national election in 25 years. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, of the National League for Democracy (NLD), is expected to easily secure victory,...
Myanmar government signs ceasefire deal with armed rebel groups
Myanmar President Thein Sein signed a nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) with eight armed rebel groups on Thursday in an effort to establish peace in Myanmar. The agreement is a move towards incorporating rebel groups into the...
Myanmar President Thein Sein signed the Monogamy Bill into law on Monday, prohibiting marriage to more than one spouse or living with an unmarried partner, which many view as an attack on the minority Muslim population in the country....
