Critics have slammed the Telecommunications Act as a government and military tool used to crush dissent and silence the media.
Day: July 26, 2017
Burma’s disgraced human rights commission takes up new maid abuse case
Months after a maid abuse scandal prompted some of its members to resign, the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission is being drawn into the case of a 13-year-old domestic helper…
MPs approve unanimous rebuke of UN human rights envoy
Lawmakers in the Lower House on Tuesday put their official stamp of disapproval on the UN special rapporteur’s latest end-of-mission statement, unanimously approving an urgent proposal condemning remarks she made…
H1N1 flu outbreak kills two more in Burma
Burmese health officials said on Tuesday that two more people had died after contracting H1N1 influenza in the largest city, Rangoon, a day after the government said more than a…