Htet Aung Kyaw Jan 19, 2009 (DVB), Although the word 'vacation' is still a strange one to most ordinary Burmese people inside the country, many Burmese in exile, including this…
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Rights groups condemn Rohingya abuse
Jan 19, 2009 (DVB), Human rights groups have condemned the Thai authorities' treatment of hundreds of Rohingya who washed up on Thai shores last year and were reportedly towed back…
Quintana urges action on human rights
Dec 10, 2008 (DVB), United Nations special rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana has described the situation of political prisoners as "a permanent and constant human rights violation" and called for concrete…
Rights activists given life sentences
Dec 1, 2008 (DVB), Northern Rangoon Provincial court handed down life sentences to Human Rights Defendants and Protectors network member Myint Aye and two of his colleagues on Friday. Judge…
Constitution perpetuates violence against women: WLB
Nov 27, 2008 (DVB), The Women's League of Burma has said the military regime's new constitution condemns women to a continuing cycle of violence, in a statement released to mark…
UN rights envoy calls for tangible progress before 2010
Oct 27, 2008 (DVB), The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma has said democracy in Burma will take "generations" to achieve and called for concrete progress by…