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    Human Rights Lead Story News

    Shades of ‘bad old days’ in NLD-led Burma: Human Rights Watch

    Nine months into the National League for Democracy government’s term in office, the human rights situation in Burma has improved only marginally, and in some cases even backslid, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch’s annual report for 2016.

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    International voices decry police crackdown on students

    International rights groups condemn the violent attacks on protestors, and denounce the police for drafting in pro-government thugs to assist them.

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    Human rights in Burma ‘a car crash’

    2014 was marked by persecution of minorities, internal displacement and erosion of already limited freedoms.

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    UN slams ‘sexist, insulting’ slurs against Yanghee Lee

    “The sexist, insulting language used against [Yanghee Lee] by an influential monk during Ms Lee’s official visit to the country is utterly unacceptable.”

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    Buddha Bar storm: charges upheld, trial set for 26 Dec

    Three Rangoon nightclub managers will face trial on charges of insulting Buddhism, a court in Bahan Township decided on Thursday.

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    Par Gyi killing: US calls for investigation

    International rights groups have joined domestic voices in condemning the killing of journalist Par Gyi by the Burmese army. The US embassy has called for the govt to investigate.

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    Burma to consider proportional representation

    Burma’s upper house of parliament voted on Tuesday to discuss switching to a proportional representation (PR) voting system. The issue is likely to take the floor within the next week during the current session of parliament.

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    Natural Fruit ups ante against rights activist

    Following a few months of relative quiet, the defamation case against British researcher Andy Hall is back in motion.

    Breaking Lead Story News Rohingya

    Journalists charged with defaming Thai Navy

    Two Thailand-based journalists were charged on Thursday with defamation and violation of the Computer Crimes Act for citing a Reuters article that contained allegations against members of the Royal Thai Navy.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    ‘Boatpeople’ story lands Reuters a Pulitzer as local reporters face jail

    Two Reuters reporters were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reports on the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, days before two Thailand-based journalists will appear in court, where they may face up to seven years in jail for republishing one paragraph of the award-winning work.

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    HRW slams UN invitation for Burmese peacekeepers

    Human Rights Watch has written to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, heavily criticizing the UN invitation to involve the Burmese army in future international peacekeeping missions.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya

    Defamation case on hold: Thais urged to probe Rohingya smuggling

    The arraignment of two journalists based in southern Thailand has been postponed following pleas from rights advocates that charges be dropped.

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    Pressure needed to improve human rights: HRW

    Burma has a long way to go towards a clean rights record in the coming year, according to the Human Rights Watch 2014 World Report released on Tuesday.

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    Govt delegation attends 8888 commemoration as activists call for investigation

    President’s Office Minister Aung Min attended the “Silver Jubilee for Four Eights Democracy Movement” on Wednesday where he discussed cooperating with the event’s organisers for “national reconciliation”

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    UN convoy delivers aid to IDP camps in rebel territory

    A ten-truck UN convoy with humanitarian assistance for more than 5,000 people arrived in displacement camps behind rebel lines in Kachin state on Friday for the first time in more than a year

    News Politics

    Thousands of Rohingya stranded by the sea as cyclone looms

    Thousands of displaced Rohingya are still stranded in low-lying areas next to the sea, less than a day before a tropical storm is expected to batter northwestern Burma

    Govt complicit in crimes against humanity – HRW video

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    Govt complicit in crimes against humanity – HRW

    A Human Rights Watch report released on Monday says the government is complicit in a campaign of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Arakan state. The report says local authorities[…]

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    Rohingya may face ‘permanent’ segregation: HRW

    The Burmese government continues to systematically discriminate against Muslim Rohingya by denying them humanitarian aid and isolating them in “long-term” camps or ghettos

    News Politics

    Burma’s human rights record remains ‘poor’ despite reforms

    The Burmese government continues to systematically violate human rights throughout the country, despite taking significant steps towards political reform over the last year, reports Human Rights Watch

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    Authorities target Rohingya after violence: HRW

    Burmese security forces have systematically abused the stateless Rohingya group after sectarian violence flared in northern Arakan state in early June, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday

    News Politics

    Rights groups condemn ‘war crime’ use of convict porters

    Rights groups claim the Burmese military is using convicts as porters in war zones, in what they allege amount to ‘war crimes’, as election promises on human rights seemingly ignored

    News Politics

    HRW: EU states should publicly support UN enquiry into junta crimes

    Human rights group calls on EU states to push for a commission of inquiry into the military’s alleged war crimes & crimes against humanity

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    Human Rights Watch call on the G8 to discuss Burma

    Ahead of a planning meeting before the June summit of the G8 group of industrialised countries New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged ministers to include Burma on the agenda.

    News Politics

    State-backed attacks on activists grow

    Jan 21, 2010 (DVB), A leading rights watchdog has reported a global rise in the number of state-sanctioned abuses against "rights defenders", fueled in part by the inability of the[…]

    News Politics

    India urged to address human rights in Burma

    Oct 16, 2009 (DVB), The Indian government should pay closer attention to human rights abuses in its foreign policy towards Burma, an international watchdog urged this week. The call was[…]

    News Politics

    Burmese political prisoner count ‘doubled’ since 2007

    Sept 16, 2009 (DVB), The number of political prisoners in Burma has more than doubled in the past two years, according to a report published by a New York-based rights[…]

    News Politics

    UN to tackle Burma’s child soldier problem

    Aug 5, 2009 (DVB), A United Nations team will visit Burma to pressure the ruling junta and armed ethnic groups to end use of child soldiers, as concern remains about[…]

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    Teenager recruited by Burmese army

    June 4, 2009 (DVB), A teenager who went missing after being arrested last year in Burma's central Bago division has been recruited by the army, his family said. Tin Myo[…]

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    Burmese army returns child soldiers

    June 3, 2009 (DVB), The Burmese army has reportedly handed eight child soldiers back to their families in a ceremony in Rangoon attended by international monitoring bodies such as UNICEF[…]

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    Thousands of child soldiers recruited by junta

    May 7, 2009 (DVB), Tens of thousands of children in Burma are recruited as child soldiers, with the government being the biggest culprit, states a report by a global network[…]

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