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    Tagged: Human Rights Watch

    Land Lead Story News

    Human rights watchdog criticises slow progress in resolving land grabs

    Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has criticised slow progress in addressing historical land grabs, which continue to leave large numbers of people destitute, and inadequate legal reform in protecting land tenure.

    Human Rights Lead Story News

    ‘Free’ speech still comes at a price in Burma: HRW

    Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Burma’s Parliament to amend or repeal laws that continue to be used to jail activists and average citizens for peacefully exercising their right to free speech.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Kachin pastors transferred to police, charged with unlawful association

    Two Kachin pastors detained by the Burma Army have been charged under the Unlawful Associations Act, according to the President’s Office.

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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.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Suu Kyi faces pressure over handling of Arakan crisis

    Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi is coming under growing criticism as she departs today on her second overseas trip since the crisis in Arakan State began last month.

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    Activists denounce ‘atrocious’ decision on sanctions

    Human rights activists denounce the Obama administration’s decision to lift sanctions on Burma as a “dark day” for the country’s efforts to end abuses by the military.

    Human Rights Lead Story News Refugees

    HRW urges Suu Kyi to put rights, refugees on China visit agenda

    State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi should raise the issue of refugees sheltering in China when she meets with Chinese leaders this week, says Human Rights Watch.

    Lead Story News

    Monogamy Bill misses the target

    T’s husband ended their relationship with a simple text message, after leaving her for another woman. T turned to the Monogamy Bill for protection.

    Human Rights Lead Story News Politics

    Human rights groups condemn social media arrests

    Human rights groups have condemned the arrests of Chaw Sandi Htun and Patrick Kum Jaa Lee, who were detained in relation to Facebook posts.

    Human Rights Lead Story News Politics

    Release all 91 political prisoners, says Amnesty

    Jailed for religious defamation, New Zealander Phil Blackwood is the sole foreigner on Amnesty International’s list of 91 prisoners of conscience in Burma.

    Boatpeople Lead Story News Rohingya

    Prosecution rests in Phuketwan journalists trial

    Journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are accused of defamation over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking.

    Lead Story News Rangoon Religion

    Blackwood family ‘devastated’, intend to appeal

    Amnesty International describes sentence as “ludicrous”, while International Commission of Jurists question its legal validity.

    Crime Human Rights Lead Story News Religion

    Buddha ‘insult’ was honest mistake, Blackwood tells court

    New Zealander Phil Blackwood tells a Rangoon court he had no intention of insulting the Buddhist religion.

    Land Latpadaung Lead Story News

    Amnesty, HRW slam deadly use of force at Latpadaung

    International watchdogs and Burmese activists have voiced distress and disdain over the Burmese police handling of protestors at Latpadaung copper mine, where one woman was shot dead.

    Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News

    Rights groups urge justice for Ja Seng Ing, Brang Shawng

    Human rights groups ask Burmese government to drop case against Kachin man for filing complaint with Myanmar Human Rights Commission (MNHRC).

    Lead Story News Rangoon

    Security increased in Rangoon in wake of Al-Qaeda threat

    Rangoon Region Border Affairs and Security Ministry said it has beefed up security in the wake of a declaration by Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri that the terror network expand its jihad to India, Bangladesh and Burma.

    ASEAN Lead Story News Politics

    Shan community urges US Secretary of State to pressure Thein Sein

    Shan community organisations urged US Secretary of State to suspend all military engagement with the current Burmese government.

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    Bullet Points: 7 August 2014

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    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics Religion

    Faith Conversion Law should be ‘scrapped’, say activists

    Following the Burmese government’s invitation for public opinion on a proposed Religious Conversion Law, 81 organisations from Burma and elsewhere have recommended that it be completely discarded.

    Elections Lead Story News Politics

    HRW calls for ‘genuinely independent’ electoral body

    Human Rights Watch slammed Burma’s electoral body for “intimidating” the National League of Democracy.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Rohingya call on govt for inclusion in 2014 census

    Two Rohingya political parties issued a plea to the government last Friday not to be categorised as “other” in the upcoming census, claiming they are “bona fide citizens” and entitled to be recognised as an ethnic minority group in Burma.

    Lead Story News Politics Rohingya

    International pressure on Burma, Thailand to deal with Rohingya issues

    US and EU call on Burma to allow immediate humanitarian access to an impoverished Rohingya refugee camp in Arakan state, while Human Rights Watch criticises Thai immigration authorities for alleged complicity in a Rohingya smuggling operation.

    Living in limbo, but ready to risk death at sea video

    Ethnic issues Feature Lead Story News Rohingya Video

    Living in limbo, but ready to risk death at sea

    Burmese asylum-seekers living in Indonesia say they will continue to risk their lives and travel by boat to Australia, despite the very high chance they will never get there.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Activists slam Association Law that would ‘criminalise’ dissent

    Human Rights Watch says Association Law would force NGOs to register with a military-backed body that can arbitrarily reject applications, leaving activists vulnerable to arrest and prosecution.

    News Politics

    Activists slate prisoner amnesty ahead of Thein Sein’s US trip

    Activists have accused the government of playing political games after more than 20 prisoners were released ahead of Thein Sein’s trip to the White House next week

    Analysis

    Dropping sanctions and ignoring human rights abuses

    In the past, when increasing pressure on the dictatorship was discussed by the EU, caution was the watchword, but now the EU is wholeheartedly endorsing Thein Sein’s government

    News Politics

    Burma guilty of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya Muslims: HRW

    Burmese authorities and extremist groups have carried out a “campaign of ethnic cleansing” against the Muslim Rohingya minority in western Burma, through mass executions, forced relocation and persistent denial of aid

    HRW satellite images reveal extensive damage video

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    HRW satellite images reveal extensive damage

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) obtains before and after satellite images of Meikhtila, showing extensive damage to towns that were burned in sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims. HRW want the[…]

    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

    News Politics

    President announces amnesty of 514 prisoners

    President Thein Sein today announced another mass amnesty with the release of 514 prisoners, including an undisclosed number of foreigners, a week before he is set to travel to the US

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