Irrawaddy Division Land Lead Story News
Local farmers from the Irrawaddy delta staged a protest rally on Friday, demanding the return of land they claim was confiscated in 1999-2000.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
DVB Debate looks at the place of persons with a disability in Burmese society, and discusses what must change to ensure equal opportunities for all.
Burmese migrant workers say they are being held captive and forced to work for half the minimum wage.
US ambassador to the UN Samantha Power told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Burma must do more to end Rohingya persecution.
Conflict Ethnic issues Lead Story News
The Shan Human Right Foundation has accused the Burmese army of an attack on 11 villages in Shan State, in which civilians were tortured.
Analysis Contributor Development Feature Lead Story
World Bank support for the fledgling Burmese telecommunications market may well exacerbate civil society concerns.
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.
Burmese migrants, who have arrived ‘legally’ in Thailand under a bilateral agreement between the two countries, continue to be systematically exploited and abused by their Thai employers, activists have warned
Labour Administration Department’s director Chit Shein said the newly appointed official has already begun meeting with migrant worker groups in the country to study their situations
Few countries’ legal systems are as corrupt and opaque as Burma’s. We spoke to Scott Leckie, director of Displacement Solutions, about their new book on housing, land and property rights[…]
June 3, 2009 (DVB), Home to the world's longest running civil war and crippled by restrictions on political liberties, Burma has ranked 126 out 144 countries in the 2009 Global[…]
Apr 27, 2009 (DVB), Ten garment factory workers in Bago division were sacked last week without reason after speaking to foreign media about mistreatment in the workplace. The workers at[…]
Apr 11, 2009 (DVB), Japan should make human rights a foreign policy priority and focus attention on abuses by the Burmese regime, said a leading human rights organization in an[…]
Apr 1, 2009 (DVB), Two Thai-based organisations have urged the United Nations to provide assistance to Burmese migrant workers in Thailand whose labour rights were being denied by their employers.[…]
Mar 19, 2009 (DVB), Underage workers at a garment factory in Rangoon's New Dagon township have complained of labour rights abuses by their employers after being forced to work unpaid[…]
Mar 16, 2009 (DVB), Security was tight in Burma's former capital and economic hub Rangoon last Friday as overseas Burmese democracy activists marked the 21-year anniversary of the country's Human[…]
Feb 20, 2009 (DVB), The prison sentence of labour rights activist Su Su Nway, who was jailed for 12 and a half years in November 2008, has been reduced by[…]
Dec 9, 2008 (DVB), Kyi Myint Taing township court in Rangoon yesterday sentenced three people to between five and 19 years after they reported a labour rights issue to the[…]
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[…]
Oct 10, 2008 (DVB), United Nations rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana has set out four basic requirements that need to be met by the Burmese government if the 2010 elections[…]
Sep 17, 2008 (DVB), Bo Kyi of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners is one of five people to receive a 2008 Human Rights Defenders Award from international rights group[…]
Aug 7, 2008 (DVB), Labour and youth activists have found ways to commemorate the events of 8 August 1988 in spite of tight security and the government's efforts to curb[…]
Aug 5, 2008 (DVB), Rights activists have stressed the need for the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma to be given the freedom to work independently during[…]
Jul 24, 2008 (AP)
Jul 23, 2008 (DVB), Burmese rights activists have welcomed Burma's ratification of the ASEAN charter but urged that public education and an enforcement mechanism are key to the protection of[…]
Mar 31, 2008 (DVB), Human Rights Defenders and Promoters network member U Myint Aye is being treated for a head wound at Rangoon Neurological Hospital after being attacked on Thursday.[…]
Feb 6, 2008 (DVB), United Nations special rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro expressed his "dismay" at the Burmese regime's continued detention and sentencing of activists, in a statement issued yesterday. Pinheiro[…]
Feb 1, 2008 (DVB), Taunggok township National League for Democracy communications committee member and human rights activist U Aung Than Htun passed away on 29 January at the age of[…]
Jan 30, 2008 (AFP), Human rights commissioners from four Southeast Asian nations began a two-day meeting in Manila Tuesday to try to establish the framework for a regional human rights[…]
Jan 17, 2008 (AFP), Japan on Wednesday offered fresh aid to Mekong River nations while issuing a gentle reminder on human rights as it sought to counter China’s growing influence[…]
