Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News
The newly-appointed United Nations’ rights rapporteur for Burma, Yanghee Lee, arrived in Kachin State on Monday to assess the conflict-torn region.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
UK parliamentarians held a discussion in London’s Westminster Hall about the ongoing persecution faced by the Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities in Burma.
Communal Violence Conflict Lead Story News Politics
Burma’s nascent democracy faces immense challenges in coming years, some with the capacity to “jeopardise” progress made since the country’s transition from military dictatorship to quasi-civilian leadership in 2011, a UN official concluded.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
In an exclusive interview with DVB, Special Rapporteur Quintana calls on the Burmese government to engage with the international community in investigating the alleged massacre in Maungdaw, including the introduction of forensics experts.
United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, arrived in Monywa, Sagaing Division, on Monday to meet with villagers living near the controversial Latpadaung Copper Mine.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Tomas Ojea Quintana met with protest as he arrived in western Burma’s Arakan State on Friday during his last visit to the country as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma.
Communal Violence Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
UN Special Rapporteur to visit Arakan as protestors around the region demand that the UN, along with MSF and other international relief agencies, are forced to withdraw their operations.
The UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma spoke to DVB about his latest mission to Burma, the attack of his convoy in Meikhtila and further reconciliation between Muslim and Buddhist communities.
Seven Rohingyas were arrested at a displacement camp in northern Arakan state late last month, after an altercation with officials who tried to force them to register as “Bengalis” on a regional census
A well known Rohingya human rights activist and interpreter in western Burma’s Arakan state was detained by authorities in Sittwe on Tuesday morning
The UN’s special envoy to Burma, while acknowledging the problematic constitution that grants the military complete power over its affairs, continues to espouse reforms that cannot be imposed on a military that is outside of civilian control.
Protesters stood in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ offices in Rangoon’s Sanchaung township to express their support for President Thein Sein’s plan to resettle the Rohingya minority[…]
After being pardoned on Friday, DVB’s Naw Noreen spoke with Phyo Wei Aung, who had previously been found guilty of masterminding the bombings in Rangoon during Buddhist New Year in[…]
More than a dozen people protested in front of the UNHCR’s offices in Rangoon last Friday to express their support of President Thein Sein’s plan to resettle the Rohingya minority in third countries
Death row prisoner Phyo Wai Aung, who was charged with plotting the New Year’s bombings in April 2010, has been freed by a presidential pardon this afternoon
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana met with prominent activist groups and death row inmate Phyo Wai Aung in Rangoon yesterday before flying to western Burma
Union Immigration Minister Khin Yi rejected the call from the United Nations’ to investigate the unfair treatment of the Rohingya by security forces following the rioting in western Burma
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana has been following the country closely since his mandate began in 2008. DVB spoke with Quintana about his[…]
Tomas Ojea Quintana preparing for visit next week, a year after he was denied a visa due to public support for UN rights probe
