Business Human Rights Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, calls on international investors to be careful not to undermine the country’s rights priorities.
Arakan Human Rights Lead Story News
“The sexist, insulting language used against [Yanghee Lee] by an influential monk during Ms Lee’s official visit to the country is utterly unacceptable.”
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
The UN envoy concludes a week-long trip which included meeting a host of senior officials in Naypyidaw, discussions on aid with community leaders in Arakan State, and observing a round of ceasefire talks in Rangoon.
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.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya Video
The UN envoy concludes his six-year tenure as Special Rapporteur with a press conference at which he praised Burma’s reforms but questioned the impartiality of a domestic inquiry into the alleged massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Duchira Dan on 13-14 January.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Burma, Tomás Ojea Quintana, visited Kachin State where he met with Kachin leaders and refugees on Sunday.
Muslim homes have been targeted with “brutal efficiency” in deadly new unrest in Burma, a UN envoy who has just been to the country said Tuesday
