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MNHRC failing to protect human rights, say NGOs
Report says the MNHRC’s greatest weakness is its failure to serve as a voice for the country’s most vulnerable people.
Rights watchers slam ban on protests in Yangon
Human rights monitors on Wednesday urged Burma to withdraw a ban on protests in its largest city, Yangon, amid fears that free speech is under pressure under the government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi.
Nearly 90,000 flee Arakan violence to Bangladesh as humanitarian crisis looms
Nearly 90,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Burma in August, pressuring scarce resources of aid agencies and communities already helping hundreds of thousands of refugees from previous spasms of violence in Burma.
World Islamic body OIC tells Burma to protect rights of Rohingya
Burma must protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim minority, the chief of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said on Thursday, urging the Southeast Asian nation to join hands with Muslim-majority neighbours in tackling a refugee crisis.
UN human rights envoy piles pressure on govt in latest Burma critique
UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee offered stern words for the Burmese government on Friday evening, urging it to reconsider its refusal to issue visas to a UN fact-finding mission tasked with probing alleged human rights abuses in Arakan State and elsewhere in Burma.
Report adds to mounting rights abuse claims in Arakan
A damning new released by Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK adds to mounting pressure on the government to cooperate with the upcoming United Nations fact-finding mission.
