“The fact that I was in jail cannot be washed away in a shower,” said Myo Ko Ko San at today’s press conference.

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.

Political activist Yar Pyae, who was yesterday sentenced to six months under the Telecommunications Act over a Facebook post, was this morning released from...

A lawsuit against the Eleven Media Group should be dropped immediately, according to right groups calling on Burma's government to reform restrictive media laws.

The EMG CEO and chief editor are being sued by the Rangoon regional government over an article written last week alleging backhanders and cronyism.

The commotion comes after Eleven Media CEO Than Htut Aung wrote an editorial lambasting the government for failing to tackle corruption and crony capitalism.