More must be done to ensure that Burma’s military is held accountable for the atrocities it has committed against ordinary citizens.
Tag: justice
Political prisoner issue undermines election’s legitimacy
With only two months until November’s long-awaited election, time is fast running out for the Burmese government to ensure it will be fair and democratic.
Authoritarian policing and the colonial hangover
Human rights advocates and opposition lawmakers say Burma’s current government has done little to reform colonial-era criminal laws that curtail civil liberties.
Mahasantisukha monks appear in Supreme Court
Four monks facing charges of defaming religion and insubordination to the state monastic council appeared in Burma’s Supreme Court on Thursday.
Imprisoned hunger striker sent to psychiatric hospital
A farmer who was imprisoned in Maubin prison for the murder of a policeman during land rights protests in 2013 has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.
Student protests: calls for ‘open and transparent’ trial
The trial of student activists being prosecuted for their part in an education reform protest in Letpadan is being transferred to a court in Tharawaddy.