Myanmar human rights

The coming five-year term is likely to see a continuity of aims within more constrained parameters.

The move follows reports by human rights groups that MEHL has directly funded the commission of crimes against humanity.

Aung San Suu Kyi will win a second term, but real progress on ending Myanmar's cycle of conflict will require deeper reforms.

Aung San Suu Kyi's government is weathering heavy criticism about the upcoming poll – but none of it is likely to matter on election day.

A new report from a regional human rights group urges the ten-member bloc to take a more holistic approach to the situation in western Myanmar.

A new report from Human Rights Watch details the inhumane conditions within Rakhine State's archipelago of internal displacement camps.

The students are calling for an end to the fierce conflict taking place in Rakhine State.

Admissions of guilt for atrocities are usually the prelude to closed-door trials lacking any real degree of transparency or accountability.

A new report argues that a military-linked conglomerate – and its foreign partners – are directly funding units accused of crimes against humanity.

Myanmar’s internet shutdown is the world’s longest, depriving its people of their rights.

While other democracies have recoiled in horror, Japan has continued to pour overseas aid into Myanmar.