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Myanmar human rights

February 02, 2023
The United States Risks Being Complicit in the Myanmar Junta’s Atrocities
By Me Me Khant
Two years on from the military coup, the U.S. government is saying one thing about the country's crisis and doing another.

January 31, 2023
Myanmar: Last Chance Before the Final Curtain Drops
By Emilie Lehmann-Jacobsen
New crises have distracted international attention from the country right at the time that it is needed the most.

January 27, 2023
How International Legal Interventions Can Help Pressure Myanmar’s Military
By Liam Scott
Foreign governments need to make good on their pledges to intervene in the Rohingya genocide case at the International Court of Justice.

January 24, 2023
Rights Group Files Complaint in Germany Against Myanmar’s Generals
By Sebastian Strangio
The complaint is the latest that seeks to use the doctrine of "universal jurisdiction" to bring the country's generals to justice.

November 03, 2022
Myanmar Junta Sentences Former NLD Lawmaker to 148 Years in Prison
By Sebastian Strangio
Win Myint Hlaing, 52, is just one of hundreds of former members of the National League for Democracy government that are languishing in prison.

October 11, 2022
Hasina’s Pitch for Solving the Rohingya Crisis
By Kamal Uddin Ahmed
Bangladesh’s prime minister highlighted the issue in her UNGA speech. Will anyone listen?

September 29, 2022
Dissident Myanmar Supermodel Granted Asylum in Canada
By Sebastian Strangio
The 23-year-old has vowed to “carry on the struggle for Myanmar” from abroad.

September 20, 2022
Witnesses: Myanmar Air Attack Kills 13, Including 7 Children
By Grant Peck
The number of children killed in the air attack in Sagaing region appeared to be the highest since last February's coup.

August 26, 2022
Myanmar Junta Arrests Former UK Ambassador on Immigration Charges
By Sebastian Strangio
The arrest of Vicky Bowman and her husband Htein Lin came a day before London imposed a new round of sanctions on military-linked enterprises.

July 27, 2022
In Myanmar, We Pay With Our Lives for the Choices of World Leaders
By Me Me Khant
Nearly 18 months after the coup, the world's reaction to Myanmar's anguish continues to be one of statements, inaction, and business as usual.

July 22, 2022
Myanmar Army’s Use of Landmines Amounts to War Crimes, Says Amnesty
By Sebastian Strangio
The rights group said that it had “received credible information” that the Myanmar military has laid landmines in at least 20 villages in Kayah State.

July 06, 2022
Decapitation Video Points to Increasing Military Atrocities in Myanmar
By Rajeev Bhattacharyya
The grisly video may have been purposefully leaked in order to terrorize civilians and deter them from supporting anti-regime resistance forces.
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