Myanmar human rights

Women and girls have been disproportionately affected by the junta's repression. They are also playing leading roles in the resistance to its rule.

After an initial exemption, women and girls are now being forcibly recruited into the ranks of the country's armed forces.

At a public hearing hosted by the country's national human rights institution this week, local and regional activists called for greater action to address the intensifying crisis.

Horror tales from inside Myanmar’s cyber-scam cities.

Rights groups have accused the Arakan Army of displacing tens of thousands of Rohingya civilians during its seizure of the town of Buthidaung.

To stave off defeat, the military regime is robbing the country's youth of livelihoods and educational opportunities.

According to the global body, 18.6 million people in Myanmar will need humanitarian assistance in 2024 – a nineteen-fold increase since the 2021 coup.

The resistance group said that the public "is not required to comply" with the February 10 order.

The 2022 U.N. Security Council resolution has not become the hoped-for on-ramp to stronger action, but rather the feeble peak of council activity on a country in harrowing crisis.

The complaint, filed by the advocacy group Fortify Rights, requested an investigation into military atrocities committed since 2016.

There is an urgent need for a comprehensive and coordinated global arms embargo.

A group of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh recently visited Myanmar’s Rakhine State to lay the groundwork for repatriation. Is Myanmar serious about the effort?