Myanmar
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Corporate responsibility
Tags Share Ka Hsaw Wa’s interview with Kerry Kennedy I’ve been doing this for eleven years. Most of the time I coordinate fieldwork, collect information, conduct fact-finding missions, and train my staff to do the same, specifically in the pipeline area of the U.S. oil company Unocal. We currently have a lawsuit pending against Unocal.…
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Criminal Complaint Filed in Germany against Myanmar Generals for Atrocity Crimes
Tags Share (BANGKOK, January 24, 2023)—Fortify Rights and 16 individual complainants from Myanmar filed a criminal complaint with the Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, Fortify Rights announced today. The 215-page complaint and more…
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Myanmar: We Condemn The Executions of Pro-Democracy Activists
Tags Share Myanmar’s military junta announced July 25 it had executed four pro-democracy activists: Kyaw Min Yu (also known as Ko Jimmy), Phyo Zeya Thaw, Hla Myo Aung, and Aung Thura Zaw. These are the first executions in Myanmar in more than three decades. Their executions follow a series of politically motivated trials in secretive…
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Bangladesh: Restore and strengthen capacity of community-led schools in Rohingya camps
Tags Share Bangladesh’s government must urgently take steps to support the community-led learning facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and strengthen their resources in line with the country’s international commitment to protect children’s right to education, 25 undersigned organizations said in a statement today. About 30 community-led schools have been shut down…
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Argentina: Prosecute Crimes Against Rohingya in Myanmar
The Federal Court in Argentina should exercise its authority under universal jurisdiction to ensure justice for the grave crimes committed against the Rohingya.
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Argentina: Procesar Graves Crímenes Contra los Rohingyas en Myanmar
La Corte Federal de Argentina debe ejercer su autoridad bajo la jurisdicción universal para garantizar justicia por los Rohingyas.
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Civil Society Groups Call for Immediate Release of Myanmar Activist
Tags Share We are deeply concerned over reports of a brutal shooting and arrest of activist Man Zar Myay Mon in Shan Htoo Village in Sagaing Region, Myanmar on June 8, 2021. Man Zar Myay Mon is a member of the Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA) and an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)…
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Global Civil Society Statement on Myanmar
Tags Share We, the undersigned organizations, call on the United Nations Security Council to urgently impose a comprehensive global arms embargo on Myanmar to help prevent further violations of human rights against peaceful protesters and others opposing military rule. In recent weeks, Myanmar security forces have killed hundreds of people, including dozens of children, merely…
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Global Leaders Must Swiftly Take Action in Myanmar
Tags Share IN THE FACE OF MYANMAR’S RECENT MILITARY COUP, WE URGE THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO IMPOSE STRONG, TARGETED SANCTIONS, AS WELL AS AN ARMS EMBARGO, AGAINST THE MEMBERS OF THE TATMADAW. Early Monday morning, the Myanmar military, known as the Tatmadaw, staged a military coup, detaining civilian government authorities, including elected leader State Counsellor…
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We Cannot Condone the Myanmar Government’s Lies
Tags Share Of course, the details never added up. But now, with recent confessions from two Myanmar Army soldiers, the truth hangs in the open air, exposing the blatant lies that government officials have told about their genocide against the Rohingya. That truth was already clear to the dozen of us—human rights lawyers, activists, documentarians,…
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Renewed Calls to Protect Rohingya Refugees
On the third anniversary of the Rohingya genocide, RFK Human Rights and our partners call on the Myanmar government to protect this community from ongoing harm.
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Myanmar: Lift Internet Restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States
Tags Share We, the 29 undersigned organizations, call on the Government of Myanmar to immediately lift restrictions on mobile internet communications in eight townships in Rakhine State and one township in Chin State. We are particularly concerned by the Government of Myanmar’s recent reinstatement of restrictions on mobile internet access in five townships on February…
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