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- Human rights body calls for ban on Burma’s gem trade
- The Human Rights Watch has called for a ban on the import of Burma’s precious stones, saying the trade helps finance its military rulers to stay in power. The ...
- Disabled people await post-cyclone aid
- More than 30,000 cyclone-affected people with physical disabilities living in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta are in urgent need of help. Very little of ...
- Cyclone hit in Myanmar lack proper shelters
- Living under tattered roofs five months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the people have exhausted their savings in repairing makeshift homes. These ...
- Cyclone-hit Myanmar monasteries need repair
- Cyclone Nargis had destroyed hundreds of monasteries that played an important social, cultural, educational and religious role in Myanmar. Many of them are in ...
- Fresh charges of atrocities against Myanmar’s military
- Members of Karen ethnic community in Myanmar are fleeing to neighbouring Thailand due growing excesses against them by the country’s ruling military regime. ...
- Myanmar biodiversity threatened due to prolonged conflict
- The protracted conflict between the Karens and military has not only caused immense miseries to the people with massive displacements but also has taken a ...
- UN conspicuously silent on Myanmar's child victims
- A New York-based organisation in its report has castigated the UN for remaining silent on the issue of violation of children’s rights in Myanmar. It urges the ...
- Burmese migrant children missing out on education
- Language barrier and poverty are one of the main reasons because of which children of Burmese migrants in Thailand remain out of schools. Local NGOs have ...
- Repression on monks in Burma
- The Resistance of the Monks, a Human Rights Watch publication, provides a detailed account of the repression on monks and the violations of their ...
- Army attacks displace thousands of civilians in Myanmar
- While the world’s attention was focused on the trial and subsequent sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese army was quietly busy in crushing ethnic ...
- Telling the Burma story against all odds
- The Democratic Voice of Burma broadcasts news in English and Burmese through radio, satellite television and the Internet. Its team has been courageously and ...
- Myanmar rejects appeal for Aung Suu Kyi's release
- Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to remain under house arrest, as the military junta in Myanmar has rejected an appeal for her release. The ...
- No end to miseries for Myanmar's ethnic minorities
- Two ethnic minorities fleeing persecution from Myanmar – Christian Chins and Rohingyas – face abuse, harassment and exploitation in India and Thailand ...
- Blindness prevalence in Myanmar alarming
- Myanmar has one of the highest rates of blindness in Asia. As there are just 200 eye surgeons for a population of over 50 million, the country’s eye care ...
- Myanmar waiting for development aid
- Continued detention of pro democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been cited as the main reason for Myanmar being one of the least-funded countries in the ...
- Japan should review Burma policy: HRW
- Human Rights Watch has asked Japan to review its policy towards Burma, keeping in view the continuation of repressive policies in the country. In a letter to ...
- Burmese leader Suu Kyi faces trial
- Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi can be jailed for up to five years for allegedly breaking the conditions of her house arrest. Critics say this ...
- USD 691m recovery plan announced for Myanmar
- The Tripartite Core Group, comprising Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Myanmarese government and the UN, has announced a three-year 691 million ...
- Aung Suu Kyi detention 'illegal', says UN body
- The UN has demanded immediate and unconditional release of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Its working group on arbitrary detention has termed her house ...
- Burmese leader Suu Kyi's trial resumes
- After a six-week break, the trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has resumed. The military junta has refused to heed the pleas made by UN chief ...
- Shaky beginnings for ASEAN human rights body
- Southeast Asia's newly constituted inter-governmental human rights body has come under fire over its terms of reference as well as its ability to have any ...
- Severe water crisis in Myanmar's cyclone-hit areas
- A year after Cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar, survivors continue to face severe water scarcity. Aid agencies say that the work of cleaning and repairing of ...
- Myanmar cyclone victims benefit from paid work
- Myanmar Red Cross Society’s cash-for-work programme is providing thousands of Cyclone Nargis survivors an opportunity to earn their livelihood. With their ...
- Children exploited as cheap labour in Myanmar
- Forcing minors to work as cheap labour is widespread in Myanmar. Badly hit by cyclone Nargis, many children orphaned or separated from their parents have ...
- Burmese migrant workers struggle in Malaysia
- Myanmar is one of the most impoverished countries in the Southeast Asian region, prompting people to move out of the country in search of livelihood ...
- Myanmar's Rohingya issue discussed at regional meet
- Recognising that Rohingya issue in Myanmar is not country-specific but a regional one, leaders of southeast Asian nations have decided to resolve it with ...
- UN chief for release of political prisoners in Myanmar
- Ahead of his visit to Myanmar, UN chief has urged the military junta to release all political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi. He is also likely to make ...
- Myanmar allows mobile phones in remote capital
- Having kept the newly constituted administrative capital, Naypyidaw, out of bounds for any kind of telecommunication services ostensibly for security reasons, ...
- Most people in Myanmar harp on traditional medicines
- In Myanmar, an overwhelming majority of people use traditional medicines as these are affordable and widely available. With the government recently formalising ...
- Aung Suu Kyi pronounced 'guilty'
- In a controversial verdict, a court in Myanmar has awarded three years rigorous imprisonment to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Fearing further international ...
