Myanmar – Bangladesh
Le drame des Rohingya
Detained Journalists Reapply for Bail in Unlawful Association Trial
The lawyers of three detained journalists submitted a bail request for the second time, after the Hsipaw Township Court rejected the initial appeal last week. At Friday’s court hearing, lawyers appealed for bail for six men including three journalists from The...
OIC Tells Myanmar to Protect Rights of Rohingya Minority
A Rohingya refugee girl reacts to the camera while carry a child at the Kutupalang Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on July 8, 2017. / Mohammad Ponir Hossain / ReutersDHAKA, Bangladesh — Myanmar must protect the rights of its Rohingya Muslim...
In Sketches: Myanmar’s Challenging Media Landscape
In October 2014, freelance reporter Aung Kyaw Naing, also known as Par Gyi, was killed while in military custody. The Myanmar Army said the journalist was shot dead when he attempted to seize a soldier’s gun and escape detention. Despite his wife’s attempt to file...
Ma Ba Tha Appeals
Mandalay Ma Ba Tha Appeals Ban on Name MANDALAY — Nationalists of a sub-chapter of the Association for the Protection of Race and Religion are urging the State Buddhist Sangha authority to reconsider a ban on their group’s name—otherwise known by its Myanmar acronym...
The Military’s Offensive Against the Media
The Military’s Offensive Against the Media. We journalists are under attack. Press freedom is in jeopardy in Myanmar.The last act of aggression happened on Monday when the military arrested The Irrawaddy’s senior reporter Lawi Weng and two Democratic Voice of Burma...
Burma and investigates Rohingya ‘genocide’.
Burma says it will not let outside world investigate Rohingya 'genocide' claims Officials say an ongoing domestic investigation is 'sufficient' to look into the allegations. Burma will refuse entry to members of the UN trying to investigate the alleged killing,...
Alternative School Near Inle Reimagines Primary Education
NYAUNG SHWE, Shan State — On a four-acre plot of land in Chaung Sauk village, surrounded by the Shan hills and near one of Myanmar’s most popular tourism locales, three bamboo buildings resembling spaceships draw nearly every passerby’s attention. At first glance,...
La souffrance des civils au Nord Myanmar
Actes de torture et exécutions extrajudiciaires, bombardements aveugles de villages civils, entraves aux déplacements et restrictions à l’aide humanitaire... A l’issue de trois missions effectuées récemment, notre organisation apporte des preuves de crimes guerre...