Protect Myanmar’s Human Rights Defenders
We can’t celebrate International Human Rights Day on this 10th December in Myanmar as we had before. The human rights of millions of people in Myanmar were violated every day…
A Glance into Myanmar’s Suffering
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly is primarily related to the right to freedom of expression. Many international treaties including ICCPR protect the right to peaceful assembly along with…
Internet Access Amid Darkness and Lives Amid Threats
Internet access is a crucial medium of communication in promoting democratic rights, human rights, and the right to freedom of expression.
Repeated Dark Age of News Media
A decade after Myanmar’s independence, the military administration, resulting from the first military take-over in 1958, banned privately owned Lu-Du (the People) and Kyae-Mone (the Mirror) newspapers for criticizing them…
Flowers are Colorful But They Don’t Fight
‘Flowers are Colourful But They Don’t Fight’ is an invitation to embrace diversity and practise empathy towards people of all genders, beliefs, race, and ways of living, especially in a…
Restriction on Internet Freedom by the Junta
Following the military coup on February 1, the fundamental human rights which are freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, and media freedom, including internet freedom of Myanmar people, are adversely oppressed.
Hell in 2021: Myanmar Under the Military Junta After the Coup
Myanmar saw 2020 as a worrying year preluding tremendous concerns and sufferings due to the global coronavirus pandemic as the country officially confirmed its first COVID-19 case, on 23 March…
Situation of Peaceful Assembly In Myanmar for Six Months after the Coup
The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized according to article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The right of peaceful assembly protects the nonviolent…
Dictatorship Oppresses Media Freedom
Media freedom in Myanmar has fallen into the darkness since the day of the military coup on the 1st of February. The coup council has been oppressing media freedom which…
Lockdown and Shutdown
Home to the world's longest running civil war, Myanmar has not had peace. The military junta which seized power through a coup in 1962, isolated and ruled Myanmar until 2010.…