UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concern about the continued violence and human rights violations prevalent in Myanmar's Rakhine state since clashes began between its Buddhist and minority Rohingya [BBC...
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The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the right not to hold political opinions should be protected in the same manner as the right to affirmatively hold a political, religious or other belief....
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday stated that the violence against minority Rohingyas and other Muslim has increased since a state of emergency was declared in the western Myanmar State Rakhine. Benjamin...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Melissa Fleming on Friday reported that 10 UN staff and aid workers have been arrested in the northwestern Rakhine state of Myanmar and...
Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Officials of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) said Sunday that the government has sentenced five of its members to prison for participating in a march commemorating the mass student protests against the junta...