Bangladesh urged to reform personal laws discriminating against women
Bangladesh's personal laws governing marriage, separation and divorce overtly discriminate against women, according to a 109-page report published Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . "Will I Get My Dues ... Before I Die?": Harm to...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on China to stop forcibly returning thousands of Kachin refugees to northern Myanmar . HRW reported that Chinese authorities repatriated more than 1,000 Kachin refugees to Myanmar [HRW...
Bangladesh police arrest top Jamaat-e-Islami official for war crimes
Police in Bangladesh arrested a top member of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Wednesday after a war crimes court ordered his arrest hours earlier. The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) issued a warrant for the...
The government of Myanmar announced Monday that it has abolished the country's strict press censorship practices. While laws governing the content of published material will remain, the government abolished its practice of reviewing material before publication ....
Myanmar president Thein Sein on Friday announced the creation of a 27-member commission tasked with investigating the cause of the sectarian violence between Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists. The clashes, which began in May and carried on...
The US Congress on a voice vote on Thursday approved a bill extending the ban on imports from Myanmar . Both the House of Representative and the Senate have approved the bill [Reuters...
HRW: Myanmar forces committed human rights violations following mob violence
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released a 56-page document accusing Myanmar security forces of human rights abuses against a minority religious community in June. "The Government Could Have Stopped This": Sectarian Violence...
Indian authorities and Maoist rebel groups have threatened and attacked civil society activists thereby interfering with the human rights work in the area of central and eastern India, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; press release...
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...
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...
