UN rights expert wants Myanmar political prisoner deaths investigated
At least 127 democracy activists held by the military junta in Myanmar have died from "torture or ill-treatment," according to a report released Tuesday by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) . The report by...
Ex-Myanmar foreign minister on trial for abusing government power
Military leaders in Myanmar on Saturday announced that Win Aung, Myanmar's former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , has been put before a special tribunal at the Insein jail to face charges of abusing...
The ruling military junta in Myanmar on Monday reopened its constitutional-drafting convention, which has been held intermittently since 1993, in the first step in a seven-stage road map aimed at unification, democracy and free elections. The session...
The UN Security Council agreed Friday to a US request to discuss human rights violations in Myanmar for the first time. The UN discussion was announced after Myanmar's military-led government extended for yet another year...
US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has requested that the UN Security Council put Myanmar on the council's agenda for the first time, alleging that Myanmar's military rulers are destroying villages, targeting...
Myanmar military regime extends house arrest for pro-democracy leader
Aung San Suu Kyi , the detained pro-democracy leader of Myanmar - formerly Burma - has had her house arrest extended for an unconfirmed time period by the countrys military government, according to a...
Myanmar still detaining 1,100 political prisoners, UN investigator reports
More than 1,100 political prisoners continue to be held by the military government in Myanmar , despite pledges by the government to release dissidents as part of democratic reforms, the UN Special Rapporteur to Myanmar Paulo Sergio Pinheiro...
UN envoy arrives in Myanmar to push for release of opposition leader
Ali Alatas, former Indonesian foreign minister, went to Myanmar Thursday as a special envoy of the UN to help push for the release of jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi . Alatas was appointed to...
Myanmar will not seek ASEAN chair after objections to rights record
Myanmar's military-led government announced Sunday that it will not seek the rotating chairmanship of the regional Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) security organization as it was entitled to do. The announcement was made during ASEAN's Ministerial...
Myanmar's military government announced Thursday that it had released 400 prisoners but refused to name them. The majority of those released are believed to be political prisoners, many of whom are tied to the National League of Democracy party...
