human rights situation in Myanmar

(File) A man uses his mobile phone to check Facebook in Naypyidaw on March 16, 2021, as Myanmar authorities ordered telecommunication companies to restrict their services on the mobile data networks, following the February 1 military coup. Photo: AFP
10 July 2023
An international NGO has called for an end to the Myanmar junta’s harassment of Myanmar...
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tuerk, attends at the Panel discussion on the death penalty, during the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February 2023. Photo: EPA
07 July 2023
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr Volker Turk is warning that Myanmar is in a...
This handout image from the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) taken and released on December 25, 2021 shows burnt vehicles in Hpruso township in Kayah state. Photo: KNDF/AFP
09 March 2023
Myanmar's junta has slammed the UN's human rights chief for making "irrelevant" remarks...
Permanent Representative of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Htun. Photo: MNA
23 June 2020
Myanmar rejected the draft resolution on “Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar” tabled by...
An outstanding performance by the United ACT Child Theatre Group at the Stand Up 4 Human Rights Yangon event. Photo: European Union in Myanmar
11 December 2018
Myanmar civil society organisations and human rights activists together with the United...
Myanmar's President Win Myint. Photo: Thet Aung/AFP
11 December 2018
Myanmar President Win Myint on Monday said that the country’s human rights situation has...