United Nations A/HRC/31/NGO/X General Assembly Distr.: General 15 February 2016 English only Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Written statement* […]
Burma/Myanmar
Introduction : Volume 14 Number 02
Basil Fernando, Director, Policy and Programme Development, Asian Human Rights Commission During the last 15 years the Asian Human Rights Commission and its sister organisation the Asian Legal Resource Centre […]
Crackdown on protests: exclusion of students’ rights in the education law
Noreen, intern, Asian Human Rights Commission; Danilo Reyes, editor, article 2 Before the riot police’s crackdown on the student protesters marching some 500 kilometers from Mandalay to Yangon on 20 […]
Torture by law enforcers: are Burma’s police the new military?
Danilo Reyes, article2editor This article will look into the practice of torture in Burma by examining individual torture cases recorded from early 2012 to the present, the period described by […]
“Students are still in jail, I can’t just ignore them”
Aung Min Khine, a 16-year-old student protestor, Burma Aung Min Khine, a 16-year-old student protestor, talks about how he was arrested, detained and severely beaten by over a dozen riot […]
“The military, not the court decides”
Thein Than Oo, practicing lawyer, Burma In this interview Thein Than Oo, a practicing lawyer in Burma, talks about his arrest and detention on two occasions, and his disbarment from […]
“We have to fight against unjust law with just law”
Myint Thwin, practicing lawyer and former political prisoner, Burma In this interview, Myint Thwin, a practicing lawyer and former political prisoner, talks about his personal experience of being arrested, detained […]
“To sign UNCAT depends on who holds the real power”
Dr.Aung Moe Nyo, Member of Parliament (Pyithu Hluttaw), National League for Democracy, Burma In this interview, Dr. Aung Moe Nyo, of the National League for Democracy, and Member of Parliament […]
Mind of steel, heart of gold: tribute to U Win Tin
Debby Chan Sze Wan, PhD candidate at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, the University of Hong Kong. The great Chinese philosopher Confucius said, “The superior man does not, […]
Burma’s silent struggle: ensuring mental health of tortured political prisoners
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), Burma Earlier this year the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that whilst Burma had promised to end the era of […]