Parliamentarians call on ASEAN to demand release of Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar political prisoners
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) |
134 former and current parliamentarians from Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Timor Leste signed an open letter calling on ASEAN and its member states to demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners detained by the Myanmar junta.
By ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) |
As ASEAN leaders convene in Cebu for the 48th ASEAN Summit, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and urges the bloc to add its voice to growing global demands.
By Amnesty International |
<p>Aung San Suu Kyi's prison sentence is "the latest example of the military’s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar," said Amnesty International yesterday (7 December). </p>
By Prachatai |
<p>Thais and Myanmarese gathered at the front of the Myanmar Embassy to Thailand on the night of 4 February to express their solidarity with the anti-coup protests being staged in Myanmar. The police allowed them only 10 minutes. </p>
By Saw Paul Sein Twa |
<p>Open letter from the recipient of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize for Asia, Saw Paul Sein Twa, to the State Counselor on Human Rights Day, urging the government to take immediate action in resolving water contamination case in Myaing Ka Lay area.</p>
By Amnesty International |
<p>Amnesty International issued a statement in respond to the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Myanmar to take “provisional measures” to prevent genocidal acts against the Rohingya community. </p>
By Amnesty International |
<p>Amnesty International reacts to the Aung San Suu Kyi's statement at the International Court of Justice and call for the international community to not let the case distract them from the ongoing Rohingya crisis. </p>
By Human Rights Watch (HRW) |
<p>The United States government should keep in place sanctions on <a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma" target="_blank">Burma</a> to deter the Burmese military from derailing democratic reforms, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has learned that the Obama administration plans to announce the lifting of key sanctions during Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Washington, DC, which begins on September 14, 2016.<br /></p>
By Eva Kusuma Sundari |
<div>Having spent over 15 years under house arrest imposed by the military junta that ruled Myanmar until 2011, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi knows a thing or two about dealing with military men.
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By Human Rights Watch |
<p>The new <a href="https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma" target="_blank" title="https://www.hrw.org/asia/burma<br />
Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link">Burmese</a> government, led by the National League for Democracy (NLD), has taken a major step in releasing approximately 200 political prisoners and detainees, Human Rights Watch said today. It has also pledged to release remaining political prisoners or have their politically motivated charges dropped by the end of April 2016.<br /></p>