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On November 27, 2024, the ICC Prosecutor filed an application for an arrest warrant against Min Aung Hlaing, saying that “we will be demonstrating, together with all of our partners, that the Rohingya have not been forgotten.”
We, Women’s Peace Network, welcome the International Criminal Court (…)
, by GREENING Paul
Donald Trump’s election to the White House has set alarm bells ringing around the world, but what if any effect will it have on Myanmar? The simple answer is that his “America First” foreign and national security policy will definitely affect Myanmar adversely, but we do not know to what extent (…)
, by FRYDENLUND Iselin, Phyo Wai
While military co-optation strategies of the Sangha are an important dynamic, there is also significant monastic resistance to the military coup as well as support to the revolution.
Not surprisingly, revolutionary visions pose serious threats to institutionalised religion, such as the (…)
, by J Esther, RATCLIFFE Rebecca
After a string of humiliating defeats, the army has turned to press-ganging young men into frontline duty – leaving distraught families unaware of their fate
Than Htun, 29, was still in bed when the men came to his home in Yangon to take him away. “He couldn’t prepare anything. They just (…)
Photo and profile of Maung Kaung Htet and Chan Myae Thu, detainees and married couple who were executed by the Burmese military today at 4 AM Myanmar Time.
Women’s Peace Network (WPN) strongly condemns the Burmese military’s sham executions of Maung Kaung Htet and Chan Myae Thu, today, on (…)
, by SITLHOU Makepeace
Refugees from the war in Myanmar live in fear of harassment, imprisonment and deportation in the border areas of Northeast India and Thailand
FELIX SAT CROSS-LEGGED next to his wife on the floor of a rented parlour-sized room that one could mistake for a Zumba studio. The hall was situated in (…)
, by HAZARIKA Sanjoy
As civil conflict ensues in Myanmar, and India tries to fence the border it shares with the country to stem the inflow of refugees and drugs, Mizoram is caught in the crosshairs.
Zokhawthar, Mizoram: Wiry men, some hefting planks of wood, others struggling with heavy backpacks or sacks, move (…)
Women’s Peace Network calls for immediate action to protect the Rohingya ethnic and religious minority in Rakhine State, or Arakan, and prevent the commission of further atrocity crimes in Myanmar.
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Women’s Peace Network calls for immediate action to protect the Rohingya ethnic and religious minority in Rakhine State, or Arakan, and prevent the commission of further atrocity crimes in Myanmar.
Photo of downtown Buthidaung, Rakhine State, on fire.
On May 17, 2024, starting at (…)
, by KYED Helene Maria
For the first time, a resistance movement against military rule is welcoming and aiding soldiers who choose to join the ‘people’s side’.
Since the military coup in Myanmar in February 2021, around 4,000 soldiers and 10,000 police officers have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), (…)
, by NOUBEL Filip, YANG Will
An interview with Taiwan-based journalist Will Yang
Taiwan and Myanmar are linked throughout contemporary history as a result of a substantial Chinese population loyal to the Kuomintang (KMT) having lived in Myanmar in the 1950s, but also because both countries face China’s interference on (…)
The U.N. Security Council should swiftly follow its open meeting on Myanmar with momentous actions without further delay to prevent the loss of civilian lives, as well as ensure lasting peace and security in the country and the region, says Women’s Peace Network.
“Today shows how moral (…)
, by GREENING Paul
The military regime is playing the ethnic card again in Rakhine State, and many Rakhine and Rohingya people are falling for it again. To clarify, it is the more radical of both communities who are dancing like junta puppets.
Rohingya protest in the Aung Mingalar quarter of Sittwe on March 21, (…)
This International Women’s Day, women continue to bear the brunt of the world’s failures to respect the rights of all. Indeed, the world’s efforts to end sexual and gender-based violence, torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, collective punishment, gender apartheid, femicide, and (…)
, by The Wire (IN)
Since the Junta announced the conscription law in February, passport offices and embassies in the country have been flooded with applications to secure a visa to different nations. However, it is difficult for Rohingya men to flee the country legally as they have been stripped of their (…)
, by EPSU
The military junta in Myanmar introduced compulsory military conscription on 10 February 2024. It is a form of forced labour. The European and global union movement have asked for more effective measures against the junta and for more action to restore democracy. The European unions approached (…)
Factsheet on Myanmar’s human rights & humanitarian crisis since February 1, 2021.
This February 1 marks three years after the day on which the Burmese military attempted to topple an elected government. Since then, the military has aggressively launched atrocities of a growing scale (…)
, by The Irrawaddy
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Myanmar’s junta have agreed to Thailand’s plan to create a “safe zone” on the Thai border to provide humanitarian assistance to Myanmar.
Thailand’s foreign minister, Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara, achieved unanimous support for the deal at the (…)
, by FISHBEIN Emily, LUSAN Nu Nu
Four young women share stories of survival under military rule in Myanmar.
When the military seized power from Myanmar’s elected civilian government in February 2021, the coup sparked an unprecedented human rights and economic crisis. Within weeks, millions of people had joined nonviolent (…)
, by JEFFERSON Andrew M
Prisons in contemporary Myanmar carry the clear imprint of colonial practice – and after the 2021 military coup, the facade of reform pushed during the transitional, semi-democratic period has peeled away
On 23 July 2022, four men were executed in Insein Prison, marking the first use of the (…)
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