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Press Release
Amnesty International Says Prison Sentence Reductions are Not Enough in Myanmar
Amnesty International Media Release For Immediate Release Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Human rights organization calls for immediate release of all prisoners of conscience Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.) – The Myanmar government’s reduction of prison terms must be swiftly followed by the immediate and unconditional release of all prisoners of conscience, Amnesty International said today. The Myanmar government said on Monday it had reduced by one year the sentences of all current prisoners and commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment. "While the reductions are welcome news for political prisoners, they are astonishingly insufficient," said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty…
May 17, 2011
Press Release
Myanmar – New government installed today, March 30, 2011
The new government should take immediate action to stop human rights violations and put an end to the growing legacy of impunity in the country.
April 14, 2011
Press Release
Myanmar – New government installed today, March 30, 2011
The new government should take immediate action to stop human rights violations and put an end to the growing legacy of impunity in the country.
April 14, 2011
Press Release
Political Prisoners in Myanmar Must Be Freed, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, September 23, 2010Political Prisoners in Myanmar Must Be Freed, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) On the third anniversary of the violent crackdown on the “Saffron Revolution”, Amnesty International calls on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally free all political prisoners arrested for their peaceful activism. “While the international community, including Myanmar’s Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors, has been calling for free, fair and inclusive elections in Myanmar, the plight of thousands of political prisoners has been overlooked,” said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher.The Myanmar authorities…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, September 3, 2010Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in MyanmarContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to adopt a resolution ensuring the urgent establishment of an international commission of inquiry into serious human rights violations committed in Myanmar, including crimes against humanity and possible war crimes. The establishment of such a commission was recommended by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in March. Australia, the…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
ASEAN leaders should act over Myanmar’s appalling rights record
ASEAN leaders should act over Myanmar's appalling rights record 7 April 2010 Myanmar's appalling human rights record is a serious breach of the ASEAN charter and should be at the top of the agenda for Southeast Asian states attending the organization's summit in Ha Noi on 8 April, Amnesty International has said. “It is clear that Myanmar has been seriously and systematically breaching the ASEAN Charter’s human rights provisions. It is now up to the summit, under its new chair Viet Nam, to address this breach as a matter of urgency,” said Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Deputy Asia Programme Director.…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Political Prisoners in Myanmar Must Be Freed, Says Amnesty International
Amnesty International Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseThursday, September 23, 2010Political Prisoners in Myanmar Must Be Freed, Says Amnesty InternationalContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) On the third anniversary of the violent crackdown on the “Saffron Revolution”, Amnesty International calls on the Myanmar government to immediately and unconditionally free all political prisoners arrested for their peaceful activism. “While the international community, including Myanmar’s Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors, has been calling for free, fair and inclusive elections in Myanmar, the plight of thousands of political prisoners has been overlooked,” said Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International’s Myanmar researcher.The Myanmar authorities…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
Amnesty International Media ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseFriday, September 3, 2010Amnesty International Calls on the United Nations to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Violations in MyanmarContact: AIUSA media relations office, 202-509-8194(Washington, D.C.) Amnesty International is calling on the United Nations General Assembly to adopt a resolution ensuring the urgent establishment of an international commission of inquiry into serious human rights violations committed in Myanmar, including crimes against humanity and possible war crimes. The establishment of such a commission was recommended by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in March. Australia, the…
March 27, 2011
Press Release
ASEAN leaders should act over Myanmar’s appalling rights record
ASEAN leaders should act over Myanmar's appalling rights record 7 April 2010 Myanmar's appalling human rights record is a serious breach of the ASEAN charter and should be at the top of the agenda for Southeast Asian states attending the organization's summit in Ha Noi on 8 April, Amnesty International has said. “It is clear that Myanmar has been seriously and systematically breaching the ASEAN Charter’s human rights provisions. It is now up to the summit, under its new chair Viet Nam, to address this breach as a matter of urgency,” said Donna Guest, Amnesty International’s Deputy Asia Programme Director.…
March 27, 2011
Report
Myanmar: The repression of ethnic minority activists in Myanmar
Report embargoed until 04.00 GMT 16 February 2010. Later this year, Myanmar will hold its first national and local elections...
March 26, 2011
Report
Annual Report: Myanmar (Burma) 2010
Head of state Senior General Than Shwe Head of government General Thein Sein Death penalty abolitionist in practice Population 50 million Life expectancy 61.2 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 120/102 per 1,000 Adult literacy 89.9 per cent Almost 2,200 political prisoners remained behind bars. Most were held in abysmal conditions and many suffered from poor physical and psychological health. The authorities arrested Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the main opposition party, and sentenced her to 18 months' further house arrest. Fighting intensified between the army and an aligned ethnic minority Karen armed…
March 19, 2011