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Good News! – Myanmar: Media Workers Released (UA 213/14)
Five media workers have been released under a presidential amnesty in Myanmar. They had been serving two-year prison sentences for their peaceful journalistic activities.
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Good News! – Myanmar: U Sein Than Released (UA 218/14)
Community leader U Sein Than, who had been sentenced to two years in prison in Myanmar for the peaceful exercise of his rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,…
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Good News! – Myanmar: Ba Thar, Kyaw Myint, Hla Myint and Kyaw Khin Released (UA 73/15)
Four Rohingya leaders in Myanmar have been released under a presidential amnesty. They had been imprisoned in connection with community protests in 2013.
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Southeast Asia: Open letter on the refugee and migrant crisis in Southeast Asia
One month after 17 countries gathered in Bangkok to discuss the refugee and migrant crisis in South East Asia, the executive directors of 16 Amnesty International sections across the world…
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The Global Refugee Crisis: A Conspiracy of Neglect
World leaders are condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence and thousands to death by failing to provide essential humanitarian protection, said Amnesty International as it published a new…
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South East Asia: ‘Boat people’ crisis summit an opportunity that must not be missed
Representatives of 17 countries will gather in Bangkok on 29 May to discuss the current asylum seeker and migrant crisis in South East Asia. Approximately 3,500 people have over the…
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Why are the Rohingya fleeing Myanmar?
In the past three years, tens of thousands of Rohingya have boarded ships to flee abroad, to escape persecution in Myanmar. However, the issues they face are not new.
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Journalists to Remember on World Press Freedom Day
[caption id="attachment_60191" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Prisoner of Conscience Eskinder Nega (right) is serving an 18-year sentence for his legitimate work as a journalist in Ethiopia[/caption] By Selin Thomas, Pulitzer Center for…
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Journalists Silenced in Myanmar: Free the Unity Five
By Laura Haigh, Amnesty International Myanmar team Journalists critical of the authorities in Myanmar pay dearly for their stories. Five journalists at the Unity newspaper paid with their freedom. On…
Press Release
MTV World and Art for Amnesty Announce Season Two of Acclaimed ‘Rebel Music’ Series on YouTube April 30
Partnership & Contest with Amnesty International’s Art for Amnesty Program to Bring Inspiring Young Activists to a Global Audience
Report
Open for Business? Corporate Crime and Abuses at Myanmar Copper Mine
Canadian and Chinese mining interests have profited from, and in some cases colluded with the Myanmar authorities in serious human rights abuses and illegal activity around the Monywa copper mine…
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Will the President of Myanmar Keep His Promise?
Until these laws are rewritten in a way that cannot be interpreted objectively or in accordance with the whims of the day, Myanmar will not be able to move forward.