NLD member given five years’ jail
News - Human Rights Written by Mizzima News Tuesday, 01 June 2010 04:27

New Delhi (Mizzima) – A former member of the National League for Democracy (Liberated Area) Malaysia branch was sentenced to a five-year jail term in an eastern Rangoon court for illegally entering the country and alleged contact with an illegal group, according to a family friend.

 
Boy shot dead for refusing army
News - Human Rights Written by DVB Tuesday, 01 June 2010 04:26

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed and his body hidden under a bridge by a Burmese soldier in Bago division after refusing to join the army.

 
100 houses relocated for airport
News - Human Rights Written by DVB Tuesday, 01 June 2010 04:26

Around one hundred families in Burma’s northern Sagaing division have been told to relocate to make way for the extension of a nearby airport.

 
Boy, 15, Killed by Troops after Resisting Enlistment
News - Human Rights Written by The Irrawaddy Tuesday, 01 June 2010 04:26

Burmese army soldiers killed a 15-year-old boy who refused to be enlisted, according to a leading labor activist.

 
Child Displacement in Burma Documented
News - Human Rights Written by The Irrawaddy Wednesday, 07 April 2010 18:24

In the ongoing military conflict in eastern Burma, children's lives are scarred by death, destruction, loss and neglect at the hands of Burmese junta troops, according to a joint report by the Free Burma Rangers and Partners released on Wednesday.

 
Fresh sentence for NLD youth leader
News - Human Rights Written by Mizzima News Friday, 02 April 2010 21:32
In continuance of harsh judgments against dissidents, a youth leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Tarmway Township, in Rangoon Division, was sentenced to two more years .,,
 
Over 100 huts destroyed by camp police
News - Human Rights Written by BNI Monday, 29 March 2010 19:00
Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazaar: Nearly 100 hundred huts of the Kutupalong makeshift camp were destroyed by the camp police of the official Kutupalong camp on March 27, at noon, according to...
 
Arbitrary arrest of local people in Maungdaw, Arakan State
News - Human Rights Friday, 26 March 2010 19:05
Police of Taungbro in Maungdaw Township recently arrested innocent people and harassed them in police custody to extort money, said a local businessman from...
 
Four women activists awaits court verdict
News - Human Rights Written by Myint Maung/Mizzima News Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:28
District Court in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison has set February 15 for pronouncing the verdict of four women activists including popular activist Naw Ohn Hla, who are supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi...
 
Karens Unhappy About Repatriation
News - Human Rights Written by SAW YAN NAING/The Irrawaddy Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:14
More than 3,000 Karen refugees staying in Tha Song Yang in Thailand's Tak Province must return to their homes across the border in a conflict zone in Burma by Feb 15, said Karen sources...
 
Abducted boys returned home
News - Human Rights Written by Naw Noreen/DVB Tuesday, 02 February 2010 23:03
Two under-aged boys from Magwe division’s Taungdwingyi in central Burma recruited into army by force last month have been returned to their parents...
 
Villages burnt, Karen villagers hide in jungles
News - Human Rights Written by Kyaw Kha/Mizzima News Wednesday, 27 January 2010 23:04
Villagers are being killed and houses being burnt to the ground in Karen state by the Burmese Army to occupy territory and to divert the attention of people opposing the proposed 2010 elections ...
 
Burmese Soldiers Still Recruit Underage Youth
News - Human Rights Written by LAWI WENG/The Irrawaddy Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:00
The Burmese army is still recruiting underage youth despite the government's agreement with the UN that such practices would stop. In the latest incident, Kyaw Min Tun, 14, was conscripted ...
 
Burmese court delays verdict for detained US man: lawyer
News - Human Rights Written by AFP Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:57
A Burmese court delayed a verdict Wednesday in the case of a US citizen detained in the military-ruled country, whose release has been called for by more than 50 US lawmakers, his lawyer said...
 
Detained US Citizen's Trial Postponed
News - Human Rights Written by THE IRRAWADDY Wednesday, 27 January 2010 19:51
A Burmese court has postponed the trial of detained Burmese-American activist Nyi Nyi Aung,  a.k.a Kyaw Zaw Lwin, to Feb.10, according to his aunt, Khin Khin Swe...
 
Myanmar official: human traffickers under pressure
News - Human Rights Written by Associated Press Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:16
Cooperation among the countries of the Mekong River region is putting pressure on human traffickers, a top Myanmar official has said. The Myanma Ahlin daily reported Thursday that ...
 
Junta increases attacks on rights activists: HRW
News - Human Rights Written by Salai Pi Pi/Mizzima News Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:09
Human rights conditions in military-ruled Burma continued to deteriorate in 2009, with increasing attacks on human rights defenders ahead of the general election scheduled for later this year, ...
 
State-backed attacks on activists grow
News - Human Rights Written by Francis Wade/DVB Thursday, 21 January 2010 23:07
A leading rights watchdog has reported a global rise in the number of state-sanctioned abuses against “rights defenders”, fueled in part by the inability of the rights movement to protect victims...
 
Human Rights 'Deteriorating' in Burma: HRW
News - Human Rights Written by ARKAR MOE/The Irrawaddy Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:59
Burma's human rights record continued to deteriorate in 2009 ahead of a scheduled elections in 2010, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In its 612-page World Report 2010 ...
 
Eight charged for Sept 2007 activities
News - Human Rights Written by Khin Hnin Htet/DVB Thursday, 21 January 2010 22:57
Eight activists have been charged for their role in the September 2007 uprising, more than two years after police in Burma launched a brutal crackdown on peaceful protests...
 
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