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Kyaw Hla Aung is a human rights defender and Rohingya community leader. He is on trial after his arrest in July 2013 on politically motivated charges.
Kyaw Hla Aung is a human rights defender and Rohingya community leader. He is on trial after his arrest in July 2013 on politically motivated charges.
Statement by Members of the European Burma Network Members of the European Burma Network today call for the establishment of a permanent independent review mechanism to address the ongoing problem of political prisoners in Burma. The release of hundreds of political prisoners in the past three years has been long overdue and is very welcome. …
The British government are spending £87,850 on military training for the Burmese Army without setting any preconditions on their improving human rights and supporting democratic reform. Burma Campaign UK today publishes a new briefing paper, ‘Training War Criminals? – British Training of the Burmese Army’, examining the British government’s controversial military training to the Burmese …
Media Release From Women’s League of Burma [RANGOON, CHIANG MAI AND NEW YORK, NY] Today marks the launch of an important new report documenting ongoing crimes of sexual violence—over 100 cases documented since 2010, including 47 gang rapes—perpetrated by the Burmese military in ethnic regions of Burma. Same Impunity, Same Patterns – Systematic sexual violence …
Burma Campaign UK has published a new statement responding to a letter from the British government about its policy on political prisoners in Burma. The statement argues that the British government letter was misleading in several ways, and that the British government is paying lip service to human rights in Burma. Burma Campaign UK has …
Kyaw Hla Aung is a human rights defender and a Rohingya community leader from Rakhine State who promotes minority rights in the country. On 15th July 2013, he was taken from his home in Sittwe. After his arrest, he was charged with three different counts, and transferred to Sittwe Prison. When his trial began on …