AAPP report on political prisoners December 2018
January 17, 2019There are 327 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 35 are currently serving prison sentences, 56 are awaiting trial inside prison, 236 are awaiting trial outside prison. This month 9 people were sentenced, including the three Kachi …
AAPP report on political prisoners November 2018
December 17, 2018There are 305 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 36 are currently serving prison sentences, 53 are awaiting trial inside prison, 216 are awaiting trial outside prison. This month 16 people were sentenced, 20 were arrested, 63 wer …
Rohingya human rights guide
November 29, 2018The Rohingya have been described by the UN as Burma’s most persecuted ethnic group. The government of Burma has policies targeting the Rohingya on the basis of their ethnicity and religion, which are applied almost exclusively to them. In 2017, thousan …
AAPP report on political prisoners October 2018
November 14, 2018There are 290 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 28 are currently serving prison sentences, 54 are awaiting trial inside prison, 208 are awaiting trial outside prison. This month 8 people have been sentenced, 10 arrested, 17 …
AAPP report on political prisoners September 2018
October 15, 2018There are 277 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 27 are currently serving prison sentences, 51 are awaiting trial inside prison, 199 are awaiting trial outside prison. This month 11 people have been sentenced, including the two …
Burma Human Rights Guide – in Karen
October 2, 2018The Karen people have been suffering from systematic human rights violations by the Burmese military for decades. This has taken the form of military attacks and severe repression of Karen rights, history, culture and identity. This human rights guide, …
Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar – detailed findings
September 18, 2018The UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar concludes “that gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law have been committed since 2011 and that many of these violations undoubtedly amoun …
AAPP report on political prisoners August 2018
September 14, 2018There are 273 individuals oppressed in Burma due to political activity. 19 are currently serving prison sentences, 51 are awaiting trial inside prison, 201 are awaiting trial outside prison. This month’s report highlights the trial and sentencing …
The Invisible Boundary – Criminal prosecutions of journalism in Myanmar
September 11, 2018This report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examines the freedom of the press in Myanmar and the impact that high profile prosecutions of journalists have had in creating a culture of self-censorship among journal …
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar
August 27, 2018This is the report of the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar (IIFFM Myanmar) to the Human Rights Council, released on 27 August 2018. The Human Rights Council established the Independent International Fact-Finding …