16 Minutes To ReadMyo Min outlines the hidden consequences of people’s commitment to minorities within minorities, such as the Rohingya.
Tags: : federal democracy, All Burma Federation of Student Unions (ABFSU), Arakan Army (AA), Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA), Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH), democracy, equality, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), ethnic minorities, federalism, human rights, military coup, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), National Unity Government (NUG), nationalism, People’s Representatives Committee for Federalism (PRCF), Rohingya, Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Tatmadaw
October 29, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadMd. Salman Rahman and Fatema Tuz Zohra Nowreen argue that religious misinterpretation traps Rohingya women in suffering.
Tags: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), gender, human rights, Islam, Muslim, polygamy, refugees, Rohingya, United Nations (UN), violence
August 28, 2024
10 Minutes To ReadWin Thiri Lwin dives into the moral dilemmas water professionals face in the Spring Revolution.
Tags: Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), human rights, moral dilemmas, Spring Revolution, water professionals
June 3, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadCielo (pseudonym) argues that targeting Christians and the re-emergence of Pyu Saw Htee triggered the military’s motivation to commit atrocities.
Tags: bamar, buddhism, Chin State, Christianity, ethnic armed organisations, human rights, Islam, Karen National Union (KNU), karenni, Rohingya, Sagaing
May 15, 2023
7 Minutes To ReadHan Alter (pseudonym) explores how to define civilians in the Spring Revolution.
Tags: civil war, human rights, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), State Administration Council (SAC)
December 5, 2022
22 Minutes To ReadCorporate Accountability Myanmar (CAM) inquires how global brands respond to labour rights abuses in post-coup Myanmar.
Tags: COVID-19, foreign investment, garment factories, human rights, investment, labour rights, migrant workers, social welfare, trade unions, workers' rights
July 18, 2022
9 Minutes To ReadInspired by the ongoing series, ‘Chronicle of a coup’, Damien Riley (pseudonym) writes about his experiences at an NGO.
Tags: civil society, human rights
February 17, 2022
17 Minutes To ReadThe Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHRC) interviews David Mathieson, an independent analyst researching and working on human rights and humanitarian issues in Myanmar, in this two-part interview.
Tags: human rights, humanitarian aid, international aid, peace process
September 7, 2021
7 Minutes To ReadSuzana (pseudonym) writes a letter to her friend who has been arrested and imprisoned.
Tags: democracy, human rights, Insein
August 30, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadThis is Part 2 of a two-part interview with the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min. Read Part One here.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, ethnic armies, human rights, National Unity Government (NUG), People's Defence Force (PDF), Rohingya
May 28, 2021
12 Minutes To ReadThis is Part 1 of a two-part interview with the newly appointed Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government, U Aung Myo Min.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, human rights, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG)
May 27, 2021
10 Minutes To ReadAxel Harneit-Sievers cautions against a problematic argument made in a new publication.
Tags: Book Review, colonialism, development, human rights, international law, law, Rohingya
April 19, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadSeik Nyan and Ye Yint Khant Maung explore the difficulties of women workers and discuss how political parties should address it.
Tags: election, employment, feminism, garment factories, gender, gender violence, human rights, labour rights, law, workers' rights
October 15, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling reflects on Facebook in Myanmar.
Tags: ethnic languages, Facebook, hate speech, human rights, social media
January 24, 2019
5 Minutes To ReadJaneen Sawatzkyreflects on the state of women’s and girls’ rights in Myanmar. Image courtesy of Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) Another year has drawn to a close and the […]
Tags: community-based organization (CBO), gender, human rights, sexual violence, women, women's rights
January 14, 2019
5 Minutes To ReadDaniel Aguirre discusses how the failures of the legal system in Myanmar result in impunity for human rights violations and allows the State – and military – to rule by law.
Tags: human rights, international law, law, rule of law
June 4, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadKhin Chan Myae Maung argues that transgender people in Myanmar are treated as less than human, in law and society.
Tags: citizenship, equality, gender, human rights
May 31, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadVeronica Collins argues that a museum run by former political prisoners showcases the lasting impact of state brutality on Burmese society.
Tags: democracy, human rights, justice, museum, political dialogue, political prisoners, Year in Review
May 23, 2018
12 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson reflects on the history of UN Special Rapporteurs in Burma.
Tags: Arakan, diplomacy, human rights, Rohingya, United Nations (UN)
April 2, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud reviews a new edited volume on the contentious issues surrounding citizenship in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, citizenship, ethnicity, human rights
March 12, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadJaneen Sawatzky calls for a re-thinking of “reconciliation” in the context of Burma’s transition.
Tags: ethnic conflict, human rights, justice, peace process, reconciliation
January 18, 2018
4 Minutes To ReadMorgane Dussud analyzes the High Commissioner’s announcement that he won’t seek a second mandate.
Tags: human rights, United Nations (UN)
January 5, 2018
3 Minutes To ReadVeronica Collins argues that government silence on Burma’s bloody past has led to ongoing human rights abuses.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, government, human rights, memory, National League for Democracy (NLD), reconciliation, Tatmadaw
August 18, 2017