Myanmar: Repression including torture and death of political prisoners continues as junta announces sham elections Published at 18.08.2025 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD killing labour rights protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained Read more
Myanmar: Four years after coup, junta increases legal restrictions and continues its persecution of political prisoners Published at 19.02.2025 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI HRD detained protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Myanmar: Arbitrary arrests, torture of political prisoners and digital repression used to crush the anti-junta movement Published at 04.10.2024 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women attack on journalist HRD killing HRD detained negative court ruling internet restriction killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law surveillance HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar: Political prisoners tortured and killed with impunity while journalists and social media activists remain at risk Published at 20.04.2024 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women transnational repression harassment HRD killing killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Myanmar: Political prisoners face reprisals while junta continues to target journalists, activists and trade unionists Published at 16.01.2024 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta Published at 19.09.2023 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation labour rights enforced disappearance protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar: As assault on human rights persist civil society calls for review of failed ASEAN strategy Published at 19.05.2023 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth religious groups intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Journalists and activists continue to be given long jail sentences on fabricated charges nearly two years on from the illegal coup Published at 31.12.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI women surveillance HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Myanmar junta continues to arrest, torture activists despite global outrage around executions Published at 15.09.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling killing of journalist torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrests of activists, journalists continue in Myanmar as military tribunals impose harsh sentences Published at 10.05.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women HRD detained criminal defamation torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrests and attacks on activists persist in Myanmar as civil society slams Hun Sen’s rogue diplomacy Published at 17.01.2022 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing negative court ruling protest killing of journalist killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Repression of activists and journalists persists in Myanmar despite ASEAN rebuke Published at 09.11.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women office raid religious groups release of HRDs HRD detained HRD killing protest internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
More than a thousand killed in Myanmar as repression of activists continues unabated Published at 26.08.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: women HRD detained HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD threatened Read more
Protests persist across Myanmar despite ongoing arrests, torture and killings by junta Published at 21.07.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI youth HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Political prisoners tortured by Myanmar junta while activists criminalised and killed Published at 02.06.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: attack on HRD HRD detained HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation protest internet restriction killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship journalist detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Crackdown on activists, protesters continue in Myanmar despite ASEAN summit and global calls Published at 12.05.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid attack on HRD women HRD detained HRD killing excessive force criminal defamation protest public vilification internet restriction torture/ill-treatment restrictive law censorship HRD prosecuted Read more
Arrests, deadly attacks on protest movement escalate despite condemnation, sanctions on Myanmar Published at 09.04.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force criminal defamation prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment censorship surveillance women protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Deadly violence against protesters by security forces as crackdown escalates in Myanmar Published at 09.03.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained excessive force prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment censorship women attack on journalist protest internet restriction restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Civil disobedience movement mobilises against Myanmar coup despite net shutdown, arrests Published at 08.02.2021 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: youth protest disruption harassment surveillance attack on journalist HRD detained excessive force protest internet restriction restrictive law censorship protestor(s) detained Read more
Censorship, discrimination raises questions about fairness of Myanmar elections Published at 05.11.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: restrictive law censorship minority groups travel ban Read more
Myanmar activists protesting internet ban criminalised while attacks against Rohingya continue Published at 13.08.2020 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: minority groups intimidation harassment protest restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained non state actors Read more
