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Burma: Government must act on Rakhine Commission's recommendationsPress release 24 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action update: Media workers face additional charges in Myanmar
While newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe has been released on bail, he remains on trial for “online defamation’’ for a satirical article mocking the Myanmar Army.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Aug 2017 -
Burma: Authorities must avoid further 'scorched-earth' tactics after Rakhine killingsPress release 04 Aug 2017
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Urgent Action update: Kachin pastors face additional charge in Myanmar
Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng are facing an additional charge of defamation for speaking to media about human rights violations committed by the Myanmar Army.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Newspaper editor denied bail again in Myanmar
Newspaper editor Kyaw Min Swe remains in detention after a court in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, again rejected his request for bail.
Urgent action outcomes 04 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action: Three media workers detained and charged in Myanmar
Three journalists have been detained and are facing up to three years in prison simply for peacefully carrying out their work in conflict-affected northern Shan State in Myanmar. They are prisoners of conscience who must be immediately and…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Jul 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Detained Rohingya child dies in custody in Myanmar
The confirmed death in custody of a child detained in November 2016 in northern Rakhine State as part of “clearance operations” increases fears for the safety of hundreds of detained Rohingya men and boys.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action: Detained media workers charged with defamation in Myanmar
Two media workers have been detained and charged with “online defamation’’ in connection with a satirical article mocking the Myanmar Army. They each face up to three years’ imprisonment if found guilty and convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Immediately release Kachin prisoner of conscience in Myanmar
Lahpai Gam has been discharged from hospital following some improvements to his health.
Urgent action outcomes 08 May 2017 -
Urgent Action: Rakhine journalist receiving death threats in Myanmar
Journalist Nay Min Aung (known as Min Min) has been receiving death threats after publishing an article about an armed ethnic group operating in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Health concerns for prisoner of conscience in MyanmarLahpai Gam, an elderly ethnic Kachin man, is suffering from serious health problems which may be due to the torture he endured at the time of his arrest in 2012. He must be immediately and unconditionally released, and in the meantime, provided with…
Urgent action outcomes 10 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Human rights lawyer receiving death threats in Myanmar
Human rights lawyer Robert Sann Aung has been receiving death threats and insulting messages since the assassination of another prominent lawyer in Myanmar.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action: Former prisoner of conscience detained again in Myanmar
Activist, Htin Kyaw is again being detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his human rights. Arrested in October 2016 for his criticism of the Myanmar justice system, his next court hearing is on 5 April 2017 and, if convicted, he faces up to two…
Urgent action outcomes 03 Apr 2017 -
Burma: Fact-finding mission is welcome and urgently neededPress release 24 Mar 2017
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Urgent Action update: Pastors face imprisonment for trumped up charges in Myanmar
Following international pressure, the Myanmar Army announced that two missing Kachin pastors, Dumdaw Nawng Lat and Langjaw Gam Seng, are now in police custody and face what Amnesty International believes to be politically motivated charges. If convicted…
Urgent action outcomes 02 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action good news: Student leaders released in Burma
Phyoe Phyoe Aung and Lin Htet Naing were released on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of students were dropped.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Student unionist Kyaw Ko Ko released in Burma
Kyaw Ko Ko was released from prison on 8 April 2016 after charges against scores of student protestors were dropped.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Apr 2016 -
Burma frees student protestersThey found themselves in prison simply for protesting against an education law they found repressive. But a huge prisoner amnesty in Burma has seen scores of wrongly imprisoned students freed - including student union leader Phyoe Phyoe Aung and her…
08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner of conscience sentenced in Burma
Myat Nu Khaing has been sentenced to one year in prison in Burma for participating in a peaceful demonstration.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action good news: Peace activist released in Burma after serving sentence
Kachin peace activist Patrick Kum Jaa Lee has been released on 1 April 2016 after serving his six months sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Apr 2016
