Draft of Basic Education Law faulty: teachers
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The Myanmar Teachers’ Federation has said the draft of the Basic Education Law to be submitted to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on January 15 does...
Commentary on ” Reuters case exposes tensions over the role of journalists”
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It is heartbreaking to see that a child has been deprived of father's presence and love because of the government's detainment of her father...
Commentary on “Reuters arrests a damning reflection on the state of Myanmar’s democratic transition”
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The military has gotten away with decades of human rights violations from extra-judicial killings, torture, rape as a weapon of war, to illegal detention...
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE SPECIAL EFFORTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
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In light of the continuing crisis in northern Rakhine State, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) held a special session on 5 December, 2017,...
Commentary on “Does the National League for Democracy really want a federal system?”
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First, the NLD as a self-proclaimed national party, cross-cutting ethnic lines, doesn't even has a federal policy position paper. Asked any registered political party in...
The Perilous Defense of Human Rights
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Amid a catastrophic human rights crisis, the space for civil society and human rights defenders is shrinking as protests in Yangon are banned, a land rights...
Commentary on “US calls Rakhine security operation ‘ethnic cleansing’”
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With the official adoption of ethnic cleansing in relation to the Rohingya's exodus, including the blaming of Tillerson saying: “Those responsible for these atrocities...
Quasi-civilian-military rule hinders Myanmar’s ceasefire
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On top of the hard to resolve mind boggling Rohingya problem, which has produced a series of gross human rights violations, some 600,000 mass...
Commentary on “As expectations fade, is the peace process in crisis?”
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The only way to resolve the armed conflict or silenced the gun fire is to change the hybrid civilian-military to pure civilian rule. In...
Commentary on “Myanmar warns UNSC move could jeopardise talks with Bangladesh”
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The phrase non-interference in the internal affairs of sovereign countries should be seen also from "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P or RtoP) point of view.
The...