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A reporter raises his hands while wearing chains during a demonstration held to demand the Myanmar government and Myanmar military release detained journalists, in front of Yangon City Hall, Yangon, Myanmar, 30 June 2017. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 20, 2017
Three Myanmar journalists who are facing jail for their reporting accused the army on Tuesday of trying to silence the media, as fears grow for free...
Workers lift teak logs with a crane at a timber area on the outskirts of Yangon. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 14, 2017
A member of parliament urged the Union government to enforce the laws against the illegal trade of timber in Myanmar during yesterday’s Pyithu...
July 13, 2017
The Myanmar Army allege the recent remarks of the Chief Minister of Yangon Phyo Min Thein are insults and this can lower the image of both the head...
July 12, 2017
Human Rights Watch has expressed concern over the Myanmar government refusing to grant visas to members of a United Nations fact-finding mission.
July 12, 2017
The UNFPA is celebrating World Population Day on July 11 under the theme “Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations”.
Yanghee Lee (C), UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, seen here on a previous trip to Rakhine State in January. Photo: Nyunt Win/EPA
July 11, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar Ms. Yanghee Lee will arrive in Sittwe, Rakhine State on July 12 and looks set to face protests at...
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at the unveiling of the Civil Service Reform Strategic Plan for Myanmar event in Nay Pyi Taw. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 11, 2017
Although the government knows that the pay rate of the civil servants is lower than other workers from different fields, there is no solution to...
July 11, 2017
FHI360 and USAID have started a joint programme to provide fellowship opportunities in news media organizations and civil society organizations in...
Irrawaddy reporter Thein Zaw. Photo: Facebook
July 8, 2017
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about the increase in media freedom violations in Myanmar and, in particular, reiterates its call for...
Ms Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, talks to the media during a press conference after she presented her report to the 34th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March 2017.  Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA
July 8, 2017
According to the State Counsellor office, United Nations Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee will shortly be coming to Myanmar for her sixth visit.
Photo: Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
July 7, 2017
Country Consultancy Office Minister U Kyaw Tint Swe said that Myanmar will fully cooperate with India for security and combating terrorism on July 4...
Photo: Thet Ko/Mizzima
July 7, 2017
The defamation case against Mizzima News, including columnist Sithu Aung Myint, Mizzima Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director Soe Myint and the...