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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...
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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...
Left to right - Aye Naing and Pyae Bone Naing from the Democratic Voice of Burma and Thein Zaw, also known as Lawi Weng, from The Irrawaddy
July 4, 2017
The European Union Delegation has issued the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in Myanmar.
Protestors call for the release of jailed journalists. Photo: Mizzima
July 4, 2017
A signature campaign was launched on June 30 for the immediate release of all journalists who were arrested and charged under section 66(d) of...
Myanmar children go to school near the bank of the Irrawaddy River in Mandalay, Myanmar. Photo: Hein Htet/EPA
July 1, 2017
<p>A new census report by the UNFPA reveals that while youth literacy in Myanmar is relatively high at 94 per cent, this still means that more...
Aye Naing and Pyae Bone Naing from the Democratic Voice of Burma and Thein Zaw, also known as Lawi Weng, from The Irrawaddy
June 27, 2017
The Myanmar authorities must immediately release three journalists, who were detained while carrying out their work in conflict-afflicted northern...
June 25, 2017
<p>The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a...
Holding discussion over the planned protest. Photo: Protection for Journalists Committee -Myanmar
June 25, 2017
The protest and signature collection event that journalists planned to hold in front of the Yangon Division Military Headquarters to call for the...
June 25, 2017
The Voice daily newspaper chief editor U Kyaw Min Swe, who is being prosecuted under the Telecommunications Law section 66(d), has had a bail request...
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Htay. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
June 23, 2017
Suspected militant training camps were discovered in Mayu Mountain Range in Buthidaung-Maungdaw area in Rakhine State, the Information Committee of...