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Tatmadaw Information Committee at meeting. Photo: Min Min/Mizzima
July 31, 2017
<p>Maj. Gen. Aunt Ye Win from the Tatmadaw (Defence Services) True News Information Committee urged media to control and refrain from using...
Photo: Three journalists who were arrested in conflict-ridden northern Shan State last month seen at a court on 21 June, 2017. Photo: Ko Myint Thein (Thibaw)
July 28, 2017
Amnesty International has called for the release of journalists facing prison over charges linked to reporting from Shan State.
July 26, 2017
Myanmar authorities should immediately and unconditionally release two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders who have been arbitrarily detained since...
Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, talks to media during a press conference after her 13 days visit, Yangon, Myanmar, 21 July 2017. Yanghee Lee visited Myanmar from 09 July to 21 July 2017 as her sixth visit. Photo: Lynn Bo Bo/EPA
July 25, 2017
While no one expects an overnight transition to democracy in Myanmar, there has to be real progress on human rights, an independent United Nations...
Fishing boats moored at AlalThanKyaw village, near Maungdaw town of Bangladesh-Myanmar border, Rakhine State, western Myanmar. Photo: Nyein Chan Naing/EPA
July 24, 2017
The German government has granted subsidies worth 1.85 million Euros (about 2.1 million US-Dollars) for humanitarian aid in Rakhine State, according...
July 24, 2017
Myanmar is still using the same "tactics" to silence its people as the former junta, the UN's rights envoy said Friday, urging the government to...
July 21, 2017
Over 100 Myanmar nationals were rescued this week after Thai authorities busted a human trafficking ring on the outskirts of Bangkok, Myanmar state...
July 21, 2017
Growing tension between government soldiers and Ta’ang National Liberation Army troops in northern Shan state has forced hundreds of people from...
Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi pays her respects to her late father as Myanmar marks the 70th anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2017. Photo: Thura/Mizzima
July 20, 2017
Myanmar officially observed Martyrs’ Day yesterday, the 70th anniversary of the assassination of independence heroes including General Aung San,...
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...