Report Aug 14, 2025 Youthquake: Youth-led Movements Shaking Up East and Southeast Asia In recent years, youth across East and Southeast Asia, and around the world, have spearheaded the demand for democracy, justice, and freedom.
Blog Post Feb 1, 2024 Burma’s Third Coup Anniversary Three years ago today, the Burmese military junta, led by Min Aung Hlaing, seized power from the democratically elected government in a coup.
Blog Post Jan 19, 2024 Shadows of Support: Japan’s Ties with Burma’s Military Junta In February 2021, the Burmese military junta staged a coup against the democratically elected government of the National League for Democracy Party (NLD) and invalidated the results of the November 2020 general election.
Blog Post Feb 1, 2023 Two Years After the Coup, Burma’s Struggle for Democracy Continues Two years ago today, Burma’s junta, led by military chief Min Aung Hlaing (MAH), seized power in a coup and overthrew the newly elected government.
Press Release Feb 1, 2021 Military Coup Returns Burma to Full Dictatorship NEW YORK (February 1, 2021) – The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is gravely concerned about the events unfolding in Burma
Media Jul 17, 2018 Jailed Reporter in Myanmar Challenges Prosecution’s Version of His Arrest HONG KONG — A Reuters reporter jailed for months by Myanmar’s government has challenged the prosecution’s account of how he and a colleague were arrested, the latest twist in a…
Media Jul 9, 2018 Myanmar judge charges two Reuters journalists with violating secrets act A Myanmar judge on Monday charged two Reuters journalists with violating the country’s colonial-era secrets act over their coverage…
Media May 1, 2018 Myanmar Sentences Policeman who Testified Reuters Reporters were Framed A police officer who testified that police framed two Reuters reporters has been sentenced to an undisclosed prison term for violating Myanmar’s Police Disciplinary Act, a police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday, without elaborating.
Media Apr 27, 2018 Myanmar Jails Two Reporters for Exposing a Massacre Last month, Chit Su Win sat on a bench outside a courtroom in Yangon, after visiting her husband, Kyaw Soe Oo, a reporter who was spending his hundredth day in…
Publication Apr 16, 2018 First They Came for the Rohingya In recent months, international media coverage of Myanmar has focused on the plight of the Rohingya people in the west of the country. And for good reason: Since August 2017,…
Publication Mar 5, 2018 Protests as Myanmar parliament debates new curbs on demonstrations (Reuters)– Hundreds of people marched through Myanmar’s largest city Yangon on Monday to oppose changes to a protest law being discussed in parliament which activists warn would limit free speech….
Publication Feb 12, 2018 How Myanmar forces burned, looted and killed in a remote village INN DIN, Myanmar – Bound together, the 10 Rohingya Muslim captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a shallow grave. Soon afterwards, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay…
Media Feb 5, 2018 Witness to a massacre: former Myanmar soldier saw his village burn After they finished burning the bodies, the soldiers ordered chicken curry. Nazmul Islam watched as local Buddhists set about preparing food for the men he says raped and massacred scores…
Media Jan 3, 2018 World’s awkward silence over Rohingya genocide warnings A stark warning from the UN in mid-December that genocide may be taking place in Myanmar has been met by an awkward silence around the world, indicating a limited appetite…
