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Opinion Papers
Southeast Asian Lawmakers Sound the Alarm: Indonesia’s TNI Law Amendments Undermine Democracy and Human Rights
Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
APHR strongly denounces the recent passage of contentious amendments to Indonesia’s military law, which grants expanded powers to the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and permits military personnel to assume 14 civilian posts
Statement | ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
Modern Slavery And Cyber Fraud: The Growing Crisis In Myanmar – Analysis
Source: Eurasia Review
The surge in human trafficking within the country, reaching 8.50 in 2023 from 6.50 in 2021, underscores the escalating prevalence of forced labor and sexual exploitation.
By Shwetaungthagathu Reform Initiative Centre
UN Human Rights Council 58: UK Statement for the Special Rapporteur on Myanmar
Source: GOV.UK
UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Myanmar. Delivered by the UK Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
Statement | Eleanor Sanders, UK Human Rights Ambassador
Rethinking justice in the present
Source: Frontier Myanmar
Mainstream discussions of transitional justice in Myanmar emphasise future punishment at the expense of dialogue, introspection and structural change.
By Ye HTET | Frontier
Myanmar’s Military Coup Four Years On: Economic Difficulties and a Fierce Civil War
Source: nippon.com
A Japanese observer living in the country writes about the living conditions faces by the people of Myanmar today.
By Furushō Tetsuo, Management consultant
EU Statement – ILO 353rd GB – Follow-up to the report of the Commission of Inquiry established in accordance with article 26 of the ILO Constitution concerning the non-observance by Myanmar of Conventions Nos 87 and 29
Source: Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva
The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania*, Ukraine, Republic of Moldova, Georgia, the EFTA countries, Norway member of the European Economic Area and Switzerland align themselves with this statement.
Statement | European External Action Service
Myanmar Junta’s Failure to Prosecute Scammers Erodes Sovereignty, Rule of Law
Source: Irrawaddy
tudies and media reports indicate that these online scamming operations are owned and operated primarily by criminal networks originating in China.
By Zung Ring | social worker and independent political analyst
A Q&A with People’s Liberation Army General Secretary Ni Ni Kyaw
Source: Democratic Voice of Burma
DVB spoke to Ni Ni Kyaw, the PLA general secretary, to find out why the group was re-established and what role it’s playing in the resistance to the 2021 coup.
By English Director | Democratic Voice of Burma
JFM welcomes Swedish pension funds’ exclusion of Bharat Electronics Limited over Myanmar sales
Source: Justice for Myanmar
Sweden’s Council on Ethics of the AP pension funds has recommended the exclusion of the Indian arms company Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) over the sale of weapons to the Myanmar military.
Press Release | Justice for Myanmar
The Uncertain Future of Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Source: Irrawaddy
In a year of unprecedented military gains, the Arakan Army/United League of Arakan (AA/ULA) has achieved what four years ago would have been inconceivable: the liberation of an entire state by force of arms.
By David Scott Mathieson