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An Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar was held on 11 March 2019 during the 40th Session of the Human Rights Council, held in Geneva from 25 February to 22 March 2019.During the dialogue, the Special…

In its resolution S-27/1, the Human Rights Council requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to report on the situation of human rights of Rohingya at its fortieth session, including on the level of cooperation and access given to…

As national and international NGOs supporting conflict affected communities in Kachin and Northern Shan State we are concerned about the 11 March 2019 deadline for people to apply for land use permits or risk imprisonment or eviction under the Virgin, …

In working in hard-to-reach areas of Myanmar’s Ayeyawaddy River delta region, where many disaster risks from seasonal flooding, riverbank erosion and cyclones affect many vulnerable families, CWS works to help these families, their community leaders an…

YANGON, Myanmar, Myanmar’s second largest city of Mandalay will hold an international trade fair and business forum on March 23, to attract foreign entrepreneurs to invest and do business in the city, according to the organisers, Thursday.Scheduled to …

Ten people are missing after residents of Mann Lee village in northern Shan State’s Namtu Township fled their homes on March 1 amid fierce fighting between rival ethnic groups in the area, according to local sources.Two of the missing had stayed behind…

Continued attacks on Christians and other religious minorities testify to the dangers of religious nationalism in Burma Fighting between rival armed groups in Shan state displaces over a 1000 people-Burmese military in violation of human rights by limi…

TAIPEI The Philippine government’s pick of transitional leadership for a newly formed Muslim autonomous region shows early signs of isolating armed rebel groups that hoped to share power, threatening the region’s long-term stability.Philippine Presiden…

This week in Hanoi, the lights will be shining brightly on U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Not far away from that big stage, China will be watching closely and if all goes smoothly, asserting that it too has played a ro…

A high-level mission of the European Commission and the European External Action Service (EEAS) returned this week (18-22 February 2019) to Myanmar as part of a broader engagement under the EU’s Everything But Arms (EBA) trade preferences scheme.A prev…

President Donald Trump said Sunday “big progress” is being made in U.S. trade talks with China on what he calls “so many different fronts.””Our country has such fantastic potential for future growth and greatness on an even higher level,” the president…