An effective Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be one that helps to protect lives, livelihoods and rights. The treaty should protect the ability of states to lawfully ...
Imprisoned pro-democracy activist Robert San Aung is in need of urgent medical attention: he has lost the sight in one eye since he was moved to the north-western ...
Trusted sources have reported to Amnesty international that male activist Kyaw Zaw Lwin was tortured and suffered other ill-treatment whilst in detention in Insein ...
Kyaw Zaw Lwin (also known as Nyi Nyi Aung), a male Burmese human rights activist who works for the Thai-based campaign group, Forum for Democracy in Burma, was ...
Today’s guilty verdict against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by a court in Myanmar has been described by Amnesty International’s Secretary General Irene Khan as "shameful ...
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader has been sentenced to a further 18 months’ house arrest. She has been detained for over 13 of the past 20 years, mostly under house ...
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's continued detention in Myanmar puts the humanrights spotlight on a country that has denied both economic rights andfreedom of expression
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces trial on Mondayafter an American man is alleged to have swum across the lake infront of her house and stayed there