Myanmar’s National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) has been disqualified from the South-east Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF), a decision that also removes its opportunity to assume the forum’s rotating chairmanship in 2027. In a statement issued on October 19, SEANF said its Governing Board had determined that the MNHRC no longer met the […]
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Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing has pledged that Myanmar will take back its verified nationals currently being held in Malaysian detention centres, saying the repatriation will happen “as soon as possible.” The commitment came during Min Aung Hlaing’s meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Putrajaya, marking the Myanmar leader’s first visit […]
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Myanmar’s junta leader and newly installed civilian president, Min Aung Hlaing, is set to visit Vietnam from September 4 to 6, marking another important step in his government’s growing diplomatic outreach across the region. The visit comes as Myanmar’s military leadership continues efforts to rebuild international relations and move away from the diplomatic isolation that […]
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Myanmar has officially approved a new law that introduces the death penalty for individuals who force people to work in online scam operations through violence, threats, or unlawful detention. The decision marks one of the country’s toughest legal measures yet against the growing problem of organized cybercrime. The legislation, known as the Anti-Online Scam Bill, […]
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More than five years after Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, the country continues to suffer an unimaginable humanitarian crisis. According to the latest figures from conflict monitoring organization Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), over 100,000 people have lost their lives in conflict-related violence since February 2021. The military takeover ended Myanmar’s […]
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