Human rights defenders – Free Expression Myanmar

12 cartoons on right to protest in Myanmar — မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်ခွင့်အခြေအနေ နှင့်ပတ်သက်သည့် သရုပ်ဖော်ကာတွန်း ၁၂ ခု

၂၀၁၆ အောက်တိုဘာ မှ ၂၀၂၀ ဇန်နဝါရီ အတွင်း မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၌ ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်မှုကြောင့် တရားစွဲဆိုခံရသူ ၂၂၉ ဦးထိ ရှိခဲ့ပြီး ၄င်းတို့အနက် အယောက် ၅၀ ကို FEM က အသေးစိတ် မေးမြန်းမှုများ ပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည်။ အစီရင်ခံစာ၏ ရလဒ်များနှင့် ကိန်ဂဏန်းဖော်ပြချက်များကို အောက်ပါ လင့်(ခ်)တွင် အသေးစိတ် ဖတ်ရှု့နိုင်ပါသည် – ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်ခွင့်မပြု 229 protesters were criminally charged in Myanmar between October 2016 and January 2020. FEM interviewed

Report: No permission to protest — ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်ခွင့်မပြု

Click here to download No permission to protest ဆန္ဒထုတ်ဖော်ခွင့်မပြု (7mb) >> 2020 marks the hundred-year anniversary of the first major protests in Myanmar’s modern history. Protests have launched political leaders, political parties, new constitutions and elections. As a result, the State has historically viewed protesters

5 gaps in MNHRC’s draft Strategic Plan

MNHRC’s decision to openly consult with civil society on its Draft Strategic Plan 2020-2024 demonstrates a willingness to conduct a real, substantive and open consultative process. FEM has reviewed the Draft on the basis of international standards and past experiences, and makes 5 positive recommendations

Report: Daring to defy Myanmar’s patriarchy — ပေထရီအာခီတော်လှန်ရေး

Across Myanmar, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) exercise their right to freedom of expression to expose discrimination and injustice, name-and-shame perpetrators, and speak uncomfortable truths to power. In doing so, they risk retaliation including physical, sexual, and psychological gender-based violence (GBV). The risk of GBV

MDRF invitation: “Shut up girl, it’s too sensitive!”

What happens to those who speak out about “sensitive” issues online? What backlash do they face? And from whom? What risks do women face if they talk about sexual and reproduction rights? What happens when you raise LGBT rights? This is just one session at the

Crackdown on anti-war activists shows protests still need permission

The statement is in regards to the violent dispersal of a peaceful anti-war protest at the weekend. The statement includes some key points: The police’s denial for a protest to happen shows that the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law is not a notification regime

Right to truth

Free expression, access to information and media freedom are one of the first casualties in every conflict, including in Myanmar.[1] However, it is during conflicts that these rights are so important to defend. Without them, it is difficult to establish the truth about what is

Report: 66(d): No real change — ၆၆(ဃ): စစ်မှန်သည့် ပြောင်းလဲခြင်းမရှိ

Over the past two years, Article 66(d) has been the tool of choice for those in positions of power who want to punish those who are trying to hold them accountable. The government’s amendment of 66(d) in August 2017 has had no discernible impact on

Military withdraws criminal complaints against eight — မြန်မာ့တပ်မတော်က တရားစွဲဆိုထားသည့် အမှု ရှစ်မှုကို ရုပ်သိမ်းလိုက်ခြင်း

FEM welcomes the military’s withdrawal today of criminal complaints against eight journalists, journalist sources and human rights defenders. The criminal provisions in the Penal Code, Telecommunications Law, and Unlawful Association Law, used to charge the eight people are not acceptable under international standards on the

UN letter to government on Facebook users’ cases (MMR9/2015)

A UN letter sent in October 2015 to the Myanmar government protesting illegitimate criminal charges brought against two Facebook users, has finally been published. The letter (MMR9/2015) raised serious concerns about the cases of these Facebook users: Chaw Sandi Tun Patrick Khum Jaa Lee The