Mizzima News

Three years after Burma embarked on a path toward democracy and away from its history of military rule, assessments of its success vary, especially around media freedom and free expression.

195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.

In one of the biggest demonstrations in Myanmar in years, thousands of protesters gathered in central Yangon on January 5, 2014 to demand the repeal of laws blamed for violating human rights. An estimated two thousand people from nearly 60 activist groups participated in the demonstration, one of the biggest in Yangon since the monks’ […]

A Burmese reporter at a Yangon daily newspaper has complained about the slow progress of a police investigation into an alleged assault by local officials.

On 8 October 2013, Burma began freeing dozens of its remaining detained activists, officials said, after the country vowed to release all prisoners of conscience by the end of the year.

Burma has jailed an activist for two years in connection with protests over a controversial mine project, despite the regime’s pledge to free all political prisoners.

Burma’s Lower House approved a proposal to amend the Electronic Transactions Law making it “more humane”; numerous political activists and student leaders were jailed under this law.

Ten activists were arrested after monks and civilians protested at the Latpadaung copper mine area in Monywa, Burma demanding the government take action against the policemen who have “persecuted citizens.”