GENEVA (7 February 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, who has been critical of the Government’s failure to pursue democratic reforms, has welcomed the...

Dhaka, 25 January 2019 Ladies and Gentlemen, Over the last ten days, I have visited Thailand and Bangladesh, I have spoken to a range of people from Myanmar, as well as authorities, UN agencies...

GENEVA (25 January 2019) – The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, said today the Government was consolidating what military governments worked towards over many years, defying a pledge...

Heavy fighting between army and ethnic group in Rakhine, Chin States At least 5,000 civilians displaced from homes Humanitarian aid blocked by Govt, must be allowed to resume GENEVA (18 January 2019)...

GENEVA (11 January 2019) - The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit Myanmar’s neighbours Thailand and Bangladesh from 14 to 24 January 2019. The...

GENEVA (11 December 2018) – A UN human rights expert has expressed her dismay at the imprisonment of three ethnic Kachin activists for allegedly criticizing the Myanmar military during peaceful...

GENEVA (6 November 2018) – A UN human rights expert has implored Bangladesh to shelve plans to start repatriating Rohingya refugees to Rakhine State this month, saying the Myanmar Government had...

NEW YORK (24 October 2018) – The UN’s human rights expert on Myanmar said she was dismayed by the failure of the country’s leadership to take the path of democracy, and at their persistent denials and...

New York, 23 October 2018 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased that as I address you today, there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon for justice for...

GENEVA (3 September 2018) - UN experts strongly condemned today’s sentencing of two Reuters journalists to seven years imprisonment. Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years...