Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Thailand raises hopes and expectations
For Myanmar refugees and migrants in Thailand, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s three-day official visit in June raised hopes and expectations. In her official capacity…
Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Thailand: What happens next?
Thai officials and migrant workers fired after visit The Myanmar Times reported that a number of Thai officials and migrant workers were fired after Aung…
Democratization, Human Rights, and Social Justice in Myanmar
Htoo Chit – Executive Director of the Foundation for Education and Development (FED) Under the military dictatorship, the people of Burma/Myanmar are not only losing…
Thailand: A culture of torture under the military
Source: This article is featured on the Amnesty International blog. Since seizing power in a 2014 coup, Thailand’s military authorities have allowed a culture of…
27-year old Burmese Woman Saved From Human Traffickers
Ms. Lwin is a 27-year old woman from Myanmar. She searched for an opportunity to go abroad to Thailand due to financial and personal problems…
Myanmar migrant workers tortured and raped by unknown assailants at Thai rubber plantation
On the evening of October 27th, 2016, a female Myanmar migrant worker was allegedly raped while her husband was tortured and threatened by two unknown…
FED will provide Legal Assistance to Get Compensation for a Migrant Victim of a Workplace Accident
On August 9th, 2016, a Myanmar migrant who had been working at a construction materials shop got injured while he was unloading a delivery truck….
Myanmar and Thailand implement CI “Certificate of Identity”; another attempt to identify Burmese migrants.
An explanation on the CI “Certificate of Identity” from the Labor Attache U Moe Aung Khaing from Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok and Mr. Pattarapot, (Director…
U Ko Ni – A prominent human rights lawyer, activist and key NLD advisor assassinated at Yangon Airport
YANGON, Myanmar – U Ko Ni, a prominent human rights lawyer and legal advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) was…
Death Penalty Upholds For Koh Tao Murders
The Appeals Court on Wednesday announced its decision to uphold the death sentences for the two Burmese migrant workers, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo, convicted…