Human Rights

Human Rights

A garment factory in Yangon (Photo- Myanmar Now)
Garment industry policies endangering pregnancies, women’s health
Pregnancy labour laws go ignored by garment factory owners, leaving female workers in perilous...
Published on Jan 13, 2020
Fishing boat captive barely survives daring escape
Kyaw Zin Myat’s story highlights rampant rights violations in fishing industry that lawmakers are just starting to respond to
Dec 19, 2019
Volunteer evangelist Biak Lar (Photo by Facebook)
Pastor who raped teenage girls sentenced to 43 years in prison
Biak Lar’s high status in majority Christian Chin state shielded him from scrutiny.
Jan 20, 2019
Former police captain Moe Yan Naing with wife Daw Tu Tu and brother U Ye Wint Naing in front of Insein Prison today (January 2, 2019)
‘It’s unacceptable, we’ve been waiting’: whistleblowing policeman’s release date delayed by weeks after blunder by prison staff
Former captain Moe Yan Naing’s family travelled hundreds of miles to see him released from prison today, but they’ll now have to wait until next month.
Jan 2, 2019
Inmates at a plantation area near Yarzagyo prison labor camp in Kalay township, Sagging Region. (Photo: Swe Win/Myanmar Now)
‘Skeletons covered in skin’: inside Myanmar’s labour camps
Eight prisoners made a break for it, ignoring the pain in their emaciated bodies as they sprinted from the labour camp in Kabaw Valley in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing Region. They didn’t...
Nov 8, 2018