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The three activists from the Rakhine Youth New Generation Network being questioned by police (Oo Khaing Thein/Facebook)
Police set to charge three activists for Human Rights Day protest in Sittwe
Rakhine Youth New Generation Network members are latest to be targeted in crackdown against anti-...
Published on Dec 14, 2020
A Facebook user reads the news on his phone. (Photo: Sai Zaw / Myanmar Now)
Telenor says government is seeking direct access to customers’ personal data
The Norway-based telecoms company warns that the move would have significant human-rights implications
Dec 12, 2020
Student activists put up stickers in Yangon last month
Rights group condemns ‘coordinated crackdown’ against anti-war activists as tensions rise in Rakhine
Fortify Rights has called for the immediate release of 15 campaigners arrested in recent weeks for distributing anti-war flyers
Oct 19, 2020
A member of the border guard force seen in Buthidaung township, Rakhine (Aye Chan Khaing/Myanmar Now) 
Myanmar’s rights commission failing to act on ‘atrocity crimes’ in Rakhine state, say advocates 
Commission has not taken action on killing of children and burning of villages, coalition of rights groups says
Sep 25, 2020
Student activists put up stickers in Yangon earlier this month (Supplied)
Authorities use anti-protest law to punish students for handing out flyers - HRW
The threat of charges this month was a ‘new and overly broad’ use of the controversial law, the group said
Sep 23, 2020