Campaigners call for the convictions of 20 Muslims jailed on terrorism charges to be reviewed after the law under which they were convicted was repealed.
Government scraps the controversial Emergency Provisions Act, frequently used to jail political dissidents in successive military administrations
Lawmakers in Rangoon’s divisional parliament press the government on behalf of constituents facing delays and difficulties in obtaining citizenship cards.
Pamphlets will be distributed, short films will be broadcast on state-run television, and a specialized police unit has been formed to cope with trafficking in Rangoon Division.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Thai capital on Monday calling on the junta to address land rights and housing needs.
Irrawaddy Burmese editor Ye Ni talks to Ko Swe Win, chief report at Myanmar Now, about an investigative report he produced about the torture of two underage domestic workers in...
The decision by the United States to give military assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers, including Burma, fails child soldiers but is not unexpected
Court hearings for the prosecution have wrapped up in the Thai court case against four Burmese migrant workers accused of murdering a student in Ranong Province in 2015.
Prominent Burmese writer Ma Thida receives the first annual ‘Disturbing the Peace Award’ by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation.
Married women in Burma give birth to five children on average, while 2014 census findings highlight a lack of education and a need for family planning.
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