A man who was arrested in April along with his son after photographing the aftermath of the Rangoon bombings has been sent to Burma’s notorious Insein prison. (more…)

Burmese Foreign Minister Nyan Win met with an Iranian goodwill delegation at the Foreign Ministry in Naypyidaw on Wednesday afternoon, according to the state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar. (more…)

Kay Lar, Myanmar—In the evenings, as the sun disappears behind the hills south of Mandalay and water laps against the hulls of wooden fishing boats here, it’s possible to imagine the outside world is slipping away. (more…)

PRESIDENT-ELECT Benigno Aquino III and Asean ambassadors, in a meeting at the Aquino family residence on Thursday, sidestepped a sensitive issue involving the long-sought release from house arrest of Burmese prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is marking her birthday on Friday. (more…)

A ground breaking photography project by award-winning documentary journalist James Mackay calls for the unconditional release of all Burmese political prisoners, of whom human rights groups estimate there are over 2,000. (more…)

Events to mark detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s 65th birthday will take place both inside and outside Burma on Saturday. While foreign diplomats in Bangkok read out messages of support for Suu Kyi’s freedom to Burma’s opposition in exile, her supporters in Rangoon have said they will plant tens of thousands of trees in honor of their leader. (more…)

Geneva – Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana: (more…)

On 16 June, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention publicly pronounced pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s continued detention a breach of international human rights law. (more…)

Washington, D.C. – Today, Freedom Now released Opinion No. 12/2010 from the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The judgment from this international tribunal unequivocally reestablishes that the ongoing detention of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal and in violation of international law. (more…)

Paris – In the wake of the latest judgement by an UN body that the ongoing detention of Burmese democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is illegal, FIDH reiterates its call for the immediate and unconditional release of the Nobel Peace Laureate and all other political prisoners. (more…)

Eminent global leaders say election process in Burma/Myanmar cannot deliver credible results and call for UN-led national dialogue. (more…)

June 19, 2010 is an important day as far as Burma/Myanmar is concerned. Although it will be observed in silence in repressive Burma, it underlines the status of The Lady and raises again the reality that she is central to the development of democracy in Burma. The day marks the 65th birthday of Nobel Peace Laureate and Burma’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)