Tag: Migrant Rights
Myanmar protesters gather ahead of UN rights visit
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside an airport in restive western Myanmar on Thursday in protest against a planned human rights visit by a United Nations envoy, police said.
Update: 13:33, 08 January 2015 Thursday
World Bulletin / News Desk
Yanghee Lee, the UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar, arrived in Sittwe, the capital...
Activists, executives advise Thailand how to tackle trafficking
Thailand must empower victims of trafficking and forced labor to complain and must crack down on corrupt officials if it wants to tackle its human trafficking problem, activists and food industry executives say.
By Alisa Tang 13 hours ago
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Thailand must empower victims of trafficking and...
NGO: UNHCR Myanmar rep has ‘work cut out for her’
The week after hundreds of Rakhine Buddhists gathered at Sittwe airport to protest a visit by the United Nations Human Rights Rapporteur on Myanmar, local NGOs say that Arakan Muslims (Rohingya) are facing heightened abuse in the state.
Update: 09:12, 13 January 2015 Tuesday
World Bulletin/News Desk
The week after hundreds of...
Burma: Amend Biased Citizenship Law
The Burmese government should accept the United Nations call to amend the discriminatory law that deprives Rohingya Muslims of Burmese citizenship, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Thein Sein.
1982 Act Fuels Repression, Deprives Rohingya Muslims of Basic Rights | January 13, 2015
(New York) – The...
Months after deal, no refugees choose Cambodia as new home
Months after former immigration minister Scott Morrison toasted with champagne a deal with Australia to send refugees to Cambodia in exchange for an additional $40 million in aid, no refugees have arrived in the impoverished south-east Asian nation.
13 January 2015 | Lindsay Murdoch
South-East Asia correspondent for Fairfax Media
Bangkok: Months...
Trafficking is alive and well
Yet another news report started the week proving the abysmal failure in the fight against human trafficking. A Rohingya woman, among nearly 100 crammed like animals into a pickup truck, was crushed to death.
Published: 14/01/2015 at 06:36 AM
Newspaper section: News
Yet another news report started the week proving the abysmal...
2 Rohingya refugees die in Thai detention
Two Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic persecution in Myanmar have died in police custody in Thailand, authorities confirm.
Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:58AM
Two Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing ethnic persecution in Myanmar have died in police custody in Thailand, authorities confirm.
They said that the two men lost their lives in a...
ILO welcomes drive to end trafficking
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday welcomed government efforts to tackle human trafficking as “a step in the right direction”.
Narong claims efforts are only for show
Published: 14/01/2015 at 06:23 AM
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday welcomed government efforts to tackle human trafficking as “a step in the...
What can Zapatistas teach Burmese migrants in Thailand?
A project connecting southern Mexico indigenous rights’ activists the Zaptistas with migrants from Burma in Thailand shows impact of international solidarity
Jay Kerr | Wednesday 14 January 2015 07.00 GMT
It started last spring when I visited a Thai NGO supporting the rights of migrant workers from Burma. I had just...
Trafficking in Myanmar peaks in 2014
The number of human trafficking victims in Myanmar reached 309 between January and August last year, which is the highest rate since the current government took office, according to the anti-human trafficking police force.
The Nation/Asia News NetworkThursday, Jan 15, 2015
The number of human trafficking victims in Myanmar reached 309...
