Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya
More than 65,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled conflict-torn northern Arakan State in recent months, seeking shelter across the border in Bangladesh, according to startling figures released by the United Nations this week.
Lee reportedly questioned whether female inmates are being subjected to pregnancy tests, suggesting that this is a violation of human rights.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
A UN human rights investigator raised concern about whether Burma’s election could be credible, as dozens of Muslim candidates had been disqualified.
Burma’s unequal development and the unrest in the Kokang region are highlighted in the UN Special Rapporteur’s latest report.
Arakan Human Rights Lead Story News
“The sexist, insulting language used against [Yanghee Lee] by an influential monk during Ms Lee’s official visit to the country is utterly unacceptable.”
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya
Yanghee Lee highlights risk of backtracking and enduring rights abuses, and is targeted by nationalist protests on perceived UN bias to Rohingyas.
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
About 1,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing escalating violence in Burma had been halted at the border with Bangladesh, Bangladeshi security officials said on Saturday, as fresh fighting erupted in Burma’s northwestern Arakan State.
Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee is on a 12-day fact-finding visit to Burma to assess developments within various human rights situations across the country.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
A UN envoy accuses Burmese authorities of conducting surveillance on some of the people she met on previous visits.
Burma Human Rights Lead Story Myanmar News Politics
UN Special Rapporteur on Myanmar Yanghee Lee began her third official visit to the country today. Lee will tour Burma for five days.
Lead Story News Politics Religion
A spokesman for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said he was “disgusted” with the new attack on Yanghee Lee.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Rohingya
Burma’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has slammed the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, for her use of the term “Rohingya” during a recent 10-day visit to the country.
Arakan Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
The United Nations’ Special Human Rights Rapporteur to Burma Yanghee Lee met with MPs and community leaders in Myebon, Arakan State, on Friday to hear about the challenges for the co-existence of Buddhist and Muslim communities.
The new UN Special Rapporteur on Burma, Yanghee Lee, undertakes her first official visit to the country from 17 to 26 July when she will visit Naypyidaw, Rangoon and Mandalay, as[…]
International Relations Lead Story News
Burma wants to continue working with the United Nations on human rights but its investigator must be fair, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day after special rapporteur Yanghee Lee was barred from visiting the country.
A member of the Lower House of Parliament has submitted an urgent proposal to denounce the findings of Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma. The proposal was approved for further discussion by Lower House Speaker Win Myint.
Human Rights International Relations Lead Story News
UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee offered stern words for the Burmese government on Friday evening, urging it to reconsider its refusal to issue visas to a UN fact-finding mission tasked with probing alleged human rights abuses in Arakan State and elsewhere in Burma.
Karen Lead Story News Refugees
Karen CSOs highlight human rights issues and other matters relating to the repatriation of refugees in meeting with Yanghee Lee.
Human Rights International Relations Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee arrived in Rangoon on Sunday for her sixth visit to Burma as UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the country.
UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee gave a sombre review of Burma’s human rights progress after her second tour of the country under the NLD government.
Human Rights IDPs Kachin Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee was denied access to conflict-wracked Hpakant and Waignmaw townships in Kachin State this week as she undertakes her fifth visit to Burma in her capacity as UN special rapporteur on the country’s human rights situation.
Arakan Conflict Lead Story News
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Yanghee Lee, began a 12-day visit to Burma on Monday amid growing concerns about violence in northern Arakan, Kachin and Shan states.
Analysis Ethnic issues Lead Story News Opinion Peace Process
The Panglong Conference must be as inclusive as possible if it is to succeed in remaking Burma, says UN special rapporteur on human rights Yanghee Lee.
Business Human Rights Lead Story News
Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, calls on international investors to be careful not to undermine the country’s rights priorities.
Arakan Human Rights Lead Story News Rohingya
Aung San Suu Kyi reiterates her position on avoiding use of the term “Rohingya” during talks with Yanghee Lee, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma.
Lead Story Mandalay Division News Religion
Government dept denies rumours it wants to sue the controversial Buddhist monk Wirathu after he called the UN Rapporteur Yanghee Lee a “whore.”
Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya
The controversial Buddhist monk blasted UN Rapporteur Yanghee Lee for her alleged bias towards the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Arakan Citizenship Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Yanghee Lee has drawn a mixed reception on her second visit to Burma.
At Sittwe airport, as many as 500 Arakanese nationalists are waiting to protest her arrival later on Thursday.
Arakan Ethnic issues Human Rights Lead Story News
The United Nations Special Rapporteur to Burma, Yanghee Lee, will arrive on Wednesday for her second official trip to the country.
UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee has expressed concern about “possible signs of backtracking” that could undermine Burma’s reform process, according to a UN press statement released yesterday.
