Human Rights Education Institute of Burma

RANGOON — Burma's military government has renewed for a year an agreement allowing the UN to monitor complaints of forced labor, the state-controlled press reported Wednesday.

Human rights abuse on the ethnic Kachin people in Northern Burma have been in evidence by the Burmese junta at the recently concluded 62nd anniversary of the State Day and Manau Festival in the State ...

New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burmese pop star Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein has been designated the MTV EXIT campaign ambassador for Burma, a campaign official said.

Burmese army officers are participating in a UN-backed five-day training course this week on preventing the recruitment of child soldiers.

DVB - The Burmese government marked World AIDS Day today with an article in state-run media linking the disease to “socially unacceptable behavior”, despite warning against stigmatizing AIDS sufferers.

(DVB)–The number of new HIV infections in Asia has decreased by 15 percent since 2001, although concerns remain for HIV/AIDS awareness in Burma where the disease is heavily stigmatized.

The Burmese military junta celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Universal Convention on Children’s Rights on Friday in Naypyidaw.

The Irrawaddy - Expressing deep concern over the human rights situations in Burma and North Korea, a special committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted two tough resolutions against the abusive human rights records in the two countries.