This report shows how Puma Energy, majority-owned by global commodity giant Trafigura, has played a key role in supplying the Myanmar military since 2015 through its Myanmar entities. It also shows how global and regional oil companies, as well as maritime insurers, vessel owners, shipping agents and truck distributors, also play a part in this […]
Beginning in August 2017, the Myanmar security forces undertook a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims.
Six years ago, life wasn’t easy for Maung Sawyeddollah, but he enjoyed playing football and dreamed of becoming a doctor. However, in 2017, when he was 15, his life was upended. The Myanmar military unleashed ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya – an ethnic minority who have faced decades of severe state-sponsored discrimination in Myanmar. Thousands […]
All companies have a responsibility to respect all human rights wherever they operate in the world and throughout their operations.
Responding to news that the military authorities in Myanmar have pardoned 2,153 prisoners jailed under a law making it illegal to encourage dissent against the military, Ming Yu Hah, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Campaigns, said: “This long-overdue release should mark the first step towards the immediate release of all individuals who have been […]
ASEAN must address the failure of its Five-Point Consensus to stop the violence and war crimes in Myanmar following the military coup.
As deadly airstrikes in Myanmar’s Sagaing region kill and injure civilians and destroy homes, supply of aviation fuel to Myanmar must stop.
Amnesty International and Global Witness have revealed new shipments of aviation fuel to Myanmar despite the military’s ongoing war crimes.
The Myanmar military continues to arbitrarily arrest, torture and murder people with impunity two years after launching a coup, Amnesty International said today, calling for increased global action and solidarity ahead of the anniversary on 1 February. Since the coup, nearly 3,000 people have been killed, 1.5 million have been internally displaced, more than 13,000 […]
UN Security Council resolution demands end to violence and arbitrary arrests in Myanmar human rights crisis.