Burma Briefing

Briefing papers from BHRN on the human rights situation in Burma.

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Briefing6 July 2022

Violation of Freedom of Religion and Belief in Myanmar During Anti-Coup Revolution

On 1 February 2021, the military junta headed by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, chief architect of the 2017 genocidal campaign against the Rohingya, attempted to overthrow the democratically elected civilian government.

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Briefing10 November 2017

Rakhine State and Kachin Region: BHRN Urges European Union Foreign Ministers to Take Strong Action in Response to Crime Against Humanity in Burma

The Government of Myanmar has been engaged in a series of military campaigns against minorities. The most notable is their continued persecution of the Rohingya which has been described by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, as seeming like “a textbook example of…

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