Earlier this month, Fortify Rights, a human rights advocacy group focused primarily on Myanmar, marked its 10th anniversary. During its first decade, the organization has documented the human rights challenges in Myanmar, including the military’s vicious ethnic cleansing campaign against the Rohingya Muslims of Rakhine State in the country’s west, and the atrocities that it … Read more
Germany’s Federal Public Prosecutor has declined to open an investigation into genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Myanmar filed by a human rights group earlier this year. In a statement yesterday, the advocacy organization Fortify Rights, which filed the complaint in January, said that it had been informed by the prosecutor on October … Read more
Filipino human rights lawyer Romel Bagares, center, and another lawyer representing Burmese complainants Gilbert Andres, left, files the criminal complaint against Myanmar’s top generals at the Department of Justice in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Advertisement Relatives of victims of alleged war crimes committed by Myanmar’s military have filed … Read more