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Analysis in English on Myanmar about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 8 Jun 2023 by HRW

Click to expand Image Lawyers in Myanmar protesting the military coup in Mandalay, February 15, 2021. 2021 Frontier Magazine Lawyers in Myanmar defending anti-coup protesters and critics have faced threats, arrest, and prosecution by the military junta. Those detained have been tortured and mistreated. The military authorities impose systematic obstacles and restrictions on lawyers, impeding their work. The junta has created closed courts inside prisons that violate fair trial rights to fast-track politically sensitive cases. Myanmar's junta should urgently restore civilian democratic rul...

Click to expand Image Angolan riot police take position after protests over wages in Luanda on August 25, 2022. 2022 John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images Angolan police shot and killed at least five people in Huambo province on Monday during a taxi drivers' protest against a recent fuel-price increase. In a statement seen by Human Rights Watch, the Huambo police said "it was not possible to avoid" the killings, as officers tried to contain "acts of violence" by protesters who destroyed properties, confronted the authorities, and used burning tires to block roads. The poli...

Click to expand Image Street vendors serve customers in Luanda, Angola, August 20, 2022. 2022 Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko byIracelma Adriano, Intern, Africa Division The Angolan authorities have once again used excessive and unnecessary force to disperse a peaceful protest, this time by women street traders, in Angola's capital, Luanda. Last week, about 400 women vendors, known locally as zungueiras, gathered to march from the local Sao Paulo market to the Luanda governor's official residence to protest the city's decision to reorganize informal street markets in some areas of the capi...

The Angolan authorities have once again used excessive and unnecessary force to disperse a peaceful protest, this time by women street traders, in Angola’s capital, Luanda.