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View PDF Statement on USCIRF Hearing on Burma February 9, 2023 Washington, DC — On February 8, 2023, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) held a virtual hearing on religious freedom in Burma two years after the military ...

View PDF Burmese Fighter Jets Attacking Camp Victoria in Chin State, Burma, Also Drop a Bomb on Mizoram State, India January 10, 2023 Washington, DC — On January 10, 2023 around 5:15 p.m. local Burma time, Burmese military fighter jets ...

Statement on Funding for Burma in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 December 29, 2022 Washington, DC — This evening, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 (H.R. 2617). The $1.7 trillion funding for H.R. 2617 includes $59.7 ...

Statement on the Enactment of the BURMA Act of 2022 (NDAAFY23) December 23, 2022 Washington, DC — Today, December 23, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Burma Unified Through Rigorous Military Accountability Act (BURMA Act) of 2022 as part ...

Statement on the UN Security Council Resolution on Myanmar December 23, 2022 Washington, DC — On December 21, 2022, the United Nations Security Council adopted binding resolution 2669 (2022) on the situation in Myanmar under the UN Charter VI. The ...

Statement on the Sentencing of Reverend Thian Lian Sang to 23 Years at the Obo Prison in Burma December 8, 2022 Washington DC, USA ——-  On December 7, 2022, (Myanmar Time) the Burmese military also known as the State Administration ...

Statement on the Detention of Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson in Burma December 6, 2022 Washington DC, USA ——-  On December 5, 2022, (Myanmar Time) the Burmese military arrested and detained Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson at the Mandalay International Airport in ...

Statement on Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day October 27, 2022 Washington DC, USA ——- On October 23, 2022, at 8:30pm in Myanmar, the Burmese military attacked Kachin civilians with airstrikes at A Nang Pa, Hpakant, Kachin State in Myanmar. At the time ...

Statement on the Burmese Military’s Execution of Four Pro-Democracy Activists July 25, 2022 Ellicott City, Maryland, USA ——- On July 25, 2022, the Burmese military junta announced its execution of four men on terrorism charges, including the leading democracy activist Kyaw Min Yu, ...

ICJ Rejects Burmese Military’s Objections to the Rohingya Genocide Case July 22, 2022 Ellicott City, Maryland, USA ——- On July 22, 2022, judges at the UN International Court of Justice rejected the four preliminary objections by Myanmar’s military junta to the Rohingya genocide ...