Burma

55 million people
Internet:
Not Free
Press:
Not Free
Not Free

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News & Updates

Press Release

Freedom House Grantee Holds First-Ever Internet Freedom Forum in Burma

Jun 3 2013 - 3:30pm

Last weekend, Freedom House grantee Myanmar ICT for Development Organization (MIDO) hosted the first-ever Internet Freedom Forum in Burma.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific
Press Release

Freedom House: White House Welcome of President Thein Sein is Premature

May 16 2013 - 3:57pm


On May 20th, Burmese President Thein Sein will visit Washington, D.C. to meet with President Barack Obama in what will be the first trip of its kind by a Burmese head of state in 47 years. Given ongoing human rights abuses and the sluggish pace of reform, Freedom House expresses deep concern regarding the timing of the visit and the signal this will send to the Burmese regime.

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Human Rights Defense, Religious Freedom, U.S. Foreign Policy
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific
Freedom Alert

Re-Imprisonment of Myanmar Political Prisoner Sends Chilling Message

May 9 2013 - 12:36pm

Freedom House condemns the decision by Myanmar authorities to re-imprison human rights defender and recently-released political prisoner, Nay Myo Zin and calls for immediate release of him and all remaining political prisoners. In addition, the Government of Myanmar should immediately remove the stipulations placed on all political prisoners freed under Article 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific
Freedom Alert

Freedom House Condemns Crackdown on Peaceful Protesters in Burma

Nov 29 2012 - 11:54am

Freedom House condemns the violent crackdown against peaceful protesters at the Letpadaung copper mining site in Sagaing Division, Burma and calls on the government of Burma to immediately halt its use of violence and arbitrary detention against peoples exercising their right to peacefully assemble.

Issues: 
Civil Society, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific

Experts

Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn

Director of the International Religious Freedom and Southeast Asia Programs


Issues: 
Religious Freedom
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific

Sarah Cook

Senior Research Analyst for "Freedom on the Net" and East Asia


Issues: 
Internet Freedom
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific

Signature Reports

Freedom in the World

Freedom on the Net

Freedom of the Press

Countries at the Crossroads

Special Reports

Worst of the Worst 2011: The World's Most Repressive Societies

Freedom House has prepared this special report entitled Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies, as a companion to its annual survey on the state of global political rights and civil liberties, Freedom in the World. The special report provides summary country reports, tables, and graphical information on the countries that receive the lowest combined ratings for political rights and civil liberties in Freedom in the World, and whose citizens endure systematic and pervasive human rights violations.

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defense
Regions: 
Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

Worst of the Worst 2007

Sudan, North Korea and Uzbekistan are prominent among the most repressive regimes in the world, according to a report released by Freedom House.  The study, “The Worst of the Worst: The World's Most Repressive Societies 2007,” named seventeen countries with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties, and pointed to thirteen countries which have been on the list for five years or more.

Issues: 
Democratic Governance, Human Rights Defense, Rule of Law
Regions: 
Central and Eastern Europe/Eurasia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

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