Category Archives: MAP Press Releases

Press Release for Immediate Publication Manilla, 2 April 2025: As the Myanmar junta continues to block rescue efforts and conduct air assaults following Friday’s earthquake, five victims of atrocity crimes in Myanmar’s Chin State have lodged an appeal at the Philippines Department of Justice, demanding that their case is heard under the principle of universal jurisdiction.Continue reading “Legal Case in the Philippines Against Burma’s Dictator Goes to Appeal”

Democratic Government Retains UN Seat Statement by Director of the Myanmar Accountability Project Chris Gunness London, 9 September 2023 MAP welcomes the decision by the UN’s Credentials Committee to reject the credentials of the military regime and leave the democratic ambassador, Kyaw Moe Tun, in his seat. The nine-member committee’s decision in favour of Myanmar’sContinue reading “United Nations General Assembly Rejects Myanmar Junta’s Credentials”

Press Release for Immediate Publication London, 18 August 2023: Myanmar’s junta has filed a complaint with the British police to expel the pro-democracy Ambassador, Kyaw Zwar Minn, from the official ambassadorial residence in London and take possession of the property.  The complaint accuses Ambassador Minn of trespassing and before it can go to trial it mustContinue reading “MAP Condemns Myanmar Junta’s Illegal Attempt to Seize Diplomatic Property in London “

Press Release for Immediate Publication Jakarta 11 August, 2023: A leading Burmese Human Rights organisation and a group of lawyers from the Philippines and Indonesia have presented a petition to the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta demanding accountability and justice for the people of Myanmar.  The main complainant, Salai Za Uk, Deputy Director of the ChinContinue reading “Rights Officials and Lawyers Petition ASEAN to Establish an Individual Complaints Mechanism and Fact-Finding Mission for Myanmar”

Top UN Official Admits UN Markings Removed from UN Boat Used to Transport Junta Officials  Press Release from the Myanmar Accountability Project  London, 16 March 2023: The Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) has obtained an internal communication from the UN’s top official in Myanmar, the Resident Coordinator, Ramanathan Balakrishnan, which reveals a shocking double standard.   In it, MrContinue reading “Leaked Document Shows UN Participating in Rohingya Repatriation Pilot Despite Fears for Refugee Safety “

Remember Myanmar Interactive Image Press Release and picture story London, 31 January, 2023: The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and the Myanmar Accountability Project, (MAP), have released a digital portrait of Ko Jimmy, the democracy activist and prisoner of conscience who was executed along with three others in Yangon on 25 July last year.Continue reading “Interactive Iconic Image Released to Mark Anniversary of Myanmar’s Failed Coup”

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MYANMAR ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT  London, 25 December, 2022: Myanmar’s failed coup leaders have escalated their attempts to evict the Myanmar Ambassador from his residence in London by posting eviction notices on the gates of Myanmar House, the ambassadorial residence in London.   Junta representatives have been attempting to seize the property in violationContinue reading “MAP Condemns Unlawful Attempt by the Illegal Junta to Seize Myanmar House in London”