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 “