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U.N. Member States: Impose Jet Fuel And Weapons Embargo On Myanmar Military Junta
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 6:35 pm | Fortify Rights
New report names 22 junta commanders linked to deadly airstrikes on civilians. More >>
New Report Exposes War Crimes Committed By The Myanmar Junta
Saturday, 30 August 2025, 5:20 pm | Fortify Rights
The 86-page report exposes how the junta launched indiscriminate attacks on civilians and displaced communities, amounting to war crimes. While airstrikes on civilians in Myanmar have been widely reported, accountability remains elusive. More >>
Bangladesh: Ensure Accountability For Enforced Disappearances, Provide Reparations For Survivors And Victims’ Families
Wednesday, 27 August 2025, 7:29 am | Fortify Rights
Fortify Rights interviewed 10 survivors and relatives of victims of enforced disappearance, as well as a lawyer supporting victims’ families. More >>
U.N. Member States: Pursue Accountability For Rohingya Genocide
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 9:41 am | Fortify Rights
The joint statement notes that a U.N. Security Council referral of the situation in Myanmar to the International Criminal Court (ICC) would “ensure comprehensive accountability for crimes committed against all communities” in Myanmar. More >>
India: End Unlawful Expulsion Of Indian Muslim Citizens And Rohingya Refugees
Friday, 1 August 2025, 3:35 pm | Fortify Rights
Muslim citizens and Rohingya refugees face forcible expulsions and pushbacks under intensified Home Ministry “illegal immigrant” verification campaign More >>
U.N.: Investigate Potential War Crimes In Thailand-Cambodia Border Conflict
Wednesday, 30 July 2025, 7:50 am | Fortify Rights
Attacks launched by both sides have reportedly killed at least 23 civilians and displaced hundreds of thousands in both Thailand and Cambodia. More >>
U.S. Court Agrees Trump Administration’s ICC Sanctions Likely Violate First Amendment Rights Of Fortify Rights CEO
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 6:46 pm | Fortify Rights
Court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the administration from punishing CEO Matthew Smith and co-complainant Akila Radhakrishnan. More >>
International Criminal Court: Investigate Arakan Army War Crimes Against Rohingya
Thursday, 24 July 2025, 6:40 pm | Fortify Rights
New investigation details abductions, torture, killings, and beheadings of Rohingya civilians More >>
International Criminal Court: Investigate Russian Airstrikes And Drone Attacks On Civilians
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 11:16 am | Fortify Rights
Even though Putin’s top military commanders have already been indicted by the International Criminal Court for their massive attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, such attacks continue unabated, causing many civilian casualties. More >>
Protect Women Domestic Violence Survivors, Refugees, And Human Rights Defenders
Friday, 20 June 2025, 10:14 am | Fortify Rights
Fortify Rights made an official submission to the CEDAW Committee, making recommendations on the rights of domestic violence survivors, refugees, and human rights defenders. More >>
Malaysia: End Arbitrary Arrest, Detention And Torture Of Refugees
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 3:31 pm | Fortify Rights
Detained refugees caught in government “repatriation” drive subjected to beatings, stress positions. More >>
ILO Member States: Implement Resolution On Myanmar Junta
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:50 pm | Fortify Rights
The resolution calls on governments, workers, and employers organizations to review their relations with the junta “with the aim to disable all means that have abetted or empowered the perpetuation of … egregious violations.” More >>
China: Immediately And Unconditionally Free Human Rights Defender Dr. Wang Bingzhang
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 7:58 pm | Fortify Rights
Eight Parliamentarians Urge U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy to call for the release of Dr. Wang Bingzhang More >>
Take Action On Myanmar Labor Rights Abuses; ILO Governing Body To Consider Measures Against Military Junta
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 10:45 am | Fortify Rights
International Labour Conference (ILC) is set to discuss measures aimed at securing the Myanmar military junta’s compliance with recommendations made by an ILO Commission of Inquiry (ILO CoI). More >>
Hong Kong: New National Security Subsidiary Legislation Further Intensifies Repression
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:27 pm | Fortify Rights
New ‘national security’ measures strengthen Beijing’s stranglehold on freedoms. More >>
India: Government Arbitrarily Detained & Forcibly Transferred Rohingya Human Rights Defender In Defiance Of U.N. Ruling
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:50 am | Fortify Rights
Amid ongoing crackdown, U.N. Working Group calls on India to prevent future violations, ensure reparations, and cooperate with U.N. refugee agency. More >>
Thailand: Lawyers Council Launches Probe Into Fatal Torture Of Myanmar National
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 5:17 pm | Fortify Rights
Thailand’s Department of Special Investigations declines to investigate More >>
Malaysia: Lead ASEAN To Forge Bloc-Wide Aviation Fuel Embargo On Myanmar Junta
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:35 am | Fortify Rights
Since October 2021, ASEAN has excluded the Myanmar junta’s representative from the meetings due to the junta’s failure to abide by the five-point consensus. The regional bloc must continue to extend its exclusion of Myanmar junta representatives ... More >>
Impose Regional Aviation Fuel Embargo On Myanmar Junta
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:55 pm | Fortify Rights
Junta airstrike on school in Sagaing Region kills 22 children, two teachers. More >>
End Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, And Forced Returns Of Rohingya Refugees
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:15 pm | Fortify Rights
Indian authorities beat, blindfold, handcuff, and forcibly return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar More >>
