Myanmar: ASEAN must kickstart stalled approach to human rights crisis at US summit

By Amnesty International

As leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in the United States for a two-day summit, Amnesty International urges them to spotlight the violence and human rights violations in Myanmar. “The Five-Point Consensus is a failure and did not stop the Myanmar military from perpetrating more human rights violations against the […] The post Myanmar: ASEAN must kickstart stalled approach to human rights crisis at US summit appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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