Victims and witnesses on persecution against Christian minorities
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2020-083-002
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2020
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 21.916221
Longitude: 95.955974
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Myanmar (Burma)
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
- Dates of prior UN action
- September 2019
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
The Mission reported in September 2019 that it was unable to corroborate information received about a widespread campaign of persecution against members of Christian minorities by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in areas of Shan State under its control, due to a fear of reprisals (A/HRC/42/CRP.5, para. 547).
- Type of rights defended
- Caste/Ethnic minorities' rights/Racism
- Religious freedom
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
The Mission reported in September 2019 that it was unable to corroborate information received about a widespread campaign of persecution against members of Christian minorities by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in areas of Shan State under its control, due to a fear of reprisals (A/HRC/42/CRP.5, para. 547).
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Independent Investigation
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- Unclear
- Reprisal information
The Mission reported in September 2019 that it was unable to corroborate information received about a widespread campaign of persecution against members of Christian minorities by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) in areas of Shan State under its control, due to a fear of reprisals (A/HRC/42/CRP.5, para. 547).
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Unclear
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0