{"id":29783,"date":"2023-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/press\/junta-invited-to-asean-eu-human-rights-dialogue-6085\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:10:21","slug":"junta-invited-to-asean-eu-human-rights-dialogue-6085","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/press\/junta-invited-to-asean-eu-human-rights-dialogue-6085\/","title":{"rendered":"Junta invited to ASEAN-EU Human Rights Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/80576ab1f820c53242fe105fcfeb96fd.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>CSW condemns the decision to invite the military junta of Myanmar\/Burma to ASEAN-EU 5<sup>th<\/sup> Policy Dialogue on Human Rights on Tuesday 3 October.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/forbinfull.org\/2023\/10\/03\/the-myanmar-junta-should-have-no-place-at-the-asean-eu-human-rights-dialogue\/\">blog<\/a> published today, CSW details some of the most recent acts of violence waged by the Myanmar military on its civilians, including the beheading of three men in Pale Township in the Sagaing Region, and the bombing of a monastic school in Wuntho Township, also in the Sagaing Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These violations are the latest in over two and a half years of similarly egregious acts, during which the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners estimates at least 4,137 people have been killed as of 2 October 2023. The military stands accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity since it seized power in a coup in February 2021, in addition to accusations of genocide against the Rohingya people that relate to \u2018clearance operations\u2019 carried out in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeidiHautala\/status\/1708850505273803223\">statement<\/a> posted on X (formerly Twitter), the Vice-President of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala wrote: \u2018It is shocking and unacceptable that EU has accepted participation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Myanmar?src=hashtag_click\">#Myanmar<\/a> murderous junta in the EU-ASEAN CSOs Forum on Human Rights in Brussels. Clearly only the people\u2019s legitimate representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NUG?src=hashtag_click\">#NUG<\/a> &#038; co should be there. It is not too late to correct the decision.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSW\u2019s Europe Liaison Officer Jonathan de Leyser said: \u2018CSW echoes the words of Vice-President Hautala; the Myanmar military should have no place at the ASEAN-EU Human Rights Dialogue, and it must be disinvited immediately \u2013 even once proceedings have begun, if necessary. Anything less will weaken the credibility of the dialogue, and undermine the cause of the people of Myanmar, who have suffered two and a half years of horrific human rights violations at the hands of this murderous regime.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Note to Editors:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1.<span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal\"><\/span>Myanmar is a member of ASEAN, however the military junta has been excluded from the bloc\u2019s meetings since the February 2021 coup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.<span style=\"font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forbinfull.org\/2023\/10\/03\/the-myanmar-junta-should-have-no-place-at-the-asean-eu-human-rights-dialogue\/\">Click here to read CSW\u2019s blog<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSW condemns the decision to invite the military junta of Myanmar\/Burma to ASEAN-EU 5th Policy Dialogue on Human Rights on Tuesday 3 October.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":43919,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[129,128],"class_list":["post-29783","press","type-press","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-burma-myanmar","regions-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40367,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/29783\/revisions\/40367"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29783"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=29783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}