Questions for rights body as NLD prepares to take office
In what many have hailed as a new dawn in terms of respect for human rights in Myanmar with the coming to power of a National League for Democracy government, some activists are questioning how much, and how soon, anything is going to change.
The focus is being directed squarely at the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission. Hailed as a step toward transparency and accountability when President U Thein Sein set it up in 2011, it quickly attracted criticism for its apparent failure to take on issues perceived as difficult or sensitive.
