Michael Kyaw Myint sentenced to 9 months for defamation
“It is evident that Michael Kyaw Myint used a telecommunications network to post libellous writings about the chief minister of Yangon.”
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Sagaing marchers get prison for May protests
Fifteen workers from a Sagaing-based plywood company receive prison sentences for scuffling with police during a protest in Naypyidaw in May.
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Sagaing marchers indicted on unlawful assembly, sedition charges
The tree female defendants were indicted on two unlawful assembly charges each, while the 12 men were also indicted for sedition.
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ERI calls for release of activist charged with sedition
Accusing Burma’s armed forces of “going after activists who dare to expose its abuses”, EarthRights International calls for the release of Arakanese activist Khaing Myo Htun.
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Arakan politician faces sedition charges in court
The former deputy chairman of the Arakan Liberation Party, Khine Myo Tun, was arrested two days ago for allegedly accusing the Burmese army of committing war crimes in western Burma.
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11 Letpadan activists granted bail
Tharawaddy district court on Tuesday granted bail to eleven activists arrested for participating in a student protest three months ago.
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Hearing postponed after activist collapses at court
A hearing for education law protestors in Pegu Division is postponed after a defendant coughs up blood and collapses as he is being brought into court.
49 activists arrested last month: AAPP
Report says Burma currently holds 163 political prisoners, adding that 442 non-detained activists are awaiting trial, 49 of whom were charged in May.
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Students apply for bail at Myingyan hearing
Six detainees appear in court charged with leading education law protests, while two others face trial for lowering the national flag.
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Emergency Provisions Act endures abolition vote
Critics allege that the act is widely used by the Burmese government to persecute political activists and journalists.
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Former Min. of Religious Affairs sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment
Former Minister of Religious Affairs Hsan Hsint was found guilty of sedition and criminal breach of trust on Friday for mishandling a raid on Mahasantisukha Monastery.
Journalists sentenced to 2 years for sedition
Five staff members of the now defunct Bi-Mon Te Nay weekly news journal have been found guilty of sedition charges and sentenced to two years each in prison by Rangoon’s Pabedan Township Court.
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Sedition charge brought against former religious affairs minister
Deposed religious affairs minister Hsan Hsint has had a sedition charge added to legal proceedings filed against him by the government.
Bullet Points: 22 July 2014
Angus Watson brings you today’s edition of Bullet Points
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Plough protestors charged with sedition
Local farmers of Madaya, Mandalay division have been charged with crimes ranging from sedition to trespassing and staging unauthorised protest after they took up tools and farmed land they claim is rightfully theirs.
Naw Ohn Hla charged on religious offences from 2007
In addition to last week’s charge of sedition, the renowned Burmese activist has now been charged with disturbing a religious assembly – back in 2007.
Families argue sedition charge
The families of three people charged with instigating riots in Mandalay last week held a press conference claiming they were wrongly accused.
NLD member given life sentence for sedition
Feb 14, 2008 (DVB)-The defence lawyer for a National League for Democracy member who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment has claimed that his client's punishment is unlawful. Lawyer U[…]
