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.”
“It is evident that Michael Kyaw Myint used a telecommunications network to post libellous writings about the chief minister of Yangon.”
Burma’s notorious online defamation law remains the tool of choice for powerful people in the country who seek to punish those who are trying to hold them accountable, and the amendment of the law in August has had “no discernible impact” on this, says a new report by the rights groups Free Expression Myanmar.
A draft bill to amend the controversial article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law has been submitted to the Upper House.
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A impromptu remand hearing was called today court for three journalists who were arrested last week in Shan State.
Burma is considering amendments to a law that human rights monitors say violates free speech and has been used to jail journalists and activists, leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday.
Burmese cartoonists weren’t always so worried about the potential repercussions of what they draw, but a spike in online defamation cases under the current government of Aung San Suu Kyi has them on edge.
Many observers say Article 66(d) has been used summarily to incarcerate dozens of government or military critics.
Phoe Htaung, who was on trial for using the official seal of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in a Facebook post that erroneously declared the resignation of senior party official Win Htein, was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday under the Telecommunications Law’s controversial article 66(d).
The Ministry of Transport and Communications is reviewing the 2013 Telecommunications Law to determine whether the legislation’s article 66(d), a controversial provision on electronic defamation, should be amended.
Lead Story News Technology & Science
Information technology professionals gathered yesterday at the CommuniCast Myanmar 2016 conference at Novotel Yangon Max to discuss the country’s digital future. However, while they were officially there to showcase satellite, fibre optics and broadcasting technologies, they also used the opportunity to demand the right to free expression from the NLD-led government.
A lawsuit against the Eleven Media Group should be dropped immediately, according to right groups calling on Burma’s government to reform restrictive media laws.
Hla Phone, who was accused of posting insulting images and comments on Facebook, was found guilty of violating Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
Law Lead Story News Pegu Division
The case against a member of Burma’s former ruling party accused of broadcasting obscenities directed at the leaders of the current government has stalled due to the loss of a key piece of evidence.
Arakan Law Lead Story Military News
Senior NLD official Myo Yan Naung Thein faces charges after posting remarks critical of the army’s defense of Burma’s borders on Facebook.
Lead Story News Technology & Science Women's Issues
As Internet and mobile phone use surge, more women are experiencing abusive online posting of intimate private photos without their consent.
The case against Hla Phone, who is accused of posting insulting images of Burma’s military chief and former president Thein Sein on Facebook, is based on a controversial telecommunications law.
Human Rights Lead Story Media News
A new report by Human Rights Watch notes that lawsuits and arrests aimed at curtailing free speech have continued under the NLD government.
Peace and Diversity Party leader Nay Myo Wai has been accused of defaming the country’s political and military leaders.
An online activist received a six month jail term, minus time already served, in a Friday sentencing at a Rangoon court. After an October arrest, Kachin man Patrick Kum Jaa[…]
Lead Story Media News Politics
The fast-increasing use of social media in Burma played a crucial role in the election campaign, with activists and politicians leveraging the medium.
A USDP member has been arrested for posting a defamatory image of Aung San Suu Kyi on social media during the election campaign period.
Chaw Sandi Htun, the woman arrested for defamation after allegedly mocking the Burmese army’s new uniform on social media, appeared for a fifth court hearing on Tuesday.