Five members of the Tavoy University Students Union were sentenced on Wednesday for their involvement in an education law protests earlier this year.
Tag: Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act
Burma listed in Top 10 for jailing journalists
“With ten journalists now languishing behind bars, proponents of the country’s supposed democratic progress should wake up and take notice of the authoritarian reality that still governs the country.”
Number of political prisoners is up, says rights group
Despite the president’s promise to rid Burma’s jails of political prisoners by the end of 2013, a leading advocacy group claims that the number of prisoners of conscience has increased…
The power of protest: Nay Myo Zin
DVB spoke with prominent activist and former Burmese army captain, Nay Myo Zin, this week about participating in peaceful protests and how it can lead to clashes with the government.
Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months
Two well-known activists have been sentenced to three months in prison for violating Burma’s controversial Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act, after staging a rally without prior permission…
Activist sentenced to one year for false claims of NLD coup
An activist was sentenced to one year in prison with hard labour for distributing leaflets that claimed that Aung San Suu Kyi and ethnic political leaders formed an interim government.