We firmly believe there should be no ‘double jeopardy’,” said Dr. Arkar Moe Thu, the chairperson of Dagon University Teachers Union.
Tag: student protests
Mandalay student activists sentenced, sing protest songs in court
The four demanded that their handcuffs be removed during the hearing. When their demand was denied, they began singing political songs.
Education protestors appear in Mandalay court
The four students were detained for staging a protest against what they called “military-style oppression” within Burma’s education system.
Anniversary of violent student protest crackdown at Latpadan
Away from the presidential nomination spotlight, 10 March also marks the one-year anniversary of the violent police crackdown on student protestors in Latpadan.
More jailed students hospitalised
Four education activists jailed in central Burma since March have been transferred to hospital in Rangoon.
Election Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of arrest
OPINION: Police were overwhelmingly responsible for the violent confrontation with student protestors in Letpadan, writes researcher Matthew Bugher.