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    Michael Kyaw Myint sentenced to 9 months for defamation
    January 18, 2018in Law, Lead Story, News167by PYAE PHONE AUNG
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    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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    Censorship via Telecoms Law ‘defamation’ rises under NLD: report
    December 12, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News525by COCONUTS YANGON
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    Censorship via Telecoms Law ‘defamation’ rises under NLD: report

    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…

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    66(d) amendments on the table, but advocates call for repeal
    July 14, 2017in Lead Story, News, Politics331by NAY PHYO WIN
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    66(d) amendments on the table, but advocates call for repeal

    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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    DVB, Irrawaddy reporters remanded in custody until 21 July
    July 7, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News9by YE MON
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    DVB, Irrawaddy reporters remanded in custody until 21 July

    A impromptu remand hearing was called today court for three journalists who were arrested last week in Shan State.

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    Suu Kyi says changes to telecoms law’s defamation clause under consideration
    July 6, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News296by REUTERS
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    Suu Kyi says changes to telecoms law’s defamation clause under consideration

    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…

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    As defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection
    June 30, 2017in Lead Story, Media, News94by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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    As defamation cases grow, cartoonists face self-censorship and rejection

    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…

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