“It is evident that Michael Kyaw Myint used a telecommunications network to post libellous writings about the chief minister of Yangon.”
Tag: Telecommunications Law
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…