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Myanmar: New expression meets old repression: Ending the cycle of political arrests and imprisonment in Myanmar

By Amnesty International  •  March 24, 2016

This is the summary of the Amnesty International report which highlights the pattern of politically motivated arrest and imprisonment since the start of 2014. Since it came to power in March 2011, the government in Myanmar has embarked on a major transition from five decades of authoritarian military rule towards a more open political system. However, despite these reforms, activists continue to face arrest, prosecution and imprisonment for their peaceful activities.

Download this summary of report in English here.

Download the full report in English here.

အစီရင္ခံစာ ျမန္မာဘာသာကုိ ဤေနရာတြင္ ရယူႏုိင္သည္။

Tags: Amnesty International, ASEAN, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Association, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Political Prisoners

This post is in: ASEAN, Business and Human Rights, Crimes Against Humanity, Ethnic Nationalities, Human Rights, International Relations, Law, Military Regime, Political Prisoners, Women

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