Imprisoned for Protest and Free Speech in Burma

1,658 views · Published 24 January 2017 · 3:47 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Human Rights Watch · 2017 · News & Politics

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Burma’s government should act to end the prosecution of peaceful critics in violation of their right to free speech. The National League for Democracy (NLD)-led government should seek to amend or repeal laws that criminalize nonviolent speech.

Burma’s donors should press the government to end prosecutions for peaceful expression and to release all those detained in violation of their basic rights.

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