ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
Summary:
"While the country is more open than
before, the people?s rights are being
neglected. They can arrest you at any time under these laws. There is no
guarantee.
?Pang Long, attorney, Rangoon, January 2016
The past five years have been a time of liberalization and change in Burma. The abolition
of prior censorship and a loosening of licensing requirements has led to a vibrant press,
and the shift from formal military rule has emboldened civil society.
The change has not been without conflict, however, and, under President Thein Sein, those
who embraced the new freedoms to vocally criticize the government or military too often
found themselves arrested and in prison. The
backlash against critics was facilitated by a
range of overly broad and vaguely worded laws
that violate internationally protected rights
to expression and peaceful assembly, some dating from the British colonial era, some
enacted under successive military juntas, and others the products of reform efforts, or
ostensible reform efforts, by the Thein Sein government.
This report examines how Burmese governments have used and abused these laws and
the ways in which the laws themselves fall far short of international standards. It sets forth
a series of concrete recommendations to the new Burmese government, led by Aung San
Suu Kyi?s National League for Democracy (NLD), aimed at dismantling the inherited legal
infrastructure of repression..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Publication:
2016-06-29
Date of entry:
2016-06-29
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)