"On December 28, 2018, plain-clothes police officers in Myanmar arrested three student leaders, who had protested against the authorities and called for more safety measures on campus, following a series of deaths involving university students in the country's Mandalay region. Instead of addressing their concerns, the Yadanabon University students were charged with illegal assembly as well as arson, for setting fire to a makeshift cardboard coffin with photos of government and university officials, during the otherwise peaceful protest. More: Myanmar military persists with conflicts despite UN calls for global end to fighting Persecution of critics 'continues in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar' Myanmar charges journalist under terrorism law, blocks news site In turn, four more students staged a separate rally demanding the release of their colleagues and they were promptly arrested and charged with the same "violations" that had earlier been brought against the three others. All seven students were found guilty of the charges and sentenced to three months in prison in February 2019. They were released six weeks later, having served the remainder of their detentions..."