"JAKARTA, 12 March 2018 ? Lawmakers from across Southeast Asia expressed serious concerns today over new, restrictive draft amendments to Myanmar?s peaceful assembly law, and urged members of the Myanmar Parliament?s Lower House to reject the proposed revisions, following the Upper House?s passage of the amendments on 7 March. ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said that the draft amendments to the 2011 Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law would place further burdensome restrictions on the right to free assembly and expression and constituted a step in the wrong direction for Myanmar. ?If passed, the amendments would not only stifle freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, but would also mark a significant shrinking of democratic space in Myanmar,” said Philippine Congressman Teddy Baguilat, an APHR Board Member..."