ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ:
"...On 10 July 2014, four Journalists and a Chief Executive Director of Unity weekly news journal were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour under Section 3(1)(a) the ?Burma Official Secrets Act 1923? because of article on an army own factory. The Asian Human Rights Commission has already issued an urgent appeal on this case (AHRC-UAC-066-2014). As the responsible officer of the factory said, in court, that the factory is not a chemical weapon factory, there is no evidence that the accused sent documents to other powerful country and there is no signboard or any gazette order which shows the place is prohibited, it is obvious that the journalists committed no crime under the law under which they were charged..."
ရင်းမြစ်:
Asian Human Rights Commission
Date of Publication:
2014-00-21
Date of entry:
2014-07-21
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
အကြောင်းအရာ/အမျိုးအစား:
Language:
English
