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    131 Search results for "Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law"

    Kachin Lead Story News

    Kachin anti-war activists to appeal defamation suit: lawyer

    Two Kachin youth activists facing criminal defamation charges after staging a protest calling for the evacuation to safety of civilians displaced by conflict in Kachin State will appeal to the regional court, seeking to have those charges dropped.

    Lead Story News Parliament

    CSOs downplay shared opposition to protest law changes with military MPs

    Although a coalition of civil society organisations agrees with military-aligned parliamentarians in opposing proposed changes to Burma’s Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law, the CSOs say they have no plans to cooperate with those MPs in ongoing resistance to the amendments.

    Lead Story News Protest

    CSOs to contest Peaceful Assembly amendments

    “The bill is not in line with either legal or democratic standards, nor with the stance of the NLD,” said Nyo Nyo Thin.

    Lead Story News Parliament

    Upper House votes in favour of amending protest law

    Despite public protest urging lawmakers to reject a bill amending Burma’s Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law, the Upper House of Parliament gave its seal of approval to the contentious legislation on Wednesday.

    Lead Story News Parliament

    Opponents rally as Upper House considers changes to assembly law

    Hundreds of demonstrators gather in Yangon to protest proposed amendments to already contentious legislation that critics say would further curb the ability of citizens to publically assemble, as Parliament’s Upper House begins debate on the changes.

    Lead Story News Protest

    Bill to amend Peaceful Assembly Law submitted to Upper House

    Human rights and civil society groups have long criticised the Peaceful Assembly Law, or Article 19 as it is commonly known, saying it has been used by the government and military to suppress opposition.

    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Mandalay student activists sentenced, sing protest songs in court

    The four demanded that their handcuffs be removed during the hearing. When their demand was denied, they began singing political songs.

    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Education protestors appear in Mandalay court

    The four students were detained for staging a protest against what they called “military-style oppression” within Burma’s education system.

    Human Rights Law Lead Story News

    Rights groups assemble to debate Freedom of Assembly Law

    Civil society organisations say despite the new Freedom of Association Law passed in June last year, there are still many restrictions that should be dropped.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Independent candidate arrested for sedition

    Myat Nu Khine, an independent candidate in Pegu constituency, has been arrested and charged for her alleged involvement in a protest last year.

    Latpadaung Lead Story News Protest

    Naw Ohn Hla handed additional sentence ‘with hard labour’

    Incarcerated political activist Naw Ohn Hla has been handed an additional six-month sentence for allegedly disturbing religious assembly eight years ago.

    Lead Story Mandalay Division Media News Protest

    Mandalay activist handed maximum sentence under Article 18

    Thein Aung Myint demanded justice after the killing in military custody of journalist Par Gyi. He was sentenced to six months in prison with labour.

    Lead Story News Protest

    Acquittals and new charge in pagoda rally case

    Long-running case in Magwe sees trespassing charges acquitted, but a new charge under Article 18 levelled.

    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Education Law protestors reach Myingyan

    Some 100 students marching over 600 km from Mandalay in central Burma to the former capital, Rangoon, arrived in the town of Myingyan on Sunday.

    Education Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Mandalay students, profs parlay after Education Bill protest

    A delegation of student activists met with university professors in Mandalay a day after a Burmese student union led a public demonstration in the city denouncing the National Education Law.

    Education Lead Story News

    Students rally against education law

    Four hundred students marched against the National Education Law on Friday, as US President Obama spoke at Rangoon University.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Activists Win Cho and Wai Lu sentenced to 3 months

    Two well-known activists have been sentenced to three months in prison for violating Burma’s controversial Right to Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act, after staging a rally without prior permission from local authorities.

    Chin Ethnic issues Lead Story News Uncategorized

    Women’s rights activists stand trial in Chin State for protesting against army rape

    Eight women’s rights activists were questioned yesterday in Chin State for staging public protests against sexual violence by the Burmese military.

    Land Lead Story Mandalay Division News

    Su Su Nway charged in Mandalay for protesting without permission

    Police authorities in Pyin Oo Lwin pressed charges against labour activist Su Su Nway for organising a massive protest with getting permission.

    Constitution Law Lead Story News

    Peaceful Assembly Bill passed, now awaits president’s signature

    Burma’s Parliament passes a bill proposing amendments to the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law that would oblige authorities to accept all applications for public rallies unless they can cite “valid reasons”.

    Farmers hold massive march in Mandalay over land grab video

    Lead Story News Video

    Farmers hold massive march in Mandalay over land grab

    Around 1,500 farmers from Mandalay Division marched through Pyin Oo Lwin demanding the return of 300,000 acres of farmland allegedly confiscated by the government and private companies.

    Lead Story Media News

    Unity journalists’ lawyer objects to court procedure

    The most high-profile of all the current cases against journalists in Burma involves the CEO and four reporters from Unity Weekly who have been charged with violating the State Secrets Act after reporting on a munitions factory in Magwe.

    Law Lead Story News Politics

    Lower House proposes softening Peaceful Assembly Law

    An amendment to the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law has been voted on in Burma’s Lower House and now awaits Upper House approval.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Magwe demands ‘Slapper’ Ohn Myint step down

    Nearly 1,000 residents in Aunglan, Magwe Division protested on Monday to demand the resignation of Ohn Myint, Burma’s Minister of Livestock Breeding, Fisheries and Rural Development.

    Constitution Lead Story News Suu Kyi

    NLD supporters in Mandalay rally for charter change

    Hundreds gathered in central Burma’s Mandalay on Sunday demanding abolition of Article-59(f) of the 20008 Constitution, which bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency.

    BRIEF – Farmers protest in Rangoon over land, jailed activists

    Hundreds of farmers from over 30 townships across Burma gathered in protest on 18 January in front of Rangoon’s City Hall, calling on the government to mediate disputes over land[…]

    Lead Story News

    Funeral rites for land grab protestors in Michaungkan

    Around 400 residents in Rangoon’s Thingangyun township have received funeral rites from Buddhist monks, saying they are ready to die protesting for the return of cultivated land which was confiscated from them by the military.

    Protesting the protest law video

    Lead Story News Video

    Protesting the protest law

    Up to seven protesters demonstrating against the protest law have been charged for protesting illegally.

    News Politics

    Latpadaung activists sentenced, released in Mandalay

    Activists who were charged for protesting against the police’s brutal crackdown on rally sites at Latpadaung Copper Mining Project were sentenced to one month’s imprisonment but walked free today

    News Politics

    Farmer’s rally against land grabs; officials issue warning

    About 300 farmers from Rangoon’s Dagon Seikkan township demonstrated last Friday over land grabbing as an official in Pegu division warned farmers to stop ploughing confiscated land

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