Category: Law ဥပဒ
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Military’s cyber security bill worse than their previous draft
The military’s new draft Cyber Security Law repeats the repressive provisions of previous drafts and adds more, seriously threatening the safety and security of Myanmar’s digital space. The military has…
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“Hate speech” committee threatens more censorship
A new drafting committee for a “hate speech” “law” that includes much broader political “crimes” is another sign of the military’s intention to restrict freedom of expression in the long…
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Six risks from Myanmar’s draft Cyber Security Law
This analysis outlines six serious risks posed by the Myanmar military’s draft “Cyber Security Law”. It is based upon international standards relating to the right to freedom of expression. It…
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New Bill a big step backwards for RTI — သတင်းအချက်အလက်အခွင့်အရေးကို နောက်သို့အကြီးအကျယ်ခြေလှမ်းဆုတ်သွားစေသော ဥပဒေကြမ်းအသစ်
If adopted, the Myanmar government’s new Bill would significantly undermine the right to information (RTI) in one of the world’s most secretive countries. FEM urges the government and parliament to…
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5 violations that need addressing in protest law amendment – ငြိမ်းစုစီဥပဒေကို ပြင်ဆင်သည့် ဥပဒေကြမ်း၏ ဦးတည်ဆန်းစစ်ရန်လိုအပ်နေသော လူ့အခွင့်အရေးချိုးဖောက်နေမှု (၅)ရပ်။
Download this as a PDF» We welcome the recognition that the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law (the PAPP Law) is undemocratic and should again be amended by the government.…
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Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law
The Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law regulates protest in Myanmar. The Law clearly violates the Myanma people’s rights to freedom of expression and assembly by: Prioritising control over rather than facilitation…
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Protection of journalists and human rights defenders bill
Journalists and human rights defenders are regularly attacked for what they say in Myanmar. Reprisal attacks include surveillance, harassment, beatings and killings. Women also face gender-based attacks. Freedom of expression…
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Protection Against Hate Speech Bill – အမုန်းစကားတားဆီးကာကွယ်ရေးဥပဒေကြမ်း၏ ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေရှိသောဆိုးကျိုးများမှ အကာအကွယ်
Influential people that are intolerant of religious, ethnic, gender and sexual diversity have made hateful speech in Myanmar. Hateful speech has included everything from offensive and discriminatory remarks to incitement…
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Right to Information Bill
Myanmar is one of the most corrupt countries in the world with one of the most unaccountable governments. This is partly because the government is very secretive and many public…
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Public Service Media Bill
Myanmar has a number of government-controlled broadcasters on radio and television, including channels run by the Ministry of Information and by the military. The government needs to end all government-controlled…