Coup – Page 2 – Free Expression Myanmar

New legal advice and support for people prosecuted for their free expression လွတ်လပ်စွာ ထုတ်ဖော်ပြောဆိုခြင်းအား ကျင့်သုံးသည့်အတွက် တရားစွဲဆိုခံထားရ သူများအား ဥပဒေရေးရာ အကြံပေးခြင်း နှင့် ပံ့ပိုးမှု

Free Expression Myanmar (FEM) is launching a legal support hotline for those being prosecuted for exercising their right to freedom of expression. This includes anyone prosecuted or facing a risk of prosecution, and will cover anybody including journalists, protesters, activists, human rights defenders, CSO workers,

Joint letter to Ooredoo calling for due diligence in any sale

FEM and partners have written to the CEO of Ooredoo global to urge the company to conduct human rights due diligence on any potential sale, vet any potential buyers, safeguard users, and engage with stakeholders. The letter We, the undersigned organizations, work to protect, promote

Submission to International Parliamentary Inquiry into Myanmar

FEM has provided a submission to the International Parliamentary Inquiry into the international response to the coup in Myanmar. The Inquiry was launched to assess the response of international actors to the crisis in Myanmar, with the aim of formulating effective policy recommendations for courses

Ooredoo sale risk to digital rights in Myanmar အော်ရီဒူး(မြန်မာ)အား ရောင်းထုတ်မည့် အစီအစဥ်သည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင်း ဒစ်ဂျစ်တယ်အခွင့်အရေးများအား ထိခိုက်နိုင်ချေရှိ

FEM urges Ooredoo to conduct heightened due diligence before deciding whether to sell or who to sell to, ensuring the greatest protection for the digital rights of employees and customers. Ooredoo, the last foreign mobile telecoms operator remaining in Myanmar, has reportedly told the regulator

Extrajudicial killings of dissidents a war crime with serious chilling effect အာဏာသိမ်းမှုအား ဆန့်ကျင်သူများကို တရားမျှတသည့်ဥပဒေလုပ်ထုံးလုပ်နည်းများနှင့်မညီဘဲ သတ်ဖြတ်ခြင်းသည် ဥပဒေဆိုင်ရာအခွင့်အရေးကို အသုံးချမှုအား တားဆီးကန့်သတ်သည့် သက်ရောက်မှုကို ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေပြီး၊ ဆိုးရွားသော စစ်ရာဇဝတ်မှု ကျူးလွန်ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်။

FEM shares its condolences and condemns the military’s extrajudicial killing of four dissidents in what likely amounts to a war crime that will leave a chilling effect on freedom of expression across Myanmar and beyond. On 25 July, the military-controlled State media announced that Ko

UN submission on military propaganda and disinformation

FEM has submitted a report to the UN Special Rapporteur regarding the military’s use of propaganda, disinformation, media censorship, and internet restrictions to incite conflict. Background The UN Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, Irene Khan, is writing a report for the UN General Assembly

Recommendations to protect mass movements submitted to UN

FEM has submitted a report based on the experiences of Myanmar to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association who is conducting a review of “social movements”. Background FEM’s submission to the UN Special Rapporteur’s call encapsulates the offline and online

Review of post-coup CSO funding submitted to UN

FEM has submitted a report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association documenting the post-coup funding of CSOs in Myanmar. The report covers Myanmar’s association regulations, their effect on fundraising, and the military’s crackdown on CSO funding. It also highlights

UN review of internet shutdowns including Myanmar

FEM has submitted a report to the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights documenting how the Myanmar government and military have arbitrarily shutdown and slowed down access to the internet over the past three years. The report covers Myanmar’s regulatory framework,

Digital coup anniversary event

To mark one year since the military banned Facebook in Myanmar, join us in a discussion on the “digital coup”. The event will hear from four speakers from different sectors each with an expert understanding of the topic: Khoe Reh – the Head of Myanmar