Myanmar Penal Code News Today

In the nearly three years that have passed since Myanmar’s coup d’état, the global media has shifted its attention to other crises, from the sudden withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan to Rus...

The military-controlled government of Myanmar Thursday announced the release of some 5,700 prisoners. Among those released are Japanese documentary film maker Toru Kubota, former UK ambassador to Myan...

A Yangon court has sentenced journalist Htet Htet Khine to three years in prison under incitement charges, as disturbing crackdowns on press freedom continue under Myanmar’s military regime. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the court’s decision and calls on the junta to protect the rights of journalists and media workers in Myanmar.

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. In t...

On March 8, journalists Nathan Maung and Hanthar Nyein went to the Yangon office in Myanmar's largest city to retrieve some equipment, fearing that th

연이은 변호사 납치·체포… 미얀마 인권 마지노선도 무너지다 입력 커지는 분노… 시민들, 쿠데타 수장 생일에 화형식 지난 2월 미얀마 양곤의 변호사들이 군부의 쿠데타에 반대하는 거리 시위를 벌이고 있다. 미얀마 나우 캡처 미얀마 쿠데타 군부가 결국 시민들을 돕는 변호사들까지 억압하고 나섰다. 인권 수호의 마지막 보루마저 무너뜨리려 하고 있는 것이다. 쿠데타 군부...

안토니우 구테흐스 유엔 사무총장은 1일 미얀마 군부가 아웅산 수치 국가 고문과 윈 민 대통령을 석방하라고 촉구했습니다. 구테흐스 사무총장실 소속 에리 카네코 부대변인은 "우리는 원 민 대통령과 수치 국가 고문을 포함한 모든 수감자를 즉각 석방할 것을 거듭 촉구한다"고 말했습니다. 카네코 부대변인은 "우리는 보안군의 체포를 포함한 폭력과 협박이 계속되는 것에 대...

Advertisement Myanmar’s military junta has rushed through a series of changes to its colonial-era Penal Code, seemingly designed to target the anti-coup protests that continue to gain momentum across the breadth of the country, from Myeik to Putao. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets across the country over the past week to denounce the coup, alongside a nationwide Civil Disobedience Movement that has brought the government to a standstill. Printed in newspapers and posted on a mi...