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The detained National League for Democracy ministers face numerous charges from the military regime for alleged corruption.

U Nyi Pu was given a two-year jail term for sedition and still faces further charges.

Myanmar Junta Scraps Charges Against Pro-Military, Ultranationalist Party Bosses Michael Kyaw Myint. / Michael Kyaw Myint’s Facebook Daw Moe Moe Khaing. / Daw Moe Moe Khaing’s Facebook 1.2k By The Irrawaddy 20 May 2021 Myanmar’s State Administrative Council (SAC), the military regime’s governing body, has released two pro-military ultranationalists who were arrested under the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) administration for sedition in late January, just before the coup. ...

Fugitive Nationalist Arrested Before Handing Over Monument Praising Myanmar’s Military Fugitive Nationalist Arrested Before Handing Over Monument Praising Myanmar’s Military Michael Kyaw Myint was arrested at his house in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon, on Jan. 26. / David Kyaw’s Facebook 2.6k By Htun Htun 28 January 2021 Yangon — The general secretary of the ultranationalist Yeomanry Development Party (YDP), who had been in hiding after being charged with sedition, has been arrested...

Myanmar Activists Demand Legal Action After Pro-Military Protest Breaches COVID-19 Rules A pro-military demonstration in Pathein on Jan. 25. / Salai Thant Zin / The Irrawaddy 3.1k By Salai Thant Zin 27 January 2021 Pathein, Ayeyarwady Region — Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ayeyarwady Region have called for legal action against the organizers of a pro-military demonstration for violating COVID-19 regulations. “A stay-at-home order is in force in Pathein but over 300 protesters join...

Myanmar Police Prosecute Activists Celebrating Human Rights Day Myanmar Police Prosecute Activists Celebrating Human Rights Day Police ask activists to disperse at the event to mark Human Rights Day on December 10 in Sittwe. / Facebook 3.3k By Khine Rola 22 December 2020 Sittwe, Rakhine State — Rakhine State police have opened a case against three activists under Article 19 of the Peaceful Assembly and Procession Law over a human rights demonstration in the state capital, Sittwe, earlier th...