Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 4:41 pm
Myanmar
authorities should immediately release and end criminal
proceedings against dozens of student activists facing
criminal charges for their involvement in peaceful protest
activities, Fortify Rights said today. Today, Aung Myay
Thar-Zan Township Court is scheduled to consider criminal
complaints against student leader Phone Myint Kyaw, whom
police arrested last week.
Phone Myint Kyaw is the
21st student activist arrested since September 2020 as part
of a months-long
crackdown on peaceful anti-war protesters. Police filed
criminal complaints against at least 32 students for their
participation in a campaign to protest the ongoing war
between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army an ethnic