Myanmar Military Regime Rewrites Laws to Stifle Dissent, ‘Justify’ Power Grab
Myanmar Military Regime Rewrites Laws to Stifle Dissent, ‘Justify’ Power Grab
Police and soldiers fire rubber bullets and slingshot projectiles at anti-coup protesters in Mandalay on Feb. 15, 2021. / The Irrawaddy
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By San Yamin Aung 18 February 2021
Over the weekend, Myanmar’s military regime introduced a number of legal changes, scrapping laws that constrain security forces from detaining dissidents and breaching privacy, reinstating the notorious overnight guest registration requirement, and imposing new punishments against protesters.
The changes have been widely condemned as attempting to legalize the regime’s crackdown on the opposition; despite the widely held view that the coup it staged on Feb. 1 was unconstitutional, military leaders have been at pains to say that they are protecting, and acting within, the 2008 Constitution and existing laws.
Christopher D. Haynes
A Somerset man who was accused along with his wife of abusing their grandson has been sentenced after pleading guilty to an amended charge.
Christopher David Haynes was sentenced February 5 in Pulaski Circuit Court to four years in prison for second-degree Criminal Abuse.
Haynes and his wife 55-year-old Lana Jane Haynes were jointly indicted in December 2019 on one count of first-degree Criminal Abuse of a Child 12 or Under.
Both initially entered not guilty pleas to the charge, which stemmed from an investigation by the Somerset Police Department. SPD Captain Mike Correll reported at the time that the foster parents of a 10-month-old boy contacted police July 31, 2019, after the child s grandparents had returned him from a visitation. During the exchange, the Hayneses told the foster parents that the child may have bruises because another child hit the baby with a toy.
While addressing a press conference here, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal said this budget has special provisions for the poor, farmers and migrant workers, those who provided support to the nation in difficult times.He s
While addressing a press conference here, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Railways and Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal said this budget has special provisions for the poor, farmers and migrant workers, those who provided support to the nation in difficult times.He s