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