"June 29 2016"--Table of contents page. "This report was researched and written by Linda Lakhdhir, a legal advisor in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch"--Acknowledgments. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Acknowledgments. Criminalization of Peaceful Protest -- Laws Restricting Use of the Internet -- Criminal Defamation -- Other Laws Used Against the Media -- Laws Against "Insulting" Religion -- Prosecutorial Practices Compound the Harm -- Key Recommendations: To the President and the Newly Elected Government of Burma -- Methodology -- V. Background: 1988 Uprising and Repression -- Cyclone Nargis and the Constitutional Referendum -- Military Power and Role under the 2008 Constitution -- Lack of Independence of the Judiciary -- Reforms under President Thein Sein -- New Parliamentary Elections and Reform -- II. International and Domestic Legal Standards: Constitution of Burma -- III. Laws Used to Criminalize Peaceful Expression: Law Relating to the Right of Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession -- Penal Code Sections 141-147: Unlawful Assembly -- Penal Code Section 505(b): Offenses Against Public Tranquility -- Penal Code Sections 499-502 and 130B: Criminal Defamation -- Telecommunications Act -- Electronic Transactions Act -- Official Secrets Act (India Act XIX, 1923) -- Penal Code Section 124A: Sedition -- News Media Law -- Penal Code Sections 295A and 298: Offenses Relating to Religion -- Contempt of Courts Law -- Printing and Publishing Enterprise Law -- IV. Other Laws that Restrict Freedom of Expression: Penal Code Section 504: "Insults" that Provoke a Breach of the Peace -- Penal Code Sections 153A and 505(c): Hate Speech -- Penal Code Section 503: Criminal Intimidation -- Penal Code Section 509: Insults to Modesty -- Computer Science Development Law -- Television and Video Law and the Motion Picture Law -- V. Recommendations: To the Government of Burma -- To the Attorney General's Chambers -- To the Director General of Police -- To the Minister of Foreign Affairs -- To the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission -- To the UN Country Team and UN Resident Coordinator -- To the International Community -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
"The report, 'They Can Arrest You at Any Time': The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Burma," documents the use and abuse of a range of broad and vaguely worded laws to criminalize peaceful expression, including debates on matters of public interest, and provides specific recommendations for the repeal or amendment of those laws--Publisher's description.
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