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Myanmar: Surge in Arrests for Critical Speech | Human Rights Watch
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Myanmar’s authorities have in recent weeks engaged in a series of arrests of peaceful critics of the army and government, Human Rights Watch said today. The parliament, which begins its new session on April 29, 2019, should repeal or amend repressive laws used to silence critics and suppress freedom of expression.

The recent upswing in arrests of satirical performers, political activists, and journalists reflects the rapid decline in freedom of expression in Myanmar under the National League for Democracy (NLD) government. In the latest blow to media freedom, on April 23, the Supreme Court upheld the seven-year prison sentences of two Reuters journalists accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who won Pulitzer prizes earlier in April for their reporting, had been prosecuted in apparent retaliation for their investigation of a massacre of Rohingya villagers in Inn Din, Rakhine State, that implicated the army.

“Myanmar’s government should be leading the fight against the legal tools of oppression that have long been used to prosecute critics of the military and government,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “During military rule, Aung San Suu Kyi and many current lawmakers fought for free expression, yet now the NLD majority in parliament has taken almost no steps to repeal or amend abusive laws still being used to jail critics.”

#Birmanie #liberté_d'expression #répression #prix_nobel_de_la_paix

Reuters Journalists Will Face Trial for Work in Myanmar - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/asia/myanmar-reuters-reporters-trial.html

A Myanmar judge ruled Wednesday that two Reuters reporters who documented a massacre of Rohingya Muslims will face trial for violating the Official Secrets Act after they were arrested with papers handed to them by the police.

Judge Ye Lwin, who heard testimony from 17 prosecution witnesses over three months of preliminary hearings, ruled that there was enough evidence to proceed with the case against the reporters: U Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, and U Wa Lone, who turned 32 on Wednesday.

In a case that has provoked international condemnation, the two were arrested Dec. 12 while they were investigating the September massacre of 10 Rohingya civilians in the Rakhine State village of Inn Din. The massacre occurred during violent attacks on Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar’s military and local Buddhist mobs that drove hundreds of thousands of refugees into Bangladesh in what is broadly seen as calculated ethnic cleansing.

In uncovering the massacre, the two reporters obtained photos of the 10 victims kneeling before their execution with their hands tied behind their backs. They also found the mass grave where the victims were buried.

The judge’s decision in Yangon came barely 12 hours after the military announced that four army officers and three soldiers had been sentenced to 10 years at hard labor for their roles in the massacre.

Reuters journalists arrested over Rohingya conflict reporting

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) asks #Myanmar authorities to immediately release two Reuters journalists, who were detained since 12 December 2017, and drop the charges under the 1923 Official Secrets Act.

#U_Thet_Oo_Maung (Wa Lone) and #Moe_Aung (Kyaw Soe Oo) had been reporting the crisis involving the Rohingya when they were arrested in Yangon. Media outlets reported that the police have found in their possession military reports and maps of some areas in Rakhine State.

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#journalisme #presse #médias #arrestations #Rohingya #liberté_de_la_presse #répression #Birmanie

Joint complaint of the affected by the closure of Megaupload
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The FBI has caused incalculable damage, far in excess of the losses claimed by the content lobbies, in a failed attempt to prevent access to the media content hosted on Megaupload, some of which they claim to have been violating US copyright. However, as this content is still available via other services on the web, it shows us not only the uselessness of these measures but also serves as a reminder that these files are not necessarily, nor have been shown to be, illegal in other countries.

In contrast, by closing the service they have impeded the access to millions of archives from private individuals and organisations, causing huge personal, economic and image damages to millions of people; as well as infringing articles 197 and 198 of the Spanish Penal Code by misappropiating personal data. They have also breached basic underpinnings of the UK Data Protection Act 1998 and/or Computer Misuse Act 1990 and potentially are in violation of The British Official Secrets Act prohibiting espionage and sharing of sensitive data with foreign powers.