Myanmar: Respect Freedom of Expression, Free Jailed Journalists
September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018
LONDON, England, Sept. 17 -- Article 19 issued the following news release:
Myanmar's current government, led by the National League for Democracy, has persecuted journalists and restricted speech using the same laws and tactics previously employed its authoritarian regimes. Its political leaders must break from Myanmar's repressive past by reforming laws that restrict the rights to freedom of expression and information and free all those imprisoned for exercising their rights, inclu . . .
Myanmar's current government, led by the National League for Democracy, has persecuted journalists and restricted speech using the same laws and tactics previously employed its authoritarian regimes. Its political leaders must break from Myanmar's repressive past by reforming laws that restrict the rights to freedom of expression and information and free all those imprisoned for exercising their rights, inclu . . .