PEN America: Burmese Filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi to Face Trial on Charges Stemming From Facebook Posts Critical of the Military
July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019
NEW YORK, July 23 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Arrest Follows a Broader, Persistent Pattern of Cracking Down on Dissent in Myanmar
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The decision to put Burmese filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi on trial for posts on his personal Facebook account that criticized Myanmar's military is an unacceptable attack on free expression, PEN America said in a statement today.
"The fact that Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi h . . .
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- Arrest Follows a Broader, Persistent Pattern of Cracking Down on Dissent in Myanmar
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The decision to put Burmese filmmaker Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi on trial for posts on his personal Facebook account that criticized Myanmar's military is an unacceptable attack on free expression, PEN America said in a statement today.
"The fact that Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi h . . .