PEN America Condemns Sentencing of Five Myanmar Actors
October 31, 2019
October 31, 2019
NEW YORK, Oct. 31 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Satirical poetry group given one-year sentences for mocking the military
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A Myanmar court this week sentenced five actors to a year in prison with hard labor for making fun of the military. PEN America today said it marked an explicit infringement of the right to creative expression and should be overturned.
Five members of the Peacock Generation, a sa . . .
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- Satirical poetry group given one-year sentences for mocking the military
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A Myanmar court this week sentenced five actors to a year in prison with hard labor for making fun of the military. PEN America today said it marked an explicit infringement of the right to creative expression and should be overturned.
Five members of the Peacock Generation, a sa . . .