Access Now: Myanmar - Dismiss All Charges Against Activists for Challenging Year-Long Internet Shutdown
August 21, 2020
August 21, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing "unlawful" protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states in place since June 2019.
Lawyers will present arguments in Maung Saungkha's case on Friday, . . .
Access Now denounces the persecution of Maung Saungkha, a prominent Myanmar poet and activist, by authorities in Myanmar and demands an end to his continued harassment. Maung Saungkha is being accused of organizing "unlawful" protests to demand an end to the internet shutdown in Rakhine and Chin states in place since June 2019.
Lawyers will present arguments in Maung Saungkha's case on Friday, . . .