Access Now: Myanmar Court Convicts Maung Saungkha for Protesting Internet Shutdowns
September 05, 2020
September 05, 2020
NEW YORK, Sept. 5 -- Access Now issued the following news release on Sept. 4:
Access Now calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately rescind charges against poet and activist Maung Saungkha.
Reports (https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2020-09-04/) have come out of Yangon today that Maung Saungkha was found guilty of violating Section 4 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, which requires people give advanced notice to hold a protest. His crime? Hangin . . .
Access Now calls on Myanmar authorities to immediately rescind charges against poet and activist Maung Saungkha.
Reports (https://www.fortifyrights.org/mya-inv-2020-09-04/) have come out of Yangon today that Maung Saungkha was found guilty of violating Section 4 of the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law, which requires people give advanced notice to hold a protest. His crime? Hangin . . .