BANGKOK (AFP) – Myanmar lawyers defending political detainees in junta-run courts are being harassed and even jailed by military authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday, warning that intimidation was forcing many to stop taking cases. Since it seized power more than two years ago and plunged the country into turmoil, the junta has arrested […]
BANGKOK: Myanmar lawyers defending political detainees in junta-run courts are being harassed and even jailed by military authorities, Human Rights Watch said Thursday (Jun 8), warning that intimidation was forcing many to stop taking cases. Since it seized power more than two years ago and plunged the cou
BANGKOK: Myanmar lawyers defending political detainees in junta-run courts are being harassed and even jailed by military authorities, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that intimidation was forcing many to stop taking cases. Since it seized power more than two years ago and plunged the country into turmoil, the junta has arrested tens of thousands in a sweeping and
Myanmar lawyers defending political detainees in junta-run courts are being harassed and even jailed by military authorities, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, warning that intimidation was forcing many to stop taking cases.