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In September 2007, the On November 11th 2008, the The subjects this judgment However, the SPDC clamped There is no doubt that On November 18th of this Human Rights Now strongly On October 2nd 2007, the (Human rights violations in I The unfair arrest and 1) These two lawyers have 2) Their clients expressed 3) After the judge received 4) The two accused lawyers 5) Police arrested the two 2. Unfair arrest and 1) Nyi Nyi Htwe and Saw 2) Their family members are 3) Instead of making the 4) On October 29th, one 3. The 14 democratic 4. Nine 88 Generation group \u25a1<\/span>Min Ko Naing \u25a1<\/span>Ko Ko Gyi \u25a1<\/span>Mya Aye \u25a1<\/span>Pyone Cho \u25a1<\/span>Aung Thu \u25a1<\/span>Bo Bo Win Hlaing and 7 persons \u25a1<\/span>Htay Kywe \u25a1<\/span>Myo Aung Naing \u25a1<\/span>Hla Myo Naung \u25a1<\/span>Saw Wai \u25a1<\/span>Su Sit Nway \u25a1<\/span>Tint San \u25a1<\/span>Myat San \u25a1<\/span>Win Maw \u25a1<\/span>U Aung Thein(Lawyer) \u25a1<\/span>U Khin Mating Shein \u25a1<\/span>Nay Myo Kyaw (This list needs to be tidied up and the 5. A famous labour activist Labour activist Su Su New, 6. A democratic blogger Blogger Nay Phone Latt, 28, 7. A democratic poet got a Poet Saw Wai was sentenced 8. A famous monk received a U Gambira, the 29-year old <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In September 2007, the Myanmar military government (SPDC) responded to the democratic movement with a brutal clampdown and detainment of the participants. Despite severe criticisms from the international community, the SPDC has not remedied this human rights violation and, to make matters worse, it has conducted criminal trials against participants and their oppression has continued. On November 11th 2008, the SPDC rendered the judgement of 65 years in prison-a de facto lifetime imprisonment- to 23 prominent democratic activists who led the protest movement from August to September 2007. The judgements were confidentially rendered to so-called 88 generation democratic activists (students at that time who played a main role in democratic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[154,106,17],"countries":[245],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statement","tag-defenders-democratic-space","tag-freedom-of-assembly","tag-human-rights-violation-under-armed-conflictsmilitary-operation","countries-myanmar"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrn.or.jp\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/countries?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nMyanmar military government (SPDC) responded to the democratic movement with a
\nbrutal clampdown and detainment of the participants. Despite severe criticisms
\nfrom the international community, the SPDC has not remedied this human rights
\nviolation and, to make matters worse, it has conducted criminal trials against
\nparticipants and their oppression has continued.
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\nSPDC rendered the judgement of 65 years in prison-a de facto lifetime
\nimprisonment- to 23 prominent democratic activists who led the protest movement
\nfrom August to September 2007. The judgements were confidentially rendered to
\nso-called 88 generation democratic activists (students at that time who played
\na main role in democratic movements in 1988) including Mr. Min Ko Naign, in
\nInsein Prison for 14 members and in each prison for the other 20 members (among
\nwhich 65 years in prison was the sentence for 9 members) and the judicial
\nprocesses were completely closed even to their families. In addition, on the
\nsame day, the SPDC gave the judgement of 12-and-a-half years in prison to Ms.
\nSu Su New, a prominent activist in labour-related issues. Also, lawyers who defended
\nthe democratic activists were detained. Furthermore, according to the
\ninformation we gained, Mr. Ashin Gambira, who lead the democratic movements as
\na monk in September 2007, was given a judgement of 12 years in prison and some
\nother monks were also reportedly punished with sentences of imprisonment.
\nare those involved in a series of activities following the nation-wide
\ndemocratic movement, including monks, which was triggered by the SPDC’s
\none-sided decision on August 15th 2007 to raise the fixed price of fuel and
\ndaily necessities. The decision was a matter of life or death for Myanmar
\ncitizens, whose GDP per person is only 219 dollars (less than one dollar per
\nday), and the citizen leaders and monks started the protest movement in a
\npeaceful manner to protect citizens’ lives. This movement ultimately grew into
\nnation-wide democratic movement, but the whole process was conducted peacefully
\nfrom start to finish.
\ndown the movement by armed force, and they rendered on many participants a de
\nfacto lifetime imprisonment of 65 years in prison. This is an outrage and
\nmanifest challenge against democracy.
\nthese judgements were rendered according to the will of the SPDC and were far from
\nindependent and fairn. This amounts to a violation of fundamental and universal
\nhuman rights provided by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including
\nthe freedom of expression (Article 19), freedom of peaceful meeting and
\nassembly (Article 20), prevention of arbitrary arrest and detention (Article
\n9), and the right to receive independent, fair and open trial (Article 10).
\nyear, five experts-Tomas Ojea Quintana (UN Special Rapporteur on the situation
\nof Human Rights in Myanmar), Leandro Despouy (Special Rapporteur on the
\nindependence of the judiciary), Frank La Rue (Special Rapporteur on the Right
\nto Free Expression), Margaret Sekaggya (Special Rapporteur on the situation of
\nHuman Rights Defenders), Asma Jahangir (Special Rapporteur on the Freedom of
\nReligion-who were elected by UN Human Rights Council, strongly criticized the
\nSPDC’s unfair trials and arbitrary convictions of “Prisoners of
\nConscience” and urged the government to immediately stop the oppression and
\narrests of people who peacefully exercised their right to free expression.
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\nprotests these SPDC measures and calls on the international community,
\nincluding Japan, to strongly urge the SPDC to release all political prisoners,
\nincluding the above-mentioned 34 members, immediately and unconditionally.
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\nUN’s Human Rights Council adopted a resolution concerning the human rights
\nsituation in Myanmar which expressed strong regret toward the clampdown by its
\narmed forces. The resolution also urged the government to stop human rights
\nviolations as well as to abolish all restrictions on expression, peaceful
\nmeeting, and assembly in addition to recommending the immediate release of all
\nprisoners arrested in the armed clampdown in 2007 and other political prisoners
\nincluding Aung San Suu Kyi. It also recommended the SPDC have sincere talks
\nwith democratic groups. However; none of these have been implemented. The SPDC
\nargues that they will pave the way for democracy by holding a general election
\nin 2010, but the series of above-mentioned actions revealed that this process
\nis simply part of deceiving the international community and is far from the
\nbeginning of a road to genuine democracy. HRN urges all Member States of the
\nHuman Rights Council, including Japan and other neighbouring countries, to make
\nevery effort to correct these grave human rights violations using the Human
\nRights Council and every other available opportunity.
\nthe judicial area of Myanmar)
\nsentence of the two senior lawyers (U Aung Them & U Khin Mating Shien)
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\ntaken many cases of democratic activists, including Monk Garnbira, who led the
\nmassive democratic movement in September 2007.
\nno faith in the judicial process and therefore were withdrawing the power of
\nattorney from the two lawyers. The defendants had already told this to the
\ncourt (Hlaing Township Court) but the judge (Daw Aye Myaing) had instructed
\nthem to communicate such in writing through their lawyers.
\nthe letter as she had ordered, she submitted it to the Supreme Court with a
\ncomplaint against the two advocates under Section 3 of the Contempt of Courts
\nAct, 1926. This is even though the letter was submitted expressing the views of
\nthe defendants, and the advocates were withdrawing their authority in
\naccordance with the clients’ wishes.
\nwere not invited to any trial at the Supreme Court and did not even know that
\nthey had been accused of an offence until they heard of it by happenchance
\nthrough colleagues, while attending hearings as usual on Friday morning. The
\ncourt convicted the two without hearing from them, even though it ordinarily
\ntakes between a week to ten days to hear such a case, and a fortnight and a
\nmonth for the court to issue a judgment.
\nsenior advocates at their houses last night after they were convicted of
\ncontempt of court. The two were taken to local police stations to be
\ntransferred to prisons where they are each set to serve a term of four months.
\nsentences against two young lawyers (Niyi Nyi Htwe & Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min)
\nKyaw Kyaw Min are defense lawyers of the 11 NLD youths who were arrested in
\nSeptember 2008 for their peaceful march towards the Shwe Dagon Pagoda on June
\n19, 2007-Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday-wearing T-shirts with photos of Daw
\nAung San Suu Kyi on them.
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\nnot allowed to attend the court hearing. Their lawyers are not allowed to meet
\nwith their clients in private to have proper consultation and instruction and
\nthe judge does not allow them sufficient time to make counter questions against
\nthe prosecution witnesses. Further, they found that the police and some
\nplain-cloth persons are taking pictures and recording their voices during the
\ntrials. Therefore, the 11 defendants and two lawyers submitted a complaint to
\nthe judge to address these unfair issues.
\ntrials free and fair, the judge allowed the prosecutor to sue the three
\ndefendants and two lawyers, under the charge of Section 228 of the Penal Code
\nand issued a warrant to arrest the two lawyers.
\nlawyer, Nyi Nyi Htwe was arrested. Another lawyer, Saw Kyaw Kyaw Min, will go
\nto a police station tomorrow to face the charge.
\nactivists got 65-year prison sentences The military regime sentenced 14 leading
\nactivists, including five women, from the 88 Generation Students Group to 65
\nyears imprisonment. The 14 activists who had been held under more than 20
\ncharges–Min Zeya (M), Jimmy (aka) Kyaw Minn Yu (M), Zaw Zaw Min (M), Than Tin
\n(aka) Kyi Than (M), Zeyar (aka) Kalama (M), Ant Bwe Kyaw (M), Kyaw Kyaw Htwe
\n(aka) Markie (M), Pandeik Htun (M), Thet Zaw (aka) Zaukhtoe (M), Thin Thin Aye
\n(aka) Mie Mie (F), Mar Mar Oo (F), Nilar Thein (F), Sandar Min (aka) Shwee (F)
\nand Thet Thet Aung (F)–were given a prison term of 65 years each by the
\ninfamous Insein Prison’s Special Court.
\nleaders, including Min Ko naing, were sentenced to 65-year prison sentences On
\n11 November, nine 88 Generation Group leaders including Min Ko Naing were given
\nlong-term prison sentences of 65 years again in Maubin prison, the same as the
\nprevious fourteen members of the 88 Generation Students Group. After that they
\nwere transferred to Insein Prison and then transferred again far from Rangoon
\nand into different areas as following—
\nnumbering system made consistent)
\ngot a 12-and-a-half-year prison sentence (Su Su New)
\nthe 2006 John Humphrey Freedom Award winner, was sentenced to 12-and-a-half
\nyears imprisonment. She was charged under Sections 505b and 124 of the Penal
\nCode, and Sections 17 and 20 of the Printers and Publishers Act.
\nreceived a prison sentence (Nay Phone Latt)
\na major source of information for the outside world on the brutal regime
\ncrackdown during the September 2007 uprising, was sentenced to 20 years and six
\nmonths imprisonment. He was charged under Section 505\/b of the Penal Code,
\nArticles 32\/b & 36 of the Video Act, and Articles 33\/a & 38 of the Electronic
\nTransactions Law.
\n2-year jail sentence (Saw Wai)
\nto two years imprisonment. He was charged under Section 505\/b of the Penal
\nCode. The poet was arrested after his poem mocking junta leader Sr. Gen. Than
\nShwe entitled “February 14” was published in the Love Journal. The
\nfirst words of each line of the poem spelled out `Power Crazy Senior General
\nThan Shwe’.
\nprison sentence (Ashin Gambira)
\nleader of the All-Myanmar Monks’ Alliance that spearheaded nationwide protests in
\nMyanmar in September 2007 was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday by a
\nspecial court convened behind closed doors at Rangoon’s Insein Prison. When the
\ncourt handed down the decision, he had no lawyer because the lawyer was
\narrested (as mentioned above-which lawyer?). Gatnbira was charged with
\nviolating a number of laws generally having to do with threatening the
\nstability of the state, including Section 505 A and B of the State Offence Act,
\nSection 13\/1 of the Immigration Act, Section 17\/1 of the Illegal Organization
\nAct, Section 303 A of the Electronic Act and Section 6 of the Organization
\nAct..