Right not to be tortured You have the right not to be tortured or mistreated (Constitution, Arts. 44 and 353; Penal Code Arts. 330331; Myanmar Police Force Maintenance of Discipline Law, Art. 17(g); UDHR, Art. 5). You have the right not to be hurt during an interrogation (Penal Code, Arts. 330-331). You have the right not to be induced by threat or promise (Code of Criminal Procedure, Art. 343). You have a right to report accusations of torture or misconduct to the investigating police officer, who must investigate them (Police Manual, para. 1693). You must report police torture to the courts – not to the police – and should ask judges to record injuries during hearings (Code of Criminal Procedure, Art. 200).

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