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).