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parliament-to-consult-on-draft-privacy-law-amendment/
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FEM – published in Frontier Myanmar journal (15 September 2017) “The 66(d) amendment: tinkering at the edges”
https://www.frontiermyanmar.net/en/the-66d-amendment-tinkering-at-the-edges/
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UPR 2015: 144.31 (Thailand).
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FEM (3 May 2020) “Myanmar’s media not free or fair” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/myanmars-media-not-free-or-fair/
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UPR 2015: 144.84 (Brazil); 145.33 (France); 145.34 (Sweden); 145.35 (Luxembourg); 145.36 (Estonia).
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 February 2018) “5 violations that need addressing in protest law amendment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/5-violations-thatneed-addressing-in-protest-law-amendment/
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FEM (15 May 2018) “Crackdown on anti-war activists shows protests still need permission” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/crackdown-onanti-war-activists-shows-protests-still-need-permission/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 February 2018) “5 violations that need addressing in protest law amendment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/5-violations-thatneed-addressing-in-protest-law-amendment/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 February 2018) “5 violations that need addressing in protest law amendment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/5-violations-thatneed-addressing-in-protest-law-amendment/
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UPR 2015: 145.23 (Uruguay); 143.99 (Italy); 144.82 (Chile); 144.83 (Norway); 145.22 (Italy).
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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FEM (26 March 2020) “No permission to protest” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/no-permission-to-protest/
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UPR 2015: 145.32 (Latvia); 143.84 (Cuba); 143.85 (Georgia).
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FEM (27 February 2017) “Broadcasting Law” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/broadcasting-law/
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FEM (3 May 2020) “Myanmar’s media not free or fair” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/myanmars-media-not-free-or-fair/
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FEM (24 June 2019) “Internet Shutdown in Rakhine and Chin States” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/internet-shutdown-in-rakhine-andchin-states/
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FEM (2 April 2020) “250 organisations condemn Myanmar government order to block websites” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/250organisations-condemn-myanmar-government-order-to-block-websites/
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FEM (3 September 2018) “Show-trial convicts Reuters journalists to 7 years imprisonment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/show-trialconvicts-reuters-journalists-to-imprisonment/
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FEM (12 March 2020) “New National Records and Archives Law preserves government secrecy” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/newnational-records-and-archives-law-preserves-government-secrecy/
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FEM (12 March 2020) “New National Records and Archives Law preserves government secrecy” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/newnational-records-and-archives-law-preserves-government-secrecy/
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FEM (18 July 2019) “New Bill a big step backwards for RTI” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/new-bill-a-big-step-backwards-for-rti/
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FEM (18 July 2019) “New Bill a big step backwards for RTI” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/new-bill-a-big-step-backwards-for-rti/
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FEM (4 April 2018) “Right to truth” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/right-to-truth/
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FEM (3 September 2018) “Show-trial convicts Reuters journalists to 7 years imprisonment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/show-trialconvicts-reuters-journalists-to-imprisonment/
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FEM (3 May 2019) “Defamation? International standards and Myanmar’s legal framework” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/defamationinternational-standards-and-myanmars-legal-framework/
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FEM (6 March 2019) “NGOs call on parliament to consult on draft privacy law amendment” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/ngos-call-onparliament-to-consult-on-draft-privacy-law-amendment/
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FEM (25 February 2020) “Proposed bill will punish government staff who release information about Corona”
https://www.facebook.com/FreeExpressionMyanmar/posts/2723452031101702
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FEM (5 November 2019) “Freedom of the Net: Myanmar in 2019” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/freedom-of-the-net-myanmar-in-2019/
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FEM (4 April 2018) “Right to truth” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/right-to-truth/
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FEM (4 April 2018) “Right to truth” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/right-to-truth/
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These included:
9 recommendations to ratify ICERD: UPR 2015: 144.16 (Ghana); 144.4 (Hungary); 144.15 (Algeria) (Libya); 144.17 (Turkey); 144.18 (Sudan);
144.19 (Brazil); 145.1 (Austria); 143.9 (Egypt).
11 recommendations to protect women: UPR 2015: 145.14 (Lithuania); 143.63 (Japan); 143.103 (Italy); 143.56 (France); 143.53 (Pakistan); 143.57
(Austria); 143.69 (Spain); 143.68 (Serbia); 143.66 (Sweden); 143.67 (Namibia); 143.71 (Paraguay).
13 recommendations to protect religious minorities: UPR 2015: 143.89 (Sudan); 143.93 (Republic of Korea); 143.96 (Holy See); 143.94
(Indonesia); 143.90 (Malaysia); 143.91 (Turkey); 143.92 (China); 143.88 (Botswana); 143.97 (Poland); 145.65 (Sweden); 145.49 (Malaysia); 145.10.
(Austria); 144.47 (Mexico).
6 recommendations to protect ethnic minorities: UPR 2015: 143.24 (Slovenia); 143.90 (Malaysia); 143.92 (China); 145.10. (Austria); 143.60
(Nepal); 143.61 (Ecuador).
7 recommendations to address incitement and “hate speech”: 145.12 (Norway); 143.62 (New Zealand); 145.48 (Belgium); 145.50 (Djibouti);
145.51 (Egypt); 144.51 (Algeria); 145.10 (Austria).
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FEM (27 March 2017) “Protection Against Hate Speech Bill” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/protection-against-hate-speech-bill/
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FEM (25 August 2017) “FEM welcomes Kofi Annan commission recommendations on media, access to information, and hate speech”
http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/fem-welcomes-kofi-annan-commission-recommendations-on-media-access-to-information-and-hate-speech/
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FEM (22 April 2020) “Hate speech Directive threatens free expression in election countdown” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/hate-speechdirective-threatens-free-expression-in-election-countdown/
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FEM (22 April 2020) “Hate speech Directive threatens free expression in election countdown” http://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/hate-speechdirective-threatens-free-expression-in-election-countdown/
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FEM – published in Irrawaddy media (28 August 2018) “Let’s talk about “hate speech”” https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/humanrights/2018/08/28/168009.html
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FEM – published in Irrawaddy media (28 August 2018) “Let’s talk about “hate speech”” https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/humanြပ#ြပင်ေြပာင်းလဲေရး အပစ်ပယ်ခံလိ3က်ရ5ပီလား
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