3/31/22, 12:24 PM The draft law is unusual because it ပြသနာရှိသော has wide,ဥပဒေများ extraPROBLEM LAWS territorial reach, giving Six risks from Myanmar’s draft Cyber Security Law – Free Expression Myanmar CAMPAIGNS ကင်မ်ပိန်းများ the military government ABOUT ��ျွန်ုပ်တို့အကြောင်း 2020 MANIFESTOS an international jurisdiction as well as a normal domestic one. It creates international offences (Art. 2.a), applies to Myanmar citizens outside of Myanmar (Art. 1.a) and international organisations (Art. 6.h), and covers any form of international communications (Art. 1.c). ယာ ဥပဒေ FREE EXPRESSION လွတ်လပ်စွာထုတ်ဖော်ရေးသားပြောဆိုခြင်း Electronic Transactions Law  Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law Broadcasting Law — ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားနှင့် အသံထုတ်လွှင့် ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ ဥပဒေ Printing and Publishing Law Official Secrets Act This significantly extends the oppressive effect of Myanmar’s already restrictive domestic legal framework. 3. Increase in criminalisation and long prison terms INTERNATI ONAL STANDARD S နိုင်ငံတကာ စံနှုန်းများ Incitement (hate speech) — လှုံ့ဆော်မှု Right to information False news — မှားယွင်းသော သတင်း The draft law includes a variety of vague and overlapping crimes with threeyear prison terms and fines, many of which do not have legitimate democratic aims. Three-year prison terms for misinformation or “fake” websites that cause “public panic, loss of trust or social division” are likely to be used to punish criticism (Arts. 64 and 65). https://freeexpressionmyanmar.org/six-risks-from-myanmars-draft-cyber-security-law/ 3/9