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Myanmar: Human Rights Council must hold the line on freedom of expression, rights violations - ARTICLE 19
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Myanmar: Human Rights Council must hold
the line on freedom of expression, rights
violations
The UN Human Rights Council must press the Myanmar
government to end attacks on freedom of expression and
prioritise reforms to the country’s legal and policy framework,
ARTICLE 19 said in a briefing for Human Rights Council member
states (https://www.article19.org/resources/myanmar-un-hrcmust-maintain-scrutiny-on-free-expression-situation-2/).
Despite previous recommendations from the Human Rights
Council, the government has made no progress in tackling
human rights concerns and has continued to stifle expression
and severely restrict civic space. The Human Rights Council
must strengthen its calls to the Myanmar government to end
the judicial harassment of government critics, ensure justice
for attacks against journalists, human rights defenders, and
others, halt government contributions to misinformation and
discriminatory rhetoric concerning the Rohingya and other
ethnic minorities, and reform or repeal a raft of repressive laws
to ensure compliance with international human rights
standards.
“Over the past year, the Myanmar government has repeatedly
demonstrated its contempt for human rights and its
willingness to go to extraordinary lengths to silence its
critics,” said Matthew Bugher, ARTICLE 19’s Head of Asia
Programme. “The Human Rights Council should condemn the
Myanmar government’s continued attacks on expression in
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