A Chance to Fix in Time: Analysis of Freedom of Expression in Four Years Under the Current Government
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
and Peaceful Procession
Chapter (3): Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession
Freedom of peaceful assembly and peaceful procession takes an essential role in order to
expose the desire and opinion of people in democracies. In transitioning Myanmar, the law
that hinders the extent of right to peaceful assembly and peaceful procession is Peaceful
Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.
Freedom of peaceful assembly, protest and freedom of expression were oppressed for
several decades in the one-party state of authoritarianism from 1962 until 2010 general
elections by which much optimism blossomed.
Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law was passed on December 2, 2011 and
amended two times in June 2014 and October 2016. The law requires the personal
information of protest organisers, flags, posters, chants and the number of protesters in
details, however, lacks of legal provisions for spontaneous protests; requires the protesters
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Chapter (3): Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession