Freedom of Expression Activist Organization 2019 Mid-year Report on Status of Freedom of Expression in Myanmar Application of Telecommunications Law for Prosecutions 26 cases and Monthly charges 40 individuals During the first six months, the Telecommunications Law was applied in 26 lawsuits against 40 individuals. Classification of defendants 3% 3% 3% Maximum Penalty အရပ် သ ားပပည် သူမ ား Ordinary Citizens တက် ကကြွလှုပ်ရ ားသူမ ား Activists The court has sentenced 15% two years in prison to a 40% သတင် ားမီဒီယ သမ ားမ ား Journalists အနု ပညand သမartists ားမ ား Actors နPoliticians ုင်ငံရရားပါတီဝင်မ ား ဘ သ ရရားဆ ုင်ရ ပုဂ္ိုလ်မ ား Religious leaders The issues for being charged community activist U Aung San Oo – a maximum penalty by that 36% law- for criticizing a member of parliament on the online platform. Political Criticism The ordinary citizens, Political criticism activists and journalists Criticizing individuals or organization have faced higher number Reporting news/ investigative coverage charges for criticizing the Personal affairs Whistleblowers Incorrect factual presentation of online defamation military, members of parliament, the military representatives in the parliament and civil servants. Page - 3