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Defence lawyers’ toolkit for “false news” cases in Myanmar

Hundreds of innocent journalists, human rights defenders, activists, Facebook users, protesters, and politicians have been arrested, charged, and sentenced under Myanmar’s “false news” laws for exercising their right to freedom of expression and opposing the coup. The “False News” Toolkit empowers defendants, lawyers, and their civil society supporters to defend themselves against allegations of “false news” as part of an incremental resistance against Myanmar’s deeply unjust legal system.

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Field Value
Document type Guidelines, instruction manuals, handbooks
Language of document
  • English
  • Burmese
Topics
  • Access to information
  • Human rights associations
  • Regulation of lawyers
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Myanmar
Copyright Yes
Access and use constraints

For user access and constraints, the report is copyrighted under a Creativse Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeLicense. This license lets you remix, tweak, and build upon FEM's work non-commercially, as long as you credit FEM and license your new creations under the identical terms. The cover image and images throughout have been created by FEM and Dall-E artificial intelligence.
Version / Edition 2023
License Creative Commons Non-Commercial (Any)
Contact

coordinator@FreeExpressionMyanmar.org
Author (corporate) Free Expression Myanmar (FEM)
Publisher Free Expression Myanmar (FEM)
Publication date 2023
General note

The “False News” Toolkit includes guidance on: 1) relevant international standards; 2) the situation and laws in Myanmar; 3) your rights and options when detained, arrested, or charged; 4) potential legal defence strategies. Each page is written in Myanmar but repeated in English to enable you to research further and communicate with different audiences too.
Keywords Information,False,Rights,False News
Date uploaded July 8, 2023, 07:46 (UTC)
Date modified July 22, 2024, 05:17 (UTC)