က်ြန္ေတာ့္ ေမြးေန႔ မွာ တစ္ခုမဟုတ္ တစ္ခု ထူးျခားတယ္ ~~ ဒီေန႔လည္း တစ္ခုေတာ့ ထူးျခားလာျပီ Amnesty International Released a statement for U Kyaw Hla Aung MYANMAR ACTIVIST FACING LONG PRISON SENTENCE Human rights defender Kyaw Hla Aung remains arbitrarily detained in Myanmar over three months after he was arrested in connection with his peaceful activities. He has been charged with multiple offences and is facing a lengthy prison sentence. There are serious concerns regarding his lack of access to his lawyer. Kyaw Hla Aung is currently on trial at the Sittwe District Court in Myanmar’s Rakhine state after he was arbitrarily arrested without charge and detained on 15 July 2013. Following the arrest, he was charged under Articles 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 150 (hiring or conniving at hiring of persons to join an unlawful assembly), and 333 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a public servant to deter him from his duty) of the Myanmar Penal Code. Additional charges were added to his case after his trial began on 14 August 2013, including offences under Articles 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 395 (robbery by an armed gang), 109 (abetting an offence) and 505(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Penal Code. Article 505 (b), in particular, has been frequently used by the Myanmar authorities to stifle free expression and association in the country. Amnesty International believes that Kyaw Hla Aung is being targeted as an influential human rights defender with connections to the international community, and that the charges against him have no basis. There are further concerns that Kyaw Hla Aung is not receiving adequate access to legal representation, as tensions around the trial have reportedly prevented his lawyer from attending court hearings, most recently on 25 October 2013. Access to legal representation is a fundamental component of the right to a fair trial and a key human right enshrined in international law. Kyaw Hla Aung’s legal team have reportedly petitioned the Supreme Court to move the trial to Yangon. The trial is due to continue in Sittwe on 8 November 2013. Kyaw Hla Aung is currently detained at the Sittwe Prison. He was transferred from Sittwe Police Station No. 1 on 9 August. He suffers from ill-health; however, he is reportedly being visited by a doctor once a week in Sittwe prison. Please write immediately in English or your own language calling on the Myanmar authorities to: n Immediately and unconditionally release Kyaw Hla Aung and drop all charges against him; n Ensure that Kyaw Hla Aung’s conditions of detention meet international standards, and that he is given access to his lawyer, visits from family members and adequate medical treatment; n Ensure that all those imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their human rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly are immediately and unconditionally released, and dismiss the charges against those facing trial solely for organizing or participating in peaceful protest. PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 16 DECEMBER TO: Attorney General Dr. Tun Shin Office of the Attorney General Office No. 25, Nay Pyi Taw Republic of the Union of Myanmar Salutation: Dear Dr. Tun Shin Minister of Home Affairs Lt Gen. Ko Ko Ministry of Home Affairs Office No. 10 Nay Pyi Taw Republic of the Union of Myanmar Salutation: Dear Minister And copies to: Chairman, Myanmar National Human Rights Commission U Win Myan 27 Pyay Road, Hline Township Yangon Republic of the Union of Myanmar Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date. This is the first update of UA 213/13. Further information: amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA16/003/2013/en
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:27:16 +0000
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