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June 28, 2016
“They Can Arrest You at Any Time”
Police officers escort humanitarian worker Patrick Khum Jaa Lee during a court hearing in Rangoon on January 22, 2016. He served six months in prison for allegedly posting an image deemed “insulting” to the military. © 2016 Gemunu Amarasinghe/ AP Photo
Activist Soe Zaw (right) stands in front of Rangoon’s Insein prison after his release on January 22, 2016, with fellow former political prisoner Wai Lu. Wai Lu, who has been repeatedly arrested for staging protests, told Human Rights Watch, “The police can arrest anyone they want.… People risk their lives to tell about their situation.” © 2016 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Student Zeyar Lwin arrives at a Rangoon courthouse on January 12, 2016, to face charges for staging a protest calling on the military to relinquish its role in government. © 2016 Linda Lakhdhir/Human Rights Watch
A police van transporting students arrested for protesting against military involvement in the government arrives at a courthouse in Rangoon on January 12, 2016. © 2016 Linda Lakhdhir/Human Rights Watch
Activist Naw Ohn Hla arrives at a Rangoon township court for her trial on May 15, 2015. She was sentenced to six years, four months in prison for one peaceful protest, but was released in April 2016 as part of the prisoner amnesty under the new National League for Democracy-led government. © 2015 Khin Maung Win/AP Photo
Poet Maung Saungkha served six months in prison for posting a poem online. He was released in May 2016. © 2016 David Mathieson/Human Rights Watch
Police clash with students protesting the national education bill in Letpadan on March 10, 2015. © 2015 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Police vans bring detained student protesters from the district courthouse to Tharrawaddy prison in Pegu region on October 27, 2015. © 2015 Shayna Bauchner/Human Rights Watch
Detained student activist Phyo Phyo Aung speaks with supporters during a court appearance on October 27, 2015. © 2015 Shayna Bauchner/Human Rights Watch
Supporters and police officers await the departure of detained student activists from the Pegu district courthouse as they return to prison on October 27, 2015. © 2015 Shayna Bauchner/Human Rights Watch
Journalists pray for colleagues who were killed or imprisoned for their work to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists in Rangoon on November 2, 2014. © 2014 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt reunites with his brother, grandmother, and mother in front of Hpa-an prison on January 13, 2012, after being freed with about 200 other political prisoners in a government amnesty. © 2012 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Su Su Nway (center), a labor activist, arrives at Rangoon's domestic airport on October 16, 2011, after being released early from a 12-year prison sentence for sticking anti-government leaflets on a billboard in 2007. © 2011 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Tamwae Protest Ground, an enclosed location in northern Rangoon far from public view, is sometimes designated by authorities as the only permitted location for a protest. © 2016 Linda Lakhdhir/Human Rights Watch
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Free Speech