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Myanmar's Post-Coup Crackdown: Severe Restrictions on Speech and Assembly

Source: Human Rights Watch · Tier A · Highly Reliable · 94/100

Originally published by Human Rights Watch on 2023-01-12.

Tirana Hassan

Former Executive Director

Since staging a coup on February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military has carried out a brutal nationwide crackdown on millions of people opposed to its rule. The junta security forces have carried out mass killings, arbitrary arrests, torture, sexual violence,…

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