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Myanmar’s defense lawyers for political detainees are facing increased threats from the junta which has carried out arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings since last year’s coup.
#Myanmar Après l'arrestation de l'avocat Ko Tun Tun Min, simplement parce qu'il défend des opposants emprisonnés, tous les avocats d'opposants craignent pour leur liberté et leur sécurité https://t.co/E3pV82F3jU
— Patrick Henry (@patrhenry) August 31, 2022
The junta supporters watch them and encourage their arrest. There were calls for the arrest of a female lawyer who posted condolences on social media after the mother of her jailed client was killed in October’s blasts and junta shooting at the parcel drop-off at Yangon’s Insein Prison.
Lawyers say they can no longer express compassion for the death of innocent civilians.
A pro-junta Telegram post said: “Isn’t it too dangerous not to do anything to lawyers that support terrorism? Aren’t you concerned that they would spy on confidential information at government law offices and leak it to terrorist state-destroyers? That lawyer should be interrogated. Her red Facebook profile means she does not care about the current government.”
Red is the color of the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD).
At least 20 lawyers have been charged with terrorism and incitement since the coup for joining anti-regime protests and for having alleged links to the National Unity Government (NUG), which has been labeled a terrorist organization.
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