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The attorneys had been providing legal assistance to defendants in politically motivated cases put forward by the junta
Four lawyers from Mandalay who had been working on the defence teams for politically motivated cases put forward by the junta have been held in an unidentified location for days since their December 19 arrest by the military authorities, according to members of their legal networks.
Four female lawyers from Shwe Alin Law Firm were arbitrarily abducted by #MyanmarMilitaryTerrorists in Mandalay's #Chanmyathazi Tsp, on Dec 19, locals said.#ReleaseTheDetainees#Dec23Coup #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/z7qXHTPfLF
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The families of the attorneys have not been able to confirm their whereabouts since they were taken into junta custody.
They were abducted from the office of Shwe Alin Legal Services near the No. 3 police station in Chanmyathazi Township, according to a Mandalay-based lawyer who spoke to Myanmar Now on the condition of anonymity.
“They haven’t been transferred to Obo prison yet,” the lawyer said, referring to a major prison in the region. “We were told that they were still at the interrogation centre. No case has been filed against them either.”
Legal sources did not want to name three of the detained lawyers, but confirmed that one is Lwin Lwin Mar, who had been helping individuals charged with incitement since the February 1 coup. All four of the lawyers are women.
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https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/four-mandalay-lawyers-detained-for-days-in-undisclosed-location
