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Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rape (Burma/Myanmar)
Chin activists found guilty of illegal protest against rapeBy NAW NOREEN
24 July 2014
Eight women’s rights activists were found guilty of unlawful assembly in Chin State, western Burma, on Wednesday for their participation in a demonstration against sexual violence.
The activists — Ngun Chin Par, Sui Sui Kyi, Kaw Htwe, Khin Khin Zi, Thang Zing, Khin Thluai Par, Maung Han and Tei Maung — were ordered to either pay a 30,000 kyat (US$30) fine or serve one-month prison sentences.
“A guilty verdict on the defendants was passed by the court on 23 July, with a sentence of either one month in prison or 30,000 kyat fine,” said Mai T Sui Leng, the director of Women’s Hand Myanmar Foundation, an NGO that has been assisting the group throughout their trial. “Our foundation has offered to pay the fines for each of them.”
While her foundation has pledged financial support to avoid the prison sentences, Mai T Sui Leng stressed that they are very disappointed with the courts for targeting activists instead of sexual offenders....
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