Jailing of Myanmar Protesters Signals Government Resistance to Change: Rights Groups

[misskit]

The arrests this week of five Burmese student leaders who led a peaceful protest against military control of the country’s parliament show that Myanmar’s government is unwilling to make real progress toward democratic reform, rights groups in the country said on Thursday.

On July 1, five protest leaders were charged with violating Section 18 of the country’s penal code, which requires that prior permission be obtained from authorities before any rally can be held, according to local media.

“We charged them under Section 18 because they did not receive permission for the protest,” Police Colonel Kyaw Htut from the Yangon Police Department’s Western District told the Eleven Myanmar media group in a July 2 report.

“A total of five students, including Zayyar Lwin, Paing Ye Thu and Nang Linn were charged,” Kyaw Htut said.

Speaking to RFA’s Myanmar Service on Thursday, student leader Nann Linn confirmed Paing Ye Thu’s arrest, adding “We heard that he was taken by police from Kyauktada [Township] and sent to Insein prison.”

“It is difficult to ask anyone for details, as he was living alone,” he said.

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[Dragonfly94]

so what is the difference between Mayamar and Thailand?